Mae Martin

Mae Martin is an award-winning comedian, actor, writer and producer who this year received the “Rising Star Award” at Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Their new stand-up special SAP, directed by Abbi Jacobson, launched on Netflix in Spring 2023 to positive reviews and marked Mae’s hour-long comedy special debut. In SAP, Mae reflects on a world off its axis, from a mythical moose encounter to the gender spectrum in "Beauty and the Beast."

Mae is included in Variety magazine’s prestigious “Comedy Impact Report” and named as part of The Telegraph’s “50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century.”

Mae was crowned the winner of TASKMASTER season 15, the hit comedy game series airing on Channel 4 in the UK. Next up, Mae will co-showrun, star, and executive produce the recently announced limited series for Netflix entitled TALL PINES, which Mae also created. TALL PINES is a thriller set in a bucolic but sinister town that explores the insidious underbelly of the troubled teen industry and the eternal struggle between one generation and the next.

Mae is best known for creating, starring, and writing FEEL GOOD, a critically acclaimed drama-comedy series, for which they were nominated for a BAFTA Award. The first season, co-starring Lisa Kudrow and Charlotte Ritchie, launched in the US and
globally on Netflix and on Channel 4 in the UK to widespread praise and a perfect 100% “Certified Fresh” score on Rotten Tomatoes. FEEL GOOD also won The Edinburgh TV Award 2020 for “Best Series” as well as the “Best Comedy Drama Series” at the C21 Awards. The second season was lauded by fans and critics alike, including Jude Dry of IndieWire who said the season was “…so damn good you may want to watch it all over again.”

Mae’s acting credits include a memorable guest-starring role on Season Two of HBO MAX’s THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT opposite Kaley Cuoco.

Their previous stand-up show, DOPE was nominated for “Best Comedy Show” at the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards while earning four- and five-star reviews in the UK. The show has since been turned in to a stand-up special for Netflix as part of their global stand-up series, COMEDIANS OF THE WORLD.

Mae is also the author of Can Everyone Please Calm Down?: A Guide to 21st Century Sexuality, published in May 2019 by Hachette imprint Wren and Rook.