Mae Martin

Mae Pearl Martin (born 2 May 1987) is a Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter. They co-created, co-wrote and starred in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series Feel Good. They received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for their work on Feel Good. Early life 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. Martin has one older brother. They were baptised in a village on the Greek island of Corfu, where their family lived for several years. James and Wendy were very open-minded and accepting, ex-hippies, and comedy fans. The family home was filled with recordings of British and American comedy classics. Martin attended an all-girls school in Toronto. Martin saw their first comedy show at age 11, began booking gigs as part of the comedy troupe The Young and the Useless at age 13, and dropped out of school to pursue comedy full time at 15. Career Martin's career started in Canada at age 13, as part of the three-person comedy troupe The Young and the Useless. They worked The Second City comedy club, both in the box office and as a stand-up comedian.