Maria Blasucci is an American actress and comedy writer.[1] She is best known for roles in television shows including Family Tree on HBO and Ghost Ghirls on Yahoo Screen.

Her basketball team is the subject of The Pistol Shrimps, a documentary produced by Morgan Spurlock that premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.[2]

She was an on-set writer for Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising.[1][3][4]

She currently stars in the Comedy Central series Drunk History and can be seen as Jessica Mundt in Mascots on Netflix.[5]

She is a co-founder of the Earios podcast network where she co-hosts The Big Ones as well as serves as producer and fan favorite of WebCrawlers.

She is a frequent guest star on the podcast Spontaneanation hosted by Paul F. Tompkins on Earwolf.[6]

She graduated from Marymount High School[7] and earned a degree in theater arts at Loyola Marymount University in 2008.[1][8][9]

She studied improv comedy at IO West.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Meet the women behind 'Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising'". nydailynews.com. New York Daily News. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "Pistol Shrimps - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival". tribecafilm.com. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Berman, Eliza. "How 'Neighbors 2' Became a Gross-Out Comedy With a Feminist Conscience". time.com. Time. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  4. ^ "Creating a female-centric sequel to 'Neighbors' was no easy task". Los Angeles Times. 12 May 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  5. ^ "Maria Blasucci". IMDb. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  6. ^ "Maria Blasucci on Earwolf". earwolf.com. Earwolf. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  7. ^ Swann, Jennifer (14 January 2015). "These L.A. Comedians Are Turning Their Women's Basketball League Into a Phenomenon". Laweekly.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  8. ^ Swann, Jennifer (January 14, 2015). "These L.A. Comedians Are Turning Their Women's Basketball League Into a Phenomenon". LA Weekly. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci". yahoo.com. Yahoo! On the Road. April 26, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  10. ^ "The Pistol Shrimps: the origin story of Aubrey Plaza's basketball team". scpr.org. Southern California Public Radio. 9 August 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.

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