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Vanessa Bayer (born November 14, 1981)[1] is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for being a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2010 to 2017, which earned her an Emmy nomination. She co-created, co-executive produces, and has the lead role in the Showtime comedy I Love That for You, which is loosely based on her experience as a survivor of childhood leukemia. Bayer also appeared in films such as Trainwreck (2015), Office Christmas Party (2016), Carrie Pilby (2016), Ibiza (2018), and Wander Darkly (2020).

Vanessa Bayer
Bayer at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in 2015
Born	(1981-11-14) November 14, 1981 (age 41) Orange, Ohio, U.S.
Education	University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Occupation	Actress comedian
Years active	2000s–present

Early life

Bayer was born in Orange, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and raised in nearby Moreland Hills.[2][3] She is the daughter of Carolyn and Todd Bayer.[4] Bayer's family is Jewish, and she has stated that her Jewish upbringing "influenced [her] life and comedy".[5] She has a brother, Jonah, who is a music journalist and the guitarist of the punk supergroup United Nations.[6][7]

At age 15, she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Bayer stated that while battling the disease, she discovered the meaning of comic relief. "I don't know if it made me funnier, but it was so amazing, how it made everything be O.K.", she said.[8]

Bayer is a 2000 graduate of Orange High School.[9] In 2004, she graduated from the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in communication and French.[4][10][11]

While attending college, Bayer interned on the television shows Sesame Street and Late Night with Conan O'Brien and participated in the cast of Bloomers, an all-female musical and sketch comedy troupe.[12]

Career

As of 2012^[update], Bayer was collaborating with her brother Jonah on the web series Sound Advice for Above Average. Bayer stars as Janessa Slater, a media coach who helps famous musicians change their image.[13][14][15] She was part of the all-Jewish cast of The Second City's stage show Jewsical: The Musical, a musical that presented a comedic take on Jewish life and culture.[16] She played the role of Kate Clark in the Chicago-based feature comedy Off the Cuff.^{[citation needed]} Bayer performed improvisational comedy at Chicago's ImprovOlympic, where she trained with SNL castmate Paul Brittain[3] as well as the Annoyance Theatre and The Second City.[17]

Bayer appeared on ABC's Single Parents in 2019 in a recurring role as Mia Cooper, the ex-wife of Taran Killam's character. Starting in 2018, she had a recurring role on NBC's Will & Grace playing Amy, a former baker who loses her job because of Karen and subsequently works for Karen's baseball team. Bayer is the co-creator, co-executive producer, and star of the Showtime comedy I Love That for You, which premiered on May 1, 2022, and is loosely based on Bayer's life as a survivor of childhood leukemia.[18][19][20]

Saturday Night Live

Bayer joined the cast of Saturday Night Live as a featured player on September 25, 2010. Beginning with the 2012–2013 season, Bayer was promoted to repertory status. In 2014, she was nominated for an American Comedy Award for her work on the show,^{[citation needed]} and in 2017, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.[21] Bayer departed SNL on May 20, 2017, after seven years on the show.[22][23]

Her recurring characters include:

• Laura Parsons, a child actress always performing roles originally played by adults, including from Forrest Gump, The Wolf of Wall Street, Brokeback Mountain and Dallas Buyers Club
• Brecky, a former porn star who creates homemade commercials to obtain free luxury items alongside Cecily Strong
• Rebecca Stern-Markowicz, a co-host of J-Pop America Fun Time Now, which celebrates Japanese culture alongside Taran Killam and Jason Sudeikis
• Rosa, a housemaid, in "The Californians"
• Miss Meadows, an unrealistically perky poetry teacher trying to connect with her delinquent students
• Miley Cyrus (impersonation), on "The Miley Cyrus Show"
• An unnamed director of talk show Mornin' Miami
• Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy, who appears on Weekend Update to perform a rehearsed speech with forced jokes about a given subject
• One of three workshop elves who perform their jobs poorly in the hope that their master will "punish" them, alongside Kenan Thompson
• Dawn Lazarus, an inept meteorologist who appears on Weekend Update and struggles to discuss the weather
• The housewife who feeds her "hungry guys" Totinos.

Philanthropy

After Bayer was diagnosed with leukemia as a teenager, the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted her wish to send her family on vacation to Hawaii. In gratitude and recognition, Bayer is involved with the foundation. In 2015, she hosted the foundation's Evening of Wishes Dinner to help raise funds for wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses.[24]

In June 2019, she published the children's book How Do You Care for a Very Sick Bear?, which teaches children how to support friends with long-term illnesses.[25]

Filmography

Film

Vanessa Bayer film appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Off the Cuff	Kate Clark
2010	Stages of Emily	Jocelyn	Short film
2012	Adventures in the Sin Bin	Superdawg Waitress
2013	Despicable Me 2	Flight Attendant	Voice role
2015	Trainwreck	Nikki
2016	Carrie Pilby	Tara
	Office Christmas Party	Allison Parker
2017	The Polka King	Bitsy Bear
2018	Ibiza	Nikki
2020	Wander Darkly	Maggie
2021	Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar	Debbie
2022	DC League of Super-Pets	PB	Voice role

Television

Vanessa Bayer television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010–17	Saturday Night Live	Various	Series regular Nominated – 2014 American Comedy Award for Comedy Supporting Actress – TV Nominated – 2014 Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Female Performance in a Fiction Program Nominated – 2015 Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Female Performance in a Fiction Program Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
2011	I Wanna Have Your Baby	Connie	Episode: "Corrine & Jerry"
2012	Sugarboy	Chip's wife
2013	The Mindy Project	Mary	Episode: "Sk8er Man"
2014	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Susan Armhold	Episode: "Patton Oswalt Wears a Black Blazer & Dress Shoes"
2014	Wallykazam!	Rockelle (voice)	Episode: "The Rock Can Talk"
2014–17	Portlandia	Various	Episodes: "Sharing Finances", "Late in Life Drug Use", "You Can Call Me Al" and "The Storytellers"
2015	Man Seeking Woman	Laura	Episodes: "Traib" and "Lizard"
2015	The Awesomes	Dr. Jill Stein-Awesome-Kaplan (voice)	4 episodes
2016	Modern Family	Marjorie	Episode: "Snow Ball"
2016–19	Drunk History	Various	3 episodes
2017	The Simpsons	Dr. Clarity Hoffman-Roth (voice)	Episode: "A Father's Watch"
2017	Crashing	Herself	Episode: "Julie"
2018	Love	Sarah	Episode: "Sarah from College"
2018–20	Will & Grace	Amy / Friday	6 episodes
2019–20	Single Parents	Mia	3 episodes
2019	What We Do in the Shadows	Evie Russell	Episode: "Werewolf Feud"
2019	I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson	Brenda	Episode: "Has This Ever Happened to You?"
2019	Trolls: The Beat Goes On!	Baha (voice)	Episode: "Troll Playing Game/Finn Cascade"
2019	Helpsters	Rita Reader	Episode: "Rita Reader/Cody Gets a Cold"
2020	Shrill	Justine	Episode: "WAHAM"
2020	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Officer Debbie Fogle	Recurring role (season 7); episodes "Manhunter",[26] "The Jimmy Jab Games II", and "Debbie"[27]
2022	Alice's Wonderland Bakery	Tweedle Do (voice)	Recurring role
2022	I Love That for You	Joanna Gold	Series regular; also creator and executive producer
2022	Barry	Morgan Dawn-Cherry	Episode: "710N"

References

External links

• Vanessa Bayer at IMDb
• Vanessa Bayer at Rotten Tomatoes

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[de] Vanessa Bayer

Vanessa Polster Bayer (* 14. November 1981 in Cleveland, Ohio[1]) ist eine US-amerikanische Komikerin und Schauspielerin.

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