Maria Blasucci is an American actress and

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

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'' on HBO and ''

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

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'', a documentary produced by

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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 Comedy Central series ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' hosted by

Paul F. Tompkins Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He is known for his work in television on such programs as ''Mr. Show with Bob and David'', '' Real Time with Bill Maher'', and ''Best Week Ever'', later ...

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. She graduated from Marymount High School 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 improv comedy at IO West. 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)