Vanessa Polster Bayer is an American actress and comedian born November 14, 1981. Bayer, who was born in Orange, took part in the sketches of the Saturday Night Live program between 2010 and 2017, and thanks to these performances, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.
Bayer, who started her film career by portraying the character of Kate Clark in the movie "Off the Cuff" in 2009, acted as Jocelyn in the short film "Stages of Emily" in 2010, as a waitress in "Adventures in the Sin Bin" in 2012, as a flight attendant in "Despicable Me 2" in 2013, as Nikki in "Trainwreck" in 2015, and as "Carrie" in 2016.
Tara in โPilbyโ and Allison Parker in โOffice Christmas Partyโ, Bitsy Bear in โThe Polka Kingโ in 2017, Nikki again in โIbizaโ in 2018, Maggie in โWander Darklyโ in 2020, Debbie in โBarb and Star Go to Vista Del Marโ in 2021, voice of PB in โDC League of Super-Petsโ in 2022 and in 2025. He played the role of Fortune Teller in "Crazier Friday".
On television, he appeared in various roles on "Saturday Night Live" between 2010 and 2017, earning an Emmy nomination. She appeared before the audience as Connie in "I Wanna Have Your Baby" in 2011, Chip's wife in "Sugarboy" in 2012, Mary in "The Mindy Project" in 2013, Susan Armhold in "Comedy Bang! Bang!" in 2014, Rockelle (voice) in "Wallykazam!" in the same year, and various characters in "Portlandia".
In 2015, she played Laura in "Man Seeking Woman" and Dr. in "The Awesomes". She has had guest roles such as Jill SteinโAwesomeโKaplan (voice) and Marjorie on โModern Familyโ in 2016.
Between 2016 and 2019, he appeared in three episodes of "Drunk History" and in "The Simpsons" in 2017 as Dr. Clarity HoffmanโRoth (voice), herself in โCrashingโ, Sarah in โLoveโ in 2018, Amy / Friday in โWill & Graceโ from 2018โ2020, Mia in โSingle Parentsโ in 2019โ2020, Evie Russell in โWhat We Do in the Shadowsโ in 2019, same year in โI Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinsonโ Brenda played Baha (voice) in โTrolls: The Beat Goes On!โ and Rita Reader in โHelpstersโ.
In 2020, she continued her screen-long performances with the roles of Justine in "Shrill", Officer Debbie Fogle in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", Tweedle Do (voice) in "Alice's Wonderland Bakery" in 2022, and Joanna Gold in "I Love That for You".
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 59 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) โ Self - Guest
- The Simpsons (1989) โ Clarity Hoffman-Roth (voice)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) โ Self - Guest
- Saturday Night Live (1975) โ Self - Various Characters
- Modern Family (2009) โ Marjorie
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) โ Officer Debbie Fogle
- Elsbeth (2024) โ DeeDee Dashers
- The Mindy Project (2012) โ Mary
- Hoplanilar (2026) โ Diane (voice)
- What We Do in the Shadows (2019) โ Evie Russell
- Celebrity Family Feud (2015) โ Self - Contestant
- Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012) โ Susan Armhold
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
