{{short description|American actress and comedy writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Maria Blasucci''' is an American actress and comedy writer.<ref name="nydailynews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/meet-women-behind-neighbors-2-sorority-rising-article-1.2637136|title=Meet the women behind 'Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising'|website=nydailynews.com|date=15 May 2016 |publisher=New York Daily News|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/pistol-shrimps-2016|title=Pistol Shrimps - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival|website=tribecafilm.com|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
She was an on-set writer for ''Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising''.<ref name="nydailynews.com"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4340732/neighbors-2-sorority-rising-nicholas-stoller/|title=How 'Neighbors 2' Became a Gross-Out Comedy With a Feminist Conscience|first=Eliza|last=Berman|magazine=Time|date=19 May 2016 |access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-neighbors-2-production-20160509-snap-story.html|title=Creating a female-centric sequel to 'Neighbors' was no easy task|work=Los Angeles Times| date=12 May 2016 |accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
She currently stars in the Comedy Central series ''Drunk History'' and can be seen as Jessica Mundt in ''Mascots'' on Netflix.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3675501|title=Maria Blasucci|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Blasucci on Earwolf|url=http://www.earwolf.com/person/maria-blusucci|website=earwolf.com|publisher=Earwolf|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
She graduated from Marymount High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/these-la-comedians-are-turning-their-womens-basketball-league-into-a-phenomenon-5334806|title=These L.A. Comedians Are Turning Their Women's Basketball League Into a Phenomenon|first=Jennifer|last=Swann|date=14 January 2015|website=Laweekly.com|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref> and earned a degree in theater arts at Loyola Marymount University in 2008.<ref name="nydailynews.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/these-la-comedians-are-turning-their-womens-basketball-league-into-a-phenomenon-5334806|title=These L.A. Comedians Are Turning Their Women's Basketball League Into a Phenomenon|first=Jennifer|last=Swann|work=L.A. Weekly |date=January 14, 2015|publisher=LA Weekly|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/on-the-road-performers-ghost-ghirls-amanda-lund-maria-blasucci-074832131.html|title=Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci|website=yahoo.com|publisher=Yahoo! On the Road|date=April 26, 2013|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
She studied improv comedy at IO West.<ref name="yahoo.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2016/08/09/51073/the-pistol-shrimps-the-origin-story-of-aubrey-plaz/|title=The Pistol Shrimps: the origin story of Aubrey Plaza's basketball team|date=9 August 2016|website=scpr.org|publisher=Southern California Public Radio|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
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