Maria Bamford (born September 3, 1970) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Her work has drawn critical acclaim and controversy because her humor often uses self-deprecating and dark topics, including her dysfunctional family, depression, anxiety, suicide, and mental illness. She loves pugs, and typically owns at least one senior pug at any given time.

Filmography

• Adventure Time: Side Quests — Broken Leg Bear / Clown Nurse (voice), Granny Odlay / Shirley / Boiling Man (voice)
• Kevin — Mitzi Davenport (voice)
• 2026Micro Budget — Darby
• President Curtis — Soul Ganderer (voice)
• Regular Show: The Lost Tapes — Gail (voice), Gail / Earth Angel (voice)
• 2025A Whole Artist — Narrator
• 2025Adult Swim's The Elephant — Various Characters (voice)
• Bad Thoughts — Barbara
• Haunted Hotel — Additional Voices (voice)
• Shifting Gears — Amy
• The Bad Guys: The Series — Peppy Sweet Pots (voice)
• Kite Man: Hell Yeah! — Baby Doll / Little Girl / Mom 1 (voice), Baby Doll / Mother (voice)
• 2024Mystery Cuddlers — Helvetica Deathgurgle
• 2024The People's Joker — Lorne Michaels (voice)
• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake — Starchy (voice), Banana Guard Mutant #1 (voice), Farmworld Mom / Wildberry / Finn's Kid #1 (voice), Additional Voices (voice), Engagement Ring Princess / Wildberry Princess / Hotdog Princess / Slime Princess / Old Lady Cinnamom Bum (voice), Starchy / Audience Member #1 (voice), Gertie (voice), Starchy / Party Patty / Venusian Cherub # 1 (voice), Gertie / Starchy (voice), Slime Princess / Finn's Kid #1 (voice)
• 2023Maria Bamford: Local Act — Self, Writer, Producer
• 2023Quiz Lady — Marybeth Windlemore
• The Ultimate Improv Show — Monologist
• 2023Unicorn Boy — Queen Junipero (voice)
• Human Resources — Tito the Anxiety Mosquito (voice), Tito Taylor Thomas / Kitty Dukakis / Becca's Need Demon (voice)
• 2022The Bubble — Krystal's Mom
• Centaurworld — Malangella (voice), Malangella / Maitre D / Opposumtaur (voice)
• 2021Extinct — Bo's Mom (voice)
• Flatbush Misdemeanors — Maria
• I Heart Arlo — Aunt Guy (voice), Tony's Mom (voice) / Family (voice) / Cats (voice), Wife (voice) / Kids (voice) / Walla (voice), Bortie (voice), Cop (voice), Granny (voice), Garbage Collector 2 (voice)
• Kenan — Glory
• Mr. Mayor — Leaf
• Santa Inc. — Mrs. Claus / Big Candy (voice)
• Teenage Euthanasia — Trophy Fantasy (voice)
• 2021Too Many Buddhas — Dr. Stevens
• Adventure Time: Distant Lands — Margaret / Chocoberry / Mother Worm / Additional Voices (voice), Sandy / Additional Voices (voice)
• Animaniacs — Tammy (voice), Julia (voice)
• 2020Maria Bamford: Weakness Is the Brand — Herself, Producer, Writer
• 2020Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss — Cultist
• 2019Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert — Ariel
• Harley Quinn — Frankette / Dutch Teacher (voice), Frankette (voice)
• 2019Strong Independent Women — Mom
• Talking Tom Heroes: Suddenly Super — 金杰
• The Rocketeer — Laura (voice)
• Victor and Valentino — Guadelupe (voice)
• 2018An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn — The Elegant Woman
• Liverspots and Astronots — Abrams
• Summer Camp Island — The Royal Mush (voice), Toothpaste (voice), Puffer Fish (voice), Foghorn (voice), Sandy (voice), Polly (voice)
• The Shivering Truth — (voice)
• Big Mouth — Tito the Anxiety Mosquito (voice), Tito Taylor Thomas (voice)
• 2017Maria Bamford: Old Baby — Writer
• 2017Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale — The Duchess (voice)
• Ask the Storybots
• Dream Corp LLC — Norf Norf (voice)
• Lady Dynamite — Maria Bamford
• Fresh Off the Boat — Principal Thomas
• Harvey Beaks — Grada (voice)
• 2015Hell and Back — Gloria (voice)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil — Make-Up Blast (voice)
• The Adventures of Puss in Boots — Feejee (voice), The Duchess / Feejee (voice), The Duchess (voice)
• We Bare Bears — Miss Chriss (voice)
• Benched — Cheryl
• BoJack Horseman — Kelsey Jannings / Fan / Customer (voice), Kelsey Jannings / Debra (voice), Kelsey Jannings / Roller Rink DJ (voice), Kelsey Jannings (voice)
• Clarence — Dilliss (voice)
• 2014Dead End — Pauline
• 2014Muffin Top: A Love Story — Angelique
• Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero — Matthews (voice), Mrs. Monkenfluffer / Matthews (voice), The President (voice), Land Shark (voice), Mrs. Monkenfluffer (voice), Nug (voice)
• 2014Play Nice
• Talking Tom and Friends — Ginger (voice)
• 2014WordGirl: Earth Day Girl — Sally Botsford
• 2014Wordgirl: Monkey Business — Sally Botsford
• 2013DC Nation - Tales of Metropolis - "Bizarro" — Lois Lane (voice)
• 2013DC Nation - Tales of Metropolis - "Lois" — Lois Lane (voice)
• DC Super-Pets — Robin Robin (voice), Robin Robin / Bat Cow (voice)
• Rick and Morty — Nana Smith (voice), Karen Jamerson / Casino Worker (voice)
• Tales of Metropolis — Lois Lane (voice)
• 2013Timms Valley — Genia Myers
• 2013WordGirl Vs. The Energy Monster — Sally Botsford
• Bravest Warriors — Lydia (voice)
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Claire Coulter
• DC Nation Shorts — Robin Robin / Batcow (voice), Robin Robin (voice)
• 2012From Nothing, Something: A Documentary on the Creative Process
• 2012Maria Bamford: The Special Special Special! — Herself, Writer, Executive Producer
• Super F*ckers — Princess Sunshine
• The Legend of Korra — Pema (voice), Pema / Buttercup Raiko (voice), Ryu's Mother (voice), Pema / Ryu's Mother (voice)
• Unsupervised — Allie (voice), Rachel / Megan's Mom / Sid's Wife (voice), Audrey Coates (voice), Megan's Mom (voice), Andrew's Mom (voice), Rachel / Ms. Davis (voice)
• 2012WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power
• Bob's Burgers — Kendra / Catherine (voice)
• Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness — Chen (voice)
• Adventure Time — Manfried / Chocoberry / Candy Corn Girl (voice)
• Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule — Cynthia Driscoll
• 2010Danger Planet — Captain
• 2010Held Up — Rachel Gonzales
• Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil — Jackie (voice)
• 2010Maria Bamford: Plan B — Self, Writer
• Ugly Americans — Galen (voice), Additional Voices (voice), Dolores (voice)
• 2009Maria Bamford's One-Hour Homemade Christmas Stand-up Special — Herself, Writer
• 2009Maruined — Zack
• Sit Down Shut Up — Actress in School Play, Mrs. Grohe, Marie Dembowitz
• 2009The Room Before and After - Part 3: Maria Bamford
• 2008Cowman: The Uddered Avenger — Nora Beady / Woman #1C / Lady C (voices)
• Back at the Barnyard — Nora Beady
• 2007The Comedians of Comedy: Live at The Troubadour — Self, Writer
• The Sarah Silverman Program — May Kadoody
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — TV Host, Candy Tails Commercial Announcer (voice), Maria the Cat Specialist
• WordGirl — Violet (voice)
• 2006Barnyard — Mrs. Beady (voice)
• 2006The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the El Rey — Self, Writer
• Where My Dogs At?
• Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island — Melody, The Waiting Lady
• 2005The Comedians of Comedy — Self, Writer
• Tom Goes to the Mayor — Home Shopping Woman / Sandy (voice)
• Arrested Development — Debrie
• 2003Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure — Aranea (voice)
• Hey Monie! — Sex Education Teacher
• 2003Stella's Search for Sanity — Lynn
• 2002Stuart Little 2 — Teacher
• ¡Mucha Lucha!
• 2000CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery — Shriek Dubois (voice)
• 2000Hairballs — Little Girl / Mother (voice)
• 2000Lucky Numbers — Wendy
• The Trouble with Normal — Dora
• Futurama — Jambone (voice)
• Home Movies
• 1999Los Enchiladas! — Sarah
• SpongeBob SquarePants — Macadamia (voice) / Hazelnut (voice) / Pistachio (voice)
• CatDog — Shriek (voice)
• 1998Fetch — Shriek
• Dharma & Greg — Sandy
• The Tom Show — Christy
• Hey Arnold! — Iggy's Mother (voice), Mayor Dixie (voice), Mayor Dixie / Stinky's Grandma (voice)
• Untitled Dan Perlman Project

Appearances as themselves (34)

• 2026Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story — Self
• After Midnight — Self
• Dark Side of Comedy — Self
• Last Meals — Self
• 2020This Is Stand-Up — Self
• Game Changer — Self - Judge
• Lights Out with David Spade — Self - Panelist
• 2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate — Self
• The Mind, Explained — Herself, Self
• What's Your Ailment?! — Self
• Bill Nye Saves the World — Self
• The History of Comedy — Self
• A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus — Herself
• 2015Misery Loves Comedy — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2014I Am Road Comic — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• Have You Been Paying Attention? — Self - Panellist
• Maron — Herself
• Conan — Self
• John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show — Self
• Worst Cooks in America — Self - Contestant
• Comedy.tv — Self
• 2009Funny People: Live — Self
• 2007An Evening with Dr. Katz: Live from the Comedy Central Stage — Self
• 2007Heckler — Self
• Comics Unleashed — Self
• 2006Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 2: On the Edge — Self
• Comedians of Comedy — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• Comedy Central Presents — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Comedian
• Laugh Factory — Self