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|name = Maria Bamford
|image = New Maria Bamford.jpeg
|birth = Maria Elizabeth Sheldon Bamford<br>{{Time|September 3}}, {{Time|1970}}  (age {{Age|1970|09|03}}) Los Angeles, California
|gender = Female
|credits = Voice actor
|portrays = [[Macadamia]], [[Hazelnut]], and [[Pistachio]]
|years = {{Time|2019}}
|guest = yes
}}
'''Maria Elizabeth Sheldon Bamford''' is an American character actress, stand up comedian, and impressionist who appears in the {{SBSP}} episode "[[Sandy's Nutty Nieces]]" as [[Macadamia]], [[Hazelnut]], and [[Pistachio]].

== Biography ==
Bamford was born in California and raised in Duluth, Minnesota and dealt with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Her first stand-up gig was in Minneapolis, Minnesota in her late teens. 

Earlier in her career, Bamford was known as the voice of Shriek DuBios in [[Nickelodeon]]'s 1990's animated series ''CatDog'', then ''Back at the'' ''Barnyard'' as Mrs. Beady, an unnamed teacher in ''Stuart Little 2'',  Arenea and Buttons in ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'', secondary characters in shows, such as ''Ugly Americans'',  ''Adventure Time'', ''Hey Arnold!'' as Mayor Dixie, Stinky's grandmother, and Iggy's mother, and many more. Her on-screen work includes ''The Martin Short Show'' in 1999,  ''Louie'' on FX as herself, ''Arrested Development'' on Fox and Netflix, ''The Maria Bamford Show'', ''The Sarah Silverman Program'', ''Night Court (2023)'', and ''Lady Dynamite''. Since 2021, Bamford starred as Trophy Fantasy in Adult Swim's animated sitcom ''Teenage Euthanasia'', and released an autobiographical memoir called ''Yes, I'll Join Your Cult'' two years later, in 2023. 

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