14 Facts About Mae Martin

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Mae Pearl Martin was born on 2 May 1987 and is a Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter.

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Mae Martin received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for their work on Feel Good.

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Mae Martin was born in Toronto on 2 May 1987, the child of Canadian writer and teacher Wendy Martin and the former actor and musician turned English food writer James Chatto.

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Mae Martin's career started in Canada at age 13, as part of the three-person comedy troupe The Young and the Useless.

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At the age of 16, Mae Martin was the youngest-ever nominee for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award.

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In 2011, Mae Martin moved to London to enter the British comedy scene.

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Mae Martin has appeared on the British television and radio programme The Now Show, and has co-hosted GrownUpLand.

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8.

Alongside long-time collaborator Joe Hampson, Mae Martin co-created, wrote, and starred in the 2020 Channel 4 comedy series Feel Good The second season was released in 2021.

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Mae Martin describes childhood obsessions with Bette Midler, The Kids in the Hall, Pee-wee Herman and the Rocky Horror Show, which they now point to as signs of an addictive personality.

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At 11 years old, Mae Martin was taken to a comedy club and fell in love with stand-up.

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At age 14, Mae Martin started drinking alcohol, doing cocaine, and selling drugs.

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At 15, Mae Martin dropped out of school to work full-time at the Second City comedy club.

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In June 2021, Mae Martin described themself as "a queer person".

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Mae Martin shared that they had top surgery in late 2021.