---
name: "Vanessa Bayer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vanessa-bayer"
fi1m_id: "vanessa-bayer"
imdb_id: "nm3364779"
tmdb_id: 503103
wikidata_id: "Q723370"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 November 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T22:20:53.739179+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Vanessa Bayer

## Identity

Vanessa Bayer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vanessa-bayer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vanessa-bayer
- **IMDb ID:** nm3364779
- **TMDB ID:** 503103
- **Wikidata ID:** Q723370
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Bayer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3364779/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/503103

Actor. Born 14 November 1981 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 November 1981, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 73 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Family 3, Animation 2, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,514m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Bayer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3364779/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/503103

## Coming up

- *The Comeback King* (2027-02-03)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Freakier Friday*](https://film.one/film/freakier-friday.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Vanessa Bayer is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the sketch comedy series *Saturday Night Live* from 2010 to 2017.

Born on 14 November 1981 in Orange, Ohio, Bayer graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. She is known for film roles including Nikki in *Trainwreck* (2015) and Allison in *Office Christmas Party* (2016), as well as voice work such as the flight attendant in *Despicable Me 2* (2013) and PB in *DC League of Super-Pets* (2022). She played Madame Jen in the 2025 film *Freakier Friday*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Hoppers* (2026), Fi1m 76, as Diane (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md)
- *Freakier Friday* (2025), Fi1m 65, as Madame Jen — [page](https://film.one/film/freakier-friday.md)
- *Barry* (2018), Fi1m 85, as Morgan Dawn-Cherry — [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Despicable Me 2* (2013), Fi1m 71, as Flight Attendant (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Comeback King* (2027), Actor
- *Maddie's Secret* (2026), as Julie
- *Mating Season* (2026), series, as Meredith (voice)
- *Hoppers* (2026), as Diane (voice) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md)
- *Scrubs* (2026), series, as Sibby Wilson
- *The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show 2025* (2025), as Rodudu
- *Iron Man and His Awesome Friends* (2025), series, as Swarm (voice)
- *Freakier Friday* (2025), as Madame Jen — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/freakier-friday.md)
- *Meet Iron Man and His Awesome Friends* (2025), series, as Swarm (voice) (uncredited)
- *Mid-Century Modern* (2025), series, as Liz
- *No Good Deed* (2024), series, as Cynthia
- *Elsbeth* (2024), series, as DeeDee Dashers
- *DC League of Super-Pets* (2022), as PB (voice)
- *I Love That for You* (2022), series, as Joanna Gold · Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Alice's Wonderland Bakery* (2022), series, as Daff (voice)
- *Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar* (2021), as Debbie
- *Wander Darkly* (2020), as Maggie
- *Helpsters* (2019), series, as Rita Reader
- *I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson* (2019), series, as Brenda
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019), series, as Evie Russell
- *Single Parents* (2018), series, as Mia
- *Ibiza* (2018), as Nikki
- *Barry* (2018), series, as Morgan Dawn-Cherry — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Will & Grace* (2017), series, as Amy, Friday
- *Carrie Pilby* (2017), as Tara
- *The Polka King* (2017), as Bitsy Bear
- *Office Christmas Party* (2016), as Allison
- *Love* (2016), series, as Sarah
- *Trainwreck* (2015), as Nikki
- *An SNL Valentine* (2015), as (archive footage)
- *Man Seeking Woman* (2015), series, as Laura Ferber
- *TripTank* (2014), series, as Cheryl (voice)
- *Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving* (2013), as Rosa
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Officer Debbie Fogle — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Despicable Me 2* (2013), as Flight Attendant (voice) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md)
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Mary — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Adventures in the Sin Bin* (2012), as Superdawg Waitress
- *Portlandia* (2011), series, as Speaker System Customer, Ms. Praeger
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, as Marjorie — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Off the Cuff* (2009), as Kate Clark
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Clarity Hoffman-Roth (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *A Hundred Percent*, series, Actor
- *Stewie*, series, as Morgan (voice)

## Gallery

- ![Vanessa Bayer](https://film.one/media/person/8186/gallery-bab93d239032.jpg) Vanessa Bayer — Behind The Velvet Rope TV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Vanessa_Bayer_at_LOL_for_LLS_0.04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![American actress and comedian Vanessa Bayer at "LOL for LLS" benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, interviewed by Behind the Velvet Rope TV. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/8186/gallery-384db6cd2c24.jpg) American actress and comedian Vanessa Bayer at "LOL for LLS" benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, interviewed by Behind the Velvet Rope TV. (2015) — Behind The Velvet Rope TV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Vanessa_Bayer_at_LOL_for_LLS.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Vanessa Bayer](https://film.one/media/person/8186/gallery-6abd5c07c7f2.jpg) Vanessa Bayer — Image via TMDB
- ![Vanessa Bayer](https://film.one/media/person/8186/gallery-3091a9be9b1b.jpg) Vanessa Bayer — Image via TMDB
- ![Vanessa Bayer](https://film.one/media/person/8186/gallery-200db1cc0f60.jpg) Vanessa Bayer — Image via TMDB
- ![Vanessa Bayer](https://film.one/media/person/8186/gallery-a0854b026a6e.jpg) Vanessa Bayer — Image via TMDB

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