Mae Martin
- Canadian
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Mae Martin is a British-Canadian comedian and actor who moved to the UK in 2011. They have worked widely with BBC Radio 4, presenting programmes such as Mae Martin's Guide To 21st Century Sexuality and Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Addiction, as well as GrownUpLand, targeted at millennials. Creator of the worldwide hit TV show Feel Good, they have also starred in Taskmaster.
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Mae Martin on IMDb
- Nationality
- Canadian
Mae Martin is a British-Canadian comedian and actor who trained in improvisation and sketch comedy for four years at the Toronto outpost of the famed comedy institution, The Second City, whose notable alumni include Amy Poehler, Steve Carrell, Mike Myers, and Tina Fey. They also won two Canadian Comedy Awards as part of the comedy troupe The Young And The Useless.
Martin moved to the UK in 2011, fast making a name for themselves on both sides of the Atlantic. Their stand-up show Dope began at the 2017 Melbourne and Sydney comedy festivals before transferring to the Edinburgh Fringe and beyond, for a first UK tour that same year. Since then they have performed on BBC Three's live stand-up show Live At The BBC and Russell Howard's Good News, and written for The Now Show and Newsjack.
Martin's BBC Radio 4 series Mae Martin's Guide To 21st Century Sexuality (2016) was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award and is loosely based on their own stand-up show Us, which premiered in 2015. An informative exploration of inclusive sexual behaviour and attitudes in the modern era, it is characteristically frank, confessional, and revealing.
This was followed in 2017 by Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Addiction, an intimate meditation, delving deep into their own past, on how a person becomes inextricably attached to harmful substances. On the same platform they also co-hosted the podcast GrownUpLand, targeted at millennials.
A voice for nervous teens and young people everywhere, Martin regularly incorporates material about their LGBTIQA+ identity and drug-taking past. Alongside releasing a Netflix comedy special, in 2019 Martin announced a new Netflix sitcom based on their identity and life experiences, entitled Feel Good, in which Lisa Kudrow plays their mother.
In 2023, they starred in Taskmaster, building up an additional fanbase in the process.
- Taskmaster 2023
- Champion (Winner)
- PinkNews Awards 2023
- Entertainer of the Year (Nominee)
- NME Awards 2022
- Best TV Actor (Nominee)
- RTS Awards 2022
- Writer - Comedy (Nominee)
- DIVA Awards 2022
- Actor of the Year (Winner)
- Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2022
- Best TV Situation Comedy (Winner)
- RTS Awards 2021
- Writer - Comedy (Winner)
Breakthrough Award (Winner) - BAFTA Television Awards 2021
- Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme (Nominee)
- National Comedy Awards, The 2021
- Outstanding Comedy Actress (Longlisted)
- I Talk Telly Awards 2021
- Best Comedy Partnership (Nominee)
- Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2020
- Breakthrough Talent (Nominee)
- Chortle Awards 2018
- Breakthrough Act (Winner)
- Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2017
- Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
- Amused Moose Comedy Award 2013
- Main Award (Nominee)
- NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show 2012
- Top of the Bill (Nominee)
- Musical Comedy Awards 2011
- Main Prize (Nominee)
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