Mae Martin

Mae Martin (born 1987) is a Canadian-born, UK-based comedian, actor and writer. Martin wrote and starred in the Netflix comedy "Feel Good" and 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, Ontario. Martin's career started in Canada, where they were involved in the comedy troupe "The Young and the Useless". At the age of 16, they were 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." They are a two-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series for the work they 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. Their 2015 show was entitled "Mae Martin:Us".
They have 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 they have 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, wrote, and starred in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series "Feel Good".
In March 2021, Mae competed in and won the TV quiz show, "Richard Osman's House of Games".
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, stating in April 2021 that they are bisexual after previously resisting labelling their sexuality. They are nonbinary, and have spoken at length about the feeling of gender-fluidity. Martin uses they/them and she/her pronouns, saying "I love it when people say 'they' but I don’t mind 'she' at ALL". They were previously addicted to drugs and consequently underwent rehabilitation, using stories of this as the basis for some stand-up routines.