Mae Martin

Mae Martin (born 2 May 1987) is a Canadian comedian and actor.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Martin has won two Canadian Comedy Awards as part of the comedy troupe "The Young and the Useless".[7][8]

Comedy Career

Martin started her career in Canada where she was involved in the comedy troupe "The Young and the Useless".[7] At the age of 16 she was is the youngest ever nominee for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award.[9]

Her work in Canada also includes writing for the Canadian sketch comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show.[10] She is a two-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series for her work with that show's writing team.[11]

In 2011 she moved to the UK, and has since done several shows which she toured, and took the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[9] Her 2016 show was entitled Mae Martin:Us.[5]

Martin has contributed to various programmes on British television and radio[9]. On Radio she presents Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality on BBC Radio 4,[12] and has contributed to The Now Show on the same station.[13] In 2017 it was announced that she would also host a new podcast for the station called Grownup Land, which is targeted at millennials[14].

Personal life

She is out as LGBT,[15] but has resisted explicitly identifying her sexuality as bisexual or lesbian.[16]

Martin was previously addicted to various illegal substances, and consequently underwent rehabilitation. She has used stories of this as the basis for some of her stand up routines[17].

Her father is James Chatto, a former child actor who appeared in Peter Brook’s film of Lord of the Flies (her uncle, Daniel Chatto, is married to the Queen’s niece, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones). [18]

References

  1. ↑ Dessau, Bruce (2 June 2016). "Mae Martin comedy review seriously funny tales of tinder and turnons". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Horrible Histories up for an Emmy". Chortle.co.uk. October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ Joe Lycett (presenter) Matt Stronge (producer) (October 6, 2016). It's Not What You Know S04E03 (radio). London: BBC Radio 4. Event occurs at 4:17. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Mae Martin on Facebook
  5. 1 2 Alexander, Ella (17 May 2016). "Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality". Glamour. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Martin, Mae (27 May 2016). "Mae Martin solves London's problems". Time Out. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  7. 1 2 "CBC leads Comedy Award Nominations". The Globe and Mail. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Smith, Dominic (26 April 2013). "Mae Martin". The Argus. Brighton. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 "Mae Martin". IMDb.
  10. ↑ "'Baroness von Sketch Show' Co-Creator Carolyn Taylor Finds the Funny in Life's Absurdities". ET Canada, August 15, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards 2017: Baroness von Sketch Show, Orphan Black big winners". CBC News, March 8, 2017.
  12. ↑ Mae Martin (presenter) (12 October 2016). Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality. London: BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "The Now Show". 48. Episode 1. London: BBC Radio 4. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "GrownUpLand - GrownUpLand - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  15. ↑ "Mae Martin's candid bid to make sexuality 'one less thing kids worry about'". The Guardian, November 10, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Mae Martin: 'I like to do shows that open a dialogue'". GO London, August 8, 2017.
  17. ↑ Gilbey, Ryan (2017-08-15). "Edinburgh star Mae Martin: 'I had a breakup and noticed how similar it felt to getting off drugs'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  18. ↑ "Mae Martin: 'I like to do shows that open a dialogue'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-08-29.


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