Maria Dizzia has taught at the University of California at San Diego and master classes at the Penghao Theater in Beijing and the Sichuan People’s Art Theater in Chengdu, China. She is currently a Beinecke Fellow at Yale School of Drama. She is also a 2011 recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship.

As a much sought-after actress, her Broadway credits include: In The Next Room by Sarah Ruhl (Tony nomination Featured Actress; Lincoln Center). Recent theater credits include If I Forget by Steven Levenson (Roundabount Theater Company),  Belleville by Amy Herzog (Drama Desk Nomination; New York Theater Workshop, Yale Rep), Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep), Drunken City by Adam Bock (Playwrights Horizons), and Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (Second Stage, Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep). Outside of the United States, Maria has performed at The Gate Theater in London and at the Garasjen theater in Norway.

Television credits include: a recurring role on Louis C.K.’s Horace and Pete, recurring role on Orange Is the New Black, Louie, Master of None, Newsroom, Elementary, and The Blacklist. Among her film roles are: Martha Marcy May Marlene (Gotham Film Award nomination, Best Ensemble), While We’re Young, and Margin Call.