1. Andrea Louise Martin was born on January 15,1947 and is an American and Canadian actress, best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News.
30 Facts About Andrea Martin
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Andrea Martin has appeared in films such as Black Christmas, Wag the Dog, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Little Italy and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3.
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Andrea Martin has lent her voice to the animated films Anastasia, The Rugrats Movie, and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
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Andrea Martin is currently playing a recurring role on Only Murders in the Building.
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Andrea Martin has received five nominations for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, more than any other actress in the award's history.
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Andrea Martin received her first nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2016 revival of Noises Off.
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Andrea Martin was born on January 15,1947, in Portland, Maine, the eldest of three children of Armenian-American parents Sybil A and John Papazian Martin.
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Andrea Martin has mentioned that although her grandparents "did not know what assimilation was," her parents worked hard to assimilate into the US As such, Martin only connected with her ancestry later in life.
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Andrea Martin took piano lessons when she was eight, reciting a poem about a kitten at the rotunda of the Portland Museum of Art and playing the piano there.
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Andrea Martin transferred from Nathan Clifford School to St Joseph's Academy before entering high school.
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Andrea Martin graduated from Deering High School in 1965, where she was a member of the Dramatic Club and won Miss Deering High 1965.
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In 1972, Andrea Martin played the character Robin in a Toronto production of Godspell, with a company that included future stars Gilda Radner, Andrea Martin Short, Eugene Levy, and Victor Garber, and musical director Paul Shaffer.
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In 1981, Andrea Martin was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Variety Show for her work in SCTV.
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Andrea Martin starred alongside Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon in the Broadway revival of Exit the King.
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Andrea Martin wrote and performed in the critically acclaimed one-woman show Nude, Nude, Totally Nude in Los Angeles and New York City, receiving a 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One Person Show.
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For Pippin Andrea Martin won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
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Andrea Martin appeared on Broadway in the new play written and directed by James Lapine, Act One, for which she received the Outer Critics Circle Award.
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Andrea Martin played Wanda Falbo the Word Fairy in a series of short segments on Sesame Street, debuting in 1989.
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Andrea Martin is known to Star Trek fans as one of two actresses to play Ishka, Quark's mother, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Andrea Martin has won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program in 1982 and 1983.
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Andrea Martin has done considerable voice work in animated film and television productions such as Anastasia, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Rugrats, The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue, The Simpsons, Recess, The New Woody Woodpecker Show, Earthworm Jim, Kim Possible, The Buzz on Maggie, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Brother Bear 2.
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Andrea Martin appeared in the 1993 television adaptation of Gypsy starring Bette Midler.
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Andrea Martin played Helaine in the 2009 breakout independent film Breaking Upwards.
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Andrea Martin appears in the NBC sitcom Working the Engels.
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In late 2015 to early 2016, Andrea Martin performed as Dotty Otley in the limited-run Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Noises Off, directed by Jeremy Herrin.
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Andrea Martin was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance.
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On March 4,2019, Andrea Martin withdrew from the production, having broken four ribs in an accident during rehearsal.
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In 2024, Andrea Martin appeared on Broadway, in the Lincoln Center production of Ayad Akhtar's McNeal, along with Robert Downey Jr.
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On December 8,2017, on The Marilyn Denis Show, Andrea Martin announced that after 47 years in Canada, she had become a Canadian citizen.
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Andrea Martin was previously married to Bob Dolman and had two sons with him, Joe and Jack.