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Martha Stewart
Sign in to saveAlso known as Martha Helen Stewart, Martha Kostyra Stewart, Martha Helen Kostyra, Martha Helen Grace Kostyra, Martha Helen Grace Stewart
American businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941)
Martha Stewart is an American businesswoman, writer, and television personality born in 1941 who built a major brand around home entertaining, cooking, and domestic lifestyle advice. She became influential in shaping how millions of people approach home decoration, cooking, and entertaining through her media empire, including magazines, TV shows, and product lines.
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Film & TV
Nutley, New Jersey, USA
Martha Stewart was born on August 3, 1941 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA as Martha Helen Kostyra. She is an actress and producer, known for Martha Stewart Living (1991), Martha (2005) and Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber (2015). She was previously married to Andrew Stewart.
Known for
- Loki Pete — Self (archive footage)2025
- I Am Curious Johnny — Self2025
- Snoop's Holiday Halftime Party — Self2025
- Yes, Chef! — Self - Host2025
- Martha — Self2024
- Hope in the Water — Self2024
- The Many Lives of Martha Stewart — Self (archive footage)2024
- iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2023 — Self - Presenter2023
- We Feed People — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2022
- The Great American Tag Sale with Martha Stewart — Self - Host2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Grace
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Jersey City
- Child
- Alexis Stewart
- Occupation
- television producer
- Employer
- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Ice Bucket Challenge
- Field of work
- non-fiction writer
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Official website
- www.marthastewart.com
- Image
- Martha Stewart 2011 Shankbone.JPG
- Residence
- Katonah
- Convicted of
- obstruction of justice
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- Commons category
- Martha Stewart
- date of birth
- 1941-08-03
- birth name
- Martha Helena Kostyra
- catchphrase
- It's a good thing.
- social media followers
- 1110000
- relative
- Jimmy Kimmel
- sponsor
- Kmart
- name in native language
- Martha Helen Grace Stewart
- short name
- Martha Stewart
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Encyclopedic overview
Martha Helen Stewart (née Kostyra, Polish: [kɔˈstɨra]; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality . As the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, focusing on home and hospitality, she gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising and e-commerce. She has written numerous bestselling books, was the publisher of Martha Stewart Living magazine and hosted two syndicated television programs: Martha Stewart Living, which ran from 1993 to 2004, and The Martha Stewart Show, which ran from 2005 to 2012.
Stewart was convicted of felony charges related to the ImClone stock trading case; she served five months in federal prison for fraud and was released in March 2005. There was speculation that the incident would effectively end her media empire, but in 2005, Stewart began a comeback campaign, and her company returned to profitability in 2006. Stewart rejoined the board of directors of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in 2011 and became chairwoman of her namesake company again in 2012. The company was acquired by Sequential Brands in 2015. Sequential Brands Group agreed in April 2019 to sell Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, including the Emeril brand, to Marquee Brands for $175 million with benchmarked additional payments.
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