Maria Bamford

Maria Bamford is revered for her deeply personal and experimental comedy about mental

illness. She’s the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult and is

the star of four hour-long standup specials (Local Act, Weakness is the Brand, Old Baby and

Maria Bamford: the special, special, special! ) and the surreal, semi-autobiographical Netflix

comedy series Lady Dynamite, about a comedian who suffers a nervous breakdown. Maria was

the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials and starred

alongside Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis and Brian Posehn in The Comedians of Comedy. She

also created and starred in the cult hit web series The Maria Bamford Show, in which she plays

all the characters. Maria is often recognized for her prolific voiceover work, including characters

on Big Mouth and its spinoff Human Resources, HouseBroken, Teenage Euthanasia, Santa, Inc. ,

Bob’s Burgers, Bojack Horseman, Summer Camp Island, Adventure Time, Talking Tom and

Friends, Legend of Korra, Puss in Boots, CatDog and PBS’s Emmy-winning series Word Girl. She

played DeBrie Bardeaux on Netflix’s Arrested Development and recurred on the ABC hit series

Fresh off the Boat. Other TV guest roles include Night Court, Life & Beth, Portlandia, Kenan, Mr.

Mayor, and large recurring roles on Hulu’s Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, and Showtime’s Flatbush

Misdeameanors. Maria was also Emmy-nominated for her guest appearance on the Netflix

children’s series Ask the StoryBots. Maria’s late-night appearances include The Late Show with

Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, CONAN, The Late Late Show with James Corden

and The Tonight Show. Her interview series What’s Your Ailment?

deals with the various mental

struggles of celebrities and is available on the Topic streaming service. Her Audible Original You

Are (A Comedy) Special is a semi-mock instructional book for both standup and life.