Maria Dizzia Biography
Maria Dizzia is an American actress who received a Tony Award nomination in 2010 for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her role in In the Next Room (also known as The Vibrator Play).
Age
She is 49 years old as of 29 December 2023. She was born in 1974 in Cranford, New Jersey, United States. Her real name is Maria Teresa Dizzia.
Family – Education
Dizzia is the daughter of Lorraine (née Bladis) and John Paul Dizzia. She was reared in Cranford, New Jersey. Her sister is a lawyer. She graduated from Kent Place School in 1993 and received the Drama Award. She studied theatre at Cornell University. She earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego.
Husband
Dizzia is married to playwright Will Eno and they have one child.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m).
13 Reasons Why
She portrays Mrs. Down, s Tyler Down’s mother and Mr. Down’s wife in Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why. Mrs. Down came to get Tyler to attend his deposition. She asked Tyler if he was certain he didn’t want a lawyer to attend the deposition because he was already being bullied. At Tyler’s deposition, she appeared to have difficulty listening to her son describe the bullying he faces.
Orange Is the New Black
She portrayed Polly Harper, Piper Chapman’s best friend in Seasons One and Two on Orange Is the New Black in Seasons One and Two. She was previously married to Pete Harper and is currently in a relationship with Piper’s ex-fiancé, Larry Bloom. Polly is generally the more practical and grounded member of her and Piper’s friendship. She is generally compassionate and helpful, but she is not afraid to prioritize her own needs, as evidenced by her decision to pursue a relationship with Larry.
Piper’s best friend from college, Polly, is a Caucasian woman with long brown hair and an average frame. They founded a soap-making company named PoPi, which failed due to Piper’s jail and Polly’s pregnancy. In “Moscow Mule,” Polly gives birth to Finn. Larry, who assists her with Finn, begins hanging out with her when Pete is in Alaska.
After Piper and Larry end their relationship, Polly and Pete do the same. Polly contacts Alex’s probation officer and reports her for parole violation. Despite their disagreements, Polly and Larry stay together. Following Piper’s early release, Zelda pushes her to contact Larry and make amends with both. They go out to eat together, but Polly seems reluctant. The couple reveals her pregnancy.
Emergence
She portrays Emily Cox, a former high-ranking coder of Augur Industries on Emergence. Emily, a dependable employee at Augur Industries, gets involved in costly medical research involving human patients. She learns that Jo, a former CEO, is related to Piper and sends her a copper prescription to temporarily ease her condition. Benny and Jo eventually track her down and confront her.
Emily attaches a laptop to the building’s power box and turns off machinery to uncover locker C255, which provides a cure for Piper.They are pursued by robot guard dogs, but Emily stops them just in time.They drive to Bay Harbor Hospital, where Emily uploads a disk to an exabyte disk and orders them to look for the docket on Piper’s wrist. Jo refuses to believe Piper is a robot, so Emily leaves the decision up to her.
Movies
♦ 2024 – My Old Ass
♦ 2024 – Summer’s End
♦ 2024 – We Strangers
♦ 2024 – Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
♦ 2023 – The Graduates
♦ 2022 – Funny Pages
♦ 2022 – The Good Nurse
♦ 2020 – The Outside Story
♦ 2019 – Late Night
♦ 2019 – Depraved
♦ 2019 – Above the Shadows
♦ 2019 – The Neighbors’ Window
♦ 2019 – William
♦ 2018 – Piercing
TV Shows
♦ 2024 – Life & Beth
♦ 2024 – Agatha
♦ 2023 – School Spirits
♦ 2022 – The First Lady
♦ 2022 – The Staircase
♦ 2021 – Prodigal Son
♦ 2021 – New Amsterdam
♦ 2021 – Modern Love
♦ 2020 – The Undoing
♦ 2019 – Bull
♦ 2019–2020 – Emergence
♦ 2018 – Strangers
♦ 2018 – The Deuce
♦ 2017–2019 – 13 Reasons Why
♦ 2017 – Sea Change
♦ 2017 – Red Oaks
♦ 2016 – Horace and Pete
♦ 2016 – The Blacklist
♦ 2016 – Royal Pains