Maggie Amato

Maggie is Liza's best friend and roommate, a painter and the only person besides Liza's daughter who knows the truth about her age lie. She's an out lesbian, unapologetically herself, and the voice of dry, unimpressed commentary as Liza tries to pull off pretending to be twenty-six in the New York publishing world.

Debi Mazar plays Maggie with a bone-dry New York wit that never tips into caricature — she's the friend who says the thing everyone's thinking and then pours another drink. As the one keeper of Liza's secret, she gives the show its steadiest, most grounded relationship, and Mazar makes her loyalty feel effortless rather than sentimental.