Maria Blasucci is an American actress and

comedy writer Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term origin ...

. She is best known for roles in television shows including ''

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'' on

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and ''

Ghost Ghirls ''Ghost Ghirls'' is a scripted comedy web series produced by Jack Black, following the antics of two best friends, Heidi and Angelica, who work as paranormal investigators. Each episode details the humorous adventures of the bumbling duo as they ...

'' on Yahoo Screen. Her basketball team is the subject of ''

The Pistol Shrimps ''The Pistol Shrimps'' is a 2016 Canadian-American documentary film about the all-female recreational basketball team of the same name, written and directed by Brent Hodge. The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Molly Hawkey, Angela Trimbur, Melissa Stetten ...

'', a documentary produced by

Morgan Spurlock Morgan Valentine Spurlock (born November 7, 1970) is an American documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter and playwright. Spurlock's films include ''Super Size Me'' (2004), '' Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?'' (20 ...

that premiered at the 2016

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. She was an on-set writer for '' Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising''. She currently stars in the

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series ''

Drunk History ''Drunk History'' is an American educational comedy television series produced by Comedy Central, based on the Funny or Die web series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner in 2007. They and Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are the show's exec ...

'' and can be seen as Jessica Mundt in ''Mascots'' on

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. 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 ''Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins'' (stylized as ''SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins'') was an improv comedy podcast hosted by Paul F. Tompkins on the Earwolf network. Based upon an interview with a special guest, Tompkins and several ...

'' hosted by Paul F. Tompkins on

Earwolf Earwolf is an American comedy podcasting network founded by Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich in August 2010. In 2011, they announced a partnership with Funny Or Die. It merged with podcast advertising network The Mid Roll in 2014, a separate compa ...

. She graduated from

Marymount High School Marymount High School is an independent, Catholic, all-girls, college-preparatory high school located in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It sits on Sunset Boulevard across from the University of California, Los Angeles camp ...

and earned a degree in theater arts at

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...

in 2008. She studied

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IO West The iO West (formerly known as the "ImprovOlympic West") was the Los Angeles branch of the iO in Chicago. The theater was located at 6366 Hollywood Blvd., in Hollywood, California. In addition to presenting improv and sketch comedy shows ever ...

. Maria holds the high score record for ''

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'', the arcade game.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blasucci, Maria Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American comedy writers Loyola Marymount University alumni 21st-century American actresses Place of birth missing (living people)