Maria Bamford

Maria Bamford (born September 3, 1970) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Her work often uses self-deprecating and dark topics, including her dysfunctional family, depression, anxiety, suicide and mental illness.

Her first comedy album and tour was ''The Burning Bridges Tour'' (2003), followed by eight more albums and specials. One of her first feature films is ''Lucky Numbers'' (2000), and she voiced characters on many animated shows, including Shriek on ''CatDog'', and many more on ''American Dad!'', ''Ugly Americans'', ''Adventure Time'', and ''BoJack Horseman''. Her film work includes ''Stuart Little 2'' (2002), ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'' (2003), ''Barnyard'' (2006), ''Heckler'' (2007), and ''Hell and Back'' (2015). She voiced Talking Ginger and Talking Becca in the ''Talking Tom & Friends'' web series. Her live television work began in ''Louie'' (2012), ''Arrested Development'' (2013–2019), ''WordGirl'' (2007–2015), ''Big Mouth'' (2017–present), ''Flatbush Misdemeanors'' (2021-2022), and ''Human Resources'' (2022–2023). In 2014, she won the American Comedy Award for Best Club Comic.

The 2016 Netflix original series ''Lady Dynamite'', in which she plays the lead role, is based on her life. She voiced Tito, the Anxiety Mosquito, in ''Big Mouth''.

In 2023 she released a memoir, ''Sure, I'll Join Your Cult''. Provided by Wikipedia