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Andrea Martin

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Andrea Martin
Martin in 2019
Born
Andrea Louise Martin

Citizenship
  • United States
  • Canada
Alma materEmerson College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • singer
Years active1970–present
SpouseBob Dolman (divorced)
Children2

Andrea Louise Martin is an American-Canadian actress, singer and comedian.[1] She is best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News. She has been in movies such as Black Christmas (1974), Wag the Dog (1997), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) and Little Italy (2018). She has also been in the animated moviesAnastasia (1997), The Rugrats Movie (1998) and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001).

Martin has been also acted on stage. She has won Tony Awards for both My Favorite Year and the 2013 version of Pippin. Martin has been on Broadway in Candide, Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Young Frankenstein, Exit the King, and Act One. She has gotten five nominations for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. This is more than any other actress. She got her first nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2016 version of Noises Off.

She also starred as Carol Wendelson on the NBC sitcom Great News, and as Marilyn Kessler in the Hulu series Difficult People.

References

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  1. "Andrea Martin Listing" TV Guide, accessed August 31, 2011