Photo: Robyn Von Swank

Photo: Robyn Von Swank

Maria Bamford

Maria Bamford is revered for her deeply personal and experimental comedy about mental illness. She starred in the surreal, semi-autobiographical Netflix comedy series Lady Dynamite, about a comedian who suffers a nervous breakdown, and is the star of three unconventional hour-long stand-up specials: Weakness is the Brand, Old Baby and Maria Bamford, the special, special, special! 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 Comedy Central series The Comedians of Comedy and Netflix’s Comedians of Comedy: The Movie. 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, BoJack Horseman, Summer CampIsland, Adventure Time, Talking Tom and Friends, Bob’s Burgers, Legend of Korra, Puss inBoots, CatDog and PBS’sEmmy-winning series Word Girl.  She also stars as Tilly Mulch in TeamCoco’s scripted podcast Frontier Tween.  Maria played DeBrie Bardeaux on Netflix’s Arrested Development and recurred on the ABC hit series Fresh offthe Boat. She is the 2014 winner of the American Comedy Award for Best Club Comic. Maria’s late night appearances include CONAN, The Tonight Show, The LateShow with Stephen Colbert and LateNight with Seth Meyers.  Her new interview series What’s Your Ailment? deals with the various mental struggles of celebrities and premiered as part of the brand new Topic streaming service in late 2019.