Vella most recently starred alongside Ted Danson and Holly Hunter in the Tina Fey produced comedy series Mr. Mayor on NBC. Vella earned a 2021 HCA TV Award Nomination for her season one performance as Mikaela Shaw, the Chief of Staff to newly elected Mayor of Los Angeles (Ted Danson). She also starred in the Comedy Central holiday parody movie A Clüsterfünke Christmas which was written and produced by Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer. In addition, Vella recently had a recurring on the Amazon/Jason Katims series As We See It and the Hulu comedy series Dollface. Prior to this, Vella is best known for her series regular role as sarcastic voice of reason Heather Davis on all four seasons of CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. She also lent her voice to the Netflix animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2020 Critics’ Choice Nominee – Best Animated Series) where she played Mermista. On the film side, she is best known for her work in the smash hit The Big Sick where she played Kumail Nanjiani’s arraigned love interest Khadija.