Maria Dizzia recently concluded filming The Staircase for HBOMax directed by Antonio Campos. She can also be seen in Showtime's The First Lady, directed by Susanne Bier. On stage, she starred in the nationwide tour of Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me. She appeared in the 2019 Academy Award-winning short The Neighbors' Window directed by Marshall Curry and earned the Best Actress Award at the Short Shorts Festival. Maria portrayed Polly on three seasons of Orange is the New Black. Other film and television credits include: The Outside Story, The Deuce, Newsroom, Christine, While We’re Young, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Margin Call, Horace and Pete, Master of None, Louie, 13 Reasons Why, and The Undoing. She made her directorial debut with the Amios Theater Company production of The Loneliest Number (2018 NY Innovative Theater nomination). Other Theatre: If I Forget,The Layover, Belleville (2013 Drama Desk Nomination), Uncle Vanya, In the Next Room (2010 Tony Award nomination), Eurydice, and more.
