Mae Martin


Mae Martin is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for writing and starring in the hit sitcom Feel Good. Martin has won two Canadian Comedy Awards as part of the comedy troupe "The Young and the Useless"..

Life and career

Martin was born in Toronto, Canada. Martin's career started in Canada, where Martin was involved in the comedy troupe "The Young and the Useless". At the age of 16, Martin was the youngest-ever nominee for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award.
Martin's work in Canada also includes writing for the Canadian sketch comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show. Martin is a two-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series for the work Martin did with that show's writing team.
In 2011, Martin moved to the UK, and has since done several shows which have been toured, and took the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Martin's 2015 show was entitled Mae Martin:Us.
Martin has contributed to various programmes on British television and radio. On radio, Martin presents Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality on BBC Radio 4, and has contributed to The Now Show on the same station. Since 2018 Martin has also co-hosted the Radio 4 podcast GrownUpLand, which is targeted at millennials. In 2018 Martin debuted on a Netflix special, which was part of the Comedians of the World collection.
In 2020, Martin co-created and starred in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series Feel Good.

Personal life

Martin's father is food writer James Chatto, a former child actor who appeared in Peter Brook's film of Lord of the Flies. Martin has dated both men and women, but has resisted explicitly identifying as bisexual. Martin uses she and they pronouns, identifies variously as non-binary and a woman, and has spoken at length about the feeling of gender-fluidity. Martin was previously addicted to drugs and consequently underwent rehabilitation, using stories of this as the basis for some stand-up routines.