1. Mae Pearl Martin was born on 2 May 1987 and is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, and recording artist.
25 Facts About Mae Martin
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Mae Martin received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for their work on the series.
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Mae Martin was born in Toronto, Canada on 2 May 1987, the child of Canadian writer and teacher Wendy Martin and English actor and musician-turned-food-writer James Chatto.
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Mae Martin was baptized in a village on the Greek island of Corfu, where their family lived for several years.
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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.
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At 11 years old, Mae Martin was taken to a comedy club, and developed a lifelong interest in stand-up.
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Mae Martin saw their first comedy show at age 11 and began booking gigs as part of the comedy troupe The Young and the Useless at age 13.
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At age 14, Mae Martin started drinking and using illicit drugs.
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At age 15, Mae Martin dropped out of the all-girls school they attended in Toronto to pursue comedy full-time while working at the Second City comedy club.
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At 16, Mae Martin's parents kicked them out of the house, and they stayed with comedian friends throughout their 20s and 30s.
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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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Mae Martin worked The Second City comedy club, both in the box office and as a stand-up comedian.
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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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Mae Martin's work in Canada includes writing for the sketch comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show, for which Mae Martin is a two-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series.
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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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In 2017, Mae Martin debuted Dope, a show about addiction in all forms, at Edinburgh, which was shortlisted for the Edinburgh Comedy award.
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Mae Martin co-created, wrote, and starred in the 2020 Channel 4 comedy series Feel Good alongside long-time collaborator Joe Hampson.
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In 2022, Mae Martin appeared in LOL: Last One Laughing Canada.
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Later that year, Mae Martin appeared in the HBO Max series The Flight Attendant in a recurring role as Grace St James.
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In 2023 Mae Martin appeared on and won series 15 of the Channel 4 comedy game show Taskmaster.
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Mae Martin received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024 for SAP.
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In 2024, Mae Martin hosted an episode of CBC's The Nature of Things called "Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary".
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In 2022, Mae Martin had a romantic relationship with fellow Canadian actor Elliot Page.
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In December 2023, Mae Martin announced their relationship with television personality Parvati Shallow.