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Portland, Maine, USA
Andrea Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian whose career spans television, film, and Broadway. She is best known for her Emmy Award-winning performances on the influential sketch comedy show SCTV, where she became famous for her memorable characters and sharp celebrity impersonations. On Broadway, Martin has won two Tony Awards for her roles in "My…
Known for
- You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... — Self / Robin2026
- Fantasy Life — Helen2026
- Marty, Life Is Short — Self2026
- Best Medicine — Judith2026
- A Very Jonas Christmas Movie — Deb2025
- John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor, SCTV2025
- Overcompensating — Dean Jessica Ballick2025
- Armenia, My Home — narrator2024
- Andrea Martin: Nine Lives... and Counting! — Self2024
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 — Aunt Voula2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Andrea Louise Martin , ( 1947-01-15 ) January 15, 1947 (age 79) , Portland, Maine , U.S.
- Citizenship
- United States Canada (since 2017)
- Occupations
- Actress comedian singer
- Years active
- 1970–present
- Spouse
- Bob Dolman ( divorced )
- Children
- 2, including Jack Dolman
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Martin
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Portland
- Spouse
- Bob Dolman
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Record label
- Roc Nation
- Official website
- iamandreamartin.com
- Image
- AndreaMartin-byPhilipRomano.jpg
- Residence
- Toronto
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- Andrea Martin
- date of birth
- 1947-01-15
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- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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- Andrea Martin
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- name in native language
- Andrea Martin
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American and Canadian actress and comedian, best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News. She has appeared in films such as Black Christmas (1974) and its 2006 remake, Wag the Dog (1997), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), Little Italy (2018) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023). Martin is also a prolific voice actress, lending her voice to many animated series and films, including Anastasia (1997), The Rugrats Movie (1998), and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001). From 2021 to 2024, she co-starred in the supernatural drama series Evil. She plays a recurring role on Only Murders in the Building as of 2021.
Martin has been equally prolific in the world of theatre, winning Tony Awards for both My Favorite Year and the 2013 revival of Pippin. Martin also appeared on Broadway in Candide, Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Young Frankenstein, Exit the King, and Act One. She has received five nominations for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, more than any other actress in the award's history. She received her first nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2016 revival of Noises Off.
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