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Born | Andrea Louise Martin January 15, 1947 [1] Portland, Maine, U.S. |
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Alma mater | Emerson College |
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Years active | 1970–present |
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Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American and Canadian actress, [2] best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News . She has appeared in films 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), Little Italy (2018) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023). She has also lent her voice to the animated films Anastasia (1997), The Rugrats Movie (1998), and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001). Since 2021, she co-stars in the supernatural drama series Evil . She is currently playing a recurring role on Only Murders in the Building (2021).
Martin has been equally prolific in the world of theater, 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 .
Andrea Martin was born on January 15, 1947, in Portland, Maine, [3] [4] the eldest of three children of Armenian-American parents Sybil A. (Armenian : Սիբիլ Մանուկեան Մարթին; née Manoogian) and John Papazian Martin (Armenian : Ջօն Փափազեան Մարթին; 1917–2010). [5] [6] Her paternal grandparents, from Van, present-day Turkey, had escaped the Armenian Genocide. [7] Her maternal grandmother immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 15. [8] Her paternal grandfather, an amateur thespian, changed the family's name from Papazian to Martin. [9] Her maternal grandparents, who were from Constantinople, started the Armenian School at the Chestnut Street Church in Portland, Maine. [10] [11] [12] [8] [13] [14] [15] Andrea's father owned Martin's Foods, a grocery-store chain. [16] She has mentioned that although her grandparents "did not know what assimilation was," her parents worked hard to assimilate into the U.S. As such, Martin only connected with her ancestry later in life. [17]
When she was two years old, her mother was recovering from a broken leg, so she would often read to her daughter. She and her mother would often take turns reading Shakespeare, Paul Revere's Ride , and Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven . She took piano lessons when she was eight, reciting a poem about a kitten at the rotunda of the Portland Museum of Art and playing the piano there. Martin transferred from Nathan Clifford School to St. Joseph’s Academy before entering high school. She graduated from Deering High School in 1965, where she was a member of the Dramatic Club and won Miss Deering High 1965. [10]
Soon after graduating from Emerson College, Martin won a role in a touring company of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown . After frequent visits to Toronto, she relocated from New York City to Toronto in 1970 and immediately found steady work in television, film, and theater.
In 1972, Martin played the character Robin in a Toronto production of Godspell , with a company that included future stars Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, and Victor Garber, and musical director Paul Shaffer. [18] Two of her early film roles were in horror films, 1973's Cannibal Girls , for which she won the Sitges Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and in 1974, as the bookish sorority sister Phyllis in Black Christmas , a Canadian slasher.
In 1976, she joined then-unknowns John Candy, Dave Thomas, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis, and Joe Flaherty on the Canadian sketch comedy television series, SCTV , which was set at fictional television station "Second City Television", or SCTV, in Melonville. Martin most notably portrayed leopard print-wearing station manager Edith Prickley, whose dealings with the staff, including president/owner Guy Caballero, clueless newscaster Earl Camembert, and washed-up actor Johnny LaRue, helped to provide much of the show's humor. Other notable characters Martin played included Pirini Scleroso, an immigrant from Eastern Europe, organ saleswoman Edna Boil, feminist TV show host Libby Wolfson, and children's entertainer Mrs. Falbo. Her talent for impersonation was key in her humorous portrayals of Barbra Streisand, Ethel Merman, Arlene Francis, Pauline Kael, Sally Field, Sophia Loren, Beverly Sills, Lynn Redgrave, Linda Lavin, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli, Connie Francis, Mother Teresa, Joni Mitchell, Alice B. Toklas, Patti Smith, Brenda Vaccaro, and Indira Gandhi. [19] In 1981, Martin was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Variety Show for her work in SCTV.
Her 1970s stage work eventually included the Toronto branch of the improvisational comedy troupe The Second City, a group which produced almost the entire cast of SCTV . In 1992, she made her Broadway debut in the musical My Favorite Year , for which she won the Tony Award, Theatre World Award, and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. [20]
Her additional Broadway credits include Candide (1997) and Oklahoma! (2002), and the Broadway premiere of Young Frankenstein (2007), all of which brought her Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. [21]
Martin starred alongside Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon in the Broadway revival of Exit the King . For her performance as Juliette, she was nominated for a Drama Desk and an Outer Critics Circle Award. She wrote and performed in the critically acclaimed one-woman show Nude, Nude, Totally Nude in Los Angeles and New York City, [22] receiving a 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One Person Show.
Her other theater credits include the leads in The Rose Tattoo and Betty's Summer Vacation , for which she won the Elliot Norton Award for Best Actress, both produced at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. During the winter of 2012–2013, she played Berthe, Pippin's grandmother, in the American Repertory Theater production of Pippin in Cambridge, Massachusetts, singing the classic song "No Time At All". [23] The show transferred to Broadway at the Music Box Theatre and opened in April 2013. For Pippin Martin won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Martin's last performance as Berthe in the Broadway production of Pippin was on September 22, 2013. She appeared on Broadway in the new play written and directed by James Lapine, Act One , for which she received the Outer Critics Circle Award. [24] [25]
Martin played Wanda Falbo the Word Fairy in a series of short segments on Sesame Street , debuting in 1989. The character was based on Mrs. Falbo, one of Martin's SCTV characters. She also appeared on Kate & Allie as the executive producer of a low-rated cable channel, which was spun-off into her own CBS series, Roxie. Martin is known to Star Trek fans as one of two actresses to play Ishka, Quark's mother, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
Martin has won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program in 1982 and 1983. She has done considerable voice work in animated film and television productions such as Anastasia , The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius , The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy , Rugrats , The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue , The Simpsons , Recess , The New Woody Woodpecker Show , Earthworm Jim , Kim Possible , The Buzz on Maggie , SpongeBob SquarePants , and Brother Bear 2 . She also appeared in the 1993 television adaptation of Gypsy starring Bette Midler. [26]
In 1997, Martin starred in the television series Life... and Stuff . [27]
Her screen credits include All Over the Guy , in which she played Dr. Ellen Wyckoff—Dan Bucatinsky's therapist mother, Club Paradise , Wag the Dog , All I Want for Christmas , Worth Winning , Hedwig and the Angry Inch , Stepping Out , The Producers , and My Big Fat Greek Wedding , in which she portrayed Aunt Voula, a role she reprised in the small-screen adaptation, My Big Fat Greek Life , the 2016 sequel, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023).
In 2006, she played a major role in the remake of Black Christmas . She played Helaine in the 2009 breakout independent film Breaking Upwards . In the episode titled Pupil, she played an emergency room patient on the Showtime series, Nurse Jackie , which was aired July 27, 2009. In 2012, she provided the voice of Penny in the American Dad! episode "Stan's Best Friend" and appeared in an episode of 30 Rock titled "My Whole Life Is Thunder." Martin appeared in Night at the Museum 3 and Hulu's original series, Difficult People , starring Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner, and produced by Amy Poehler. It premiered August 5, 2015. She played Prudy Pingleton on Hairspray Live! , which aired on December 7, 2016.
She appears in the NBC sitcom Working the Engels .
In late 2015 to early 2016, Martin performed as Dotty Otley in the limited-run Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Noises Off , directed by Jeremy Herrin. Martin was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance.
Martin tours throughout Canada and the United States in her one-woman show, Andrea Martin: Final Days, Everything Must Go! with her musical director Seth Rudetsky.
In 2018, Martin, along with fellow Canadians Seth Rogen and Leonard Cohen, was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. [28]
Martin was set to perform on Broadway opposite Nathan Lane beginning March 2019 in the world premiere of Taylor Mac's new comedy Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, directed by George C. Wolfe. On March 4, 2019, Martin withdrew from the production, having broken four ribs in an accident during rehearsal. [29]
In 2024, Martin appeared on Broadway, in the Lincoln Center production of Ayad Akhtar's McNeal, along with Robert Downey Jr., who played the title character. [30]
Martin divides her time between Los Angeles and Toronto. On December 8, 2017, on The Marilyn Denis Show , Martin announced that after 47 years in Canada, she had become a Canadian citizen. She was previously married to Bob Dolman and had two sons with him, Joe and Jack. She has a grandchild via her elder son. [31] Through her marriage to Dolman, she was the sister-in-law of actor/comedian Martin Short, who married Dolman's sister Nancy.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | Foxy Lady | Girl Next Door | |
1973 | Cannibal Girls | Gloria Wellaby | |
1974 | Black Christmas | Phyllis "Phyl" Carlson | |
1980 | Wholly Moses! | Zipporah | |
1982 | Soup for One | Concord Seductress | |
1986 | Club Paradise | Linda White | |
1987 | Innerspace | Waiting Room Patient | |
1988 | Martha, Ruth and Edie | Ruth | |
Kid Safe: The Video | Kathy Tudor | Educational video | |
1989 | Rude Awakening | April Stool | |
Worth Winning | Claire Broudy | ||
1990 | Too Much Sun | Bitsy | |
1991 | Stepping Out | Dorothy | |
All I Want for Christmas | Olivia | ||
Ted & Venus | Bag Lady | ||
1992 | Itsy Bitsy Spider | Music Teacher | Short |
The Trial of Red Riding Hood | Grandma | Direct-to-video | |
1993 | Gypsy | Miss Cratchitt | |
1996 | Bogus | Penny | |
1997 | Anastasia | Phlegmenkoff, Old Woman | Voice [32] |
Wag the Dog | Liz Butsky | ||
1998 | The Rugrats Movie | Aunt Miriam Pickles | Voice [32] |
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue | Muriel | Voice, direct-to-video [32] | |
1999 | Bartok the Magnificent | Baba Yaga | |
2000 | Believe | Muriel Twyman | |
Loser | Professor | ||
2001 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Phyllis Stein | |
Recess: School's Out | Lunchlady Harriet | Voice [32] | |
All Over the Guy | Dr. Ellen Wyckoff | ||
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Ms. Fowl | Voice [32] | |
2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Aunt Voula | |
2004 | New York Minute | Senator Anne Lipton | |
2005 | The Producers | Kiss Me-Feel Me | |
2006 | The TV Set | Becky | |
Brother Bear 2 | Anda | Voice, direct-to-video [32] | |
How to Eat Fried Worms | Mrs. Bommley | ||
Young Triffie | Mrs. Grace Melrose | ||
Black Christmas | Barbara 'Ms. Mac' MacHenry | ||
2007 | Barbie as the Island Princess | Queen Ariana | Voice, direct-to-video [32] |
2008 | The Toe Tactic | Honey | |
2009 | Breaking Upwards | Helaine | |
2012 | BuzzKill | Lil Albright | |
Girl Most Likely | Stage Zelda | ||
Delivering the Goods | Anna | ||
2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Rose (Archivist) | |
2016 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Aunt Voula | |
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz | Hungry Tiger | Voice, direct-to-video [32] | |
2017 | They Shall Not Perish | Baidzar Bakalian | |
2018 | Diane | Bobbie | |
Little Italy | Franca | ||
2023 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 | Aunt Voula |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour | Baffin Islander, Anthem Singer #2 | Episode dated September 18 |
1975 | King of Kensington | Wilma Willoughby | Episode: "The Joy of Kensington" |
1976 | The Sunshine Hour | Regular | |
The Rimshots | Television film | ||
1976–1977 | The David Steinberg Show | Julie Liverfoot | 3 episodes |
1976–1984 | Second City Television | Various | Main role |
1981 | Titans | George Sand | Episode: "George Sand" |
1986 | Kate & Allie | Eddie Gordon | 2 episodes |
1987 | Roxie | Roxie Brinkerhoff | 6 episodes |
1987–2009 | Sesame Street | Wanda Falbo, Various | 8 episodes |
1988 | The Elephant Show | Herself | Episode: "Unicef" |
Poison | Melissa | ||
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley | Deidre Freebus | Main role | |
1989 | The Tracey Ullman Show | Therapy Patient | Episode #3.20 |
1991 | The Carol Burnett Show | Skit characters | |
1992 | Camp Candy | Mrs. Woodenhouse | Episode: "Lucky Dog" |
Maniac Mansion | Dr. Fontana Blue | Episode: "Idella's Breakdown" | |
Darkwing Duck | Splatter Phoenix | Voice, episode: "Paint Misbehavin'" | |
Goof Troop | Mrs. Willoughby | Voice, episode: "Goofin' Up the Social Ladder" | |
Frosty Returns | Miss Carbuncle | Voice, TV special [32] | |
Boris and Natasha: The Movie | Toots | Television film | |
1992–2002 | Rugrats | Aunt Miriam Pickles | Voice, 7 episodes [32] |
1992–1995 | Bobby's World | Nafoodjia/Constance | Voice, 3 episodes |
1994 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Gromble's Mom | Voice, episode: "Mother, May I" [32] |
The Martin Short Show | Alice Manoogan | 3 episodes | |
Batman: The Animated Series | Mighty Mom/Lisa Lorraine | Voice, episode: "Make 'Em Laugh" [32] | |
Duckman | Madame Rosebud | Voice, episode: "A Civil War" | |
1995 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Ishka | Episode: "Family Business" |
1995–1996 | Earthworm Jim | Queen Slug-For-A-Butt | Voice, 12 episodes |
1996 | Duckman | Mayor Gallagher | Voice, episode: "The Longest Weekend" |
1996 | Freakazoid! | Jeepers' Neighbor | Voice, episode: "Statuesque" [32] |
1996–1997 | Waynehead | Ms. Neggleoff | Voice, 2 episodes [32] |
1997 | Life... and Stuff | Christine | Episode: "Life... and Fisticuffs" |
Recess | Lunchlady Harriet | Voice | |
Meego | Connie | Episode: "The Truth About Cars and Dogs" | |
The Simpsons | Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilon | Voice, episode: "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" | |
1998 | Damon | Carol Czynencko | 7 episodes |
The Lionhearts | Additional voices | Episode: "But Some of My Best Friends Are Clowns" | |
CatDog | Talluhla, Indian | Voice, episode: "All About Cat/Trespassing" [32] | |
The Wild Thornberrys | Mother Condor | Voice, episode: "Flight of the Donnie" [32] | |
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Ms. Entebee | Voice, 3 episodes [32] | |
1998–1999 | Hercules | Additional voices | 5 episodes |
1998–2000 | Superman: The Animated Series | Mad Harriet | Voice, 4 episodes [32] |
1999 | Timon & Pumbaa | Queen Bee | Voice, episode: "To Be Bee or Not to Be Bee" |
The Outer Limits | Lil Vaughn | Episode: "Joyride" | |
The Norm Show | Millie | Episode: "Norm vs. Death" | |
1999–2000 | George and Martha | Martha | Voice, 26 episodes [32] |
1999–2002 | The New Woody Woodpecker Show | Ms. Meany | Voice, main role |
2001 | Committed | Frances Wilder | 2 episodes |
DAG | Betty Winn | Episode: "Basketball Jones" | |
Primetime Glick | Anne Heche | 2 episodes | |
2002 | Just for Laughs | Edith Prickley | |
Ed | Kaye Pazzuti | Episode: "Two Days of Freedom" | |
Crossing Jordan | Nora Kaminski | Episode: "Miracles & Wonders" | |
2002–2006 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Ms. Winifred Fowl | Voice, main role (37 episodes) [32] |
2003 | My Big Fat Greek Life | Voula | 7 episodes |
Ozzy & Drix | Aunti Histamine | Voice, episode: "Aunti Histamine" [32] | |
2003–2007 | Kim Possible | Mrs. Stoppable | Voice, recurring role |
2005 | Chilly Beach | Lucretia Marinara | Episode: "You've Got Meat" |
Hope & Faith | Madame Elizabeth | Episode: "Season Finale" | |
2006 | Kitchen Confidential | Margie | Episode: "The Robbery" |
Cracking Up | Carol Baxter | Episode: "The Fixer" | |
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Monster Wife | Voice, episode: "Be A-Fred, Be Very A-Fred" | |
2007 | St. Urbain's Horseman | Sarah Hersh | Episode: "Part 1 & 2" |
Insatiable | |||
SpongeBob SquarePants | Miss Gristlepuss | Voice, episode: "Banned in Bikini Bottom" | |
2009 | Nurse Jackie | Mrs. Greenfield | Episode: "Pupil" |
2010 | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Dr. Lois Kettlebaum | Episode: "The Letter" |
Dino Dan | Mrs. Hahn | 3 episodes | |
2010–2011 | The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! | Various | Voice, 3 episodes |
2012 | 30 Rock | Bonnie | Episode: "My Whole Life Is Thunder" |
2012–2013 | Fugget About It | The Virgin Mary, Nonna | Voice, 3 episodes [32] |
2013 | Crash & Bernstein | Mother Green | Episode: "Crash on the Run" |
2014 | Working the Engels | Ceil Engel | 12 episodes |
American Dad! | Sri Lankan Worker | Voice, episode: "Now and Gwen" | |
2015 | The Jack and Triumph Show | Elena Ekalakavarakova | Episode: "The Commercial" |
Modern Family | Fig Wilson | Episode: "White Christmas" | |
2015–2017 | Difficult People | Marilyn Kessler | 26 episodes |
2016 | Hairspray Live! | Prudy Pingleton | TV special |
2017 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Linda P. | Episode: "Kimmy Googles the Internet!" |
2017–2018 | Great News | Carol Wendelson | Main role |
2017–2019 | The Good Fight | Francesa Lovatelli | 6 episodes |
2019 | Will & Grace | Zusanna Zoggin | Episode: "The Pursuit of Happiness" |
Elena of Avalor | Queen Abigail | Voice, 2 episodes | |
2019–2021 | Mickey and the Roadster Racers | Mrs. Bigby | Voice, 5 episodes |
2020 | Corner Gas Animated | Herself | Voice, episode: "The Fat and The Furious" [32] |
2021–2024 | Evil | Sister Andrea | 20 episodes |
2021 | Harlem | Robin Goodman | 3 episodes |
2022 | Would I Lie to You? | Herself | Episode: "Child Toy Model" |
2022–present | Only Murders in the Building | Joy | Recurring role |
2023 | The Patrick Star Show | Agnes Steelhead | Voice, episode: "Which Witch is Which?" |
TBA | The Gilded Age | Madame Dashkova | Season 3 |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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1973 | Sitges Film Festival Award | Best Actress | Cannibal Girls | Won |
1982 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series | Second City Television | Nominated |
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | |||
Nominated | ||||
Nominated | ||||
Nominated | ||||
1983 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Won | |
Nominated | ||||
Nominated | ||||
Nominated | ||||
Nominated | ||||
2003 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominated |
2022 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Evil | Nominated |
2025 | Saturn Awards | Best Guest Starring Role on Television | Pending | |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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1993 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | My Favorite Year | Won |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Won | ||
Theatre World Award | Honoree | |||
1996 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Solo Performance | Nude Nude Totally Nude | Nominated |
1997 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Candide | Nominated |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nominated | ||
2002 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Oklahoma! | Nominated |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nominated | ||
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nominated | ||
Elliot Norton Award | Outstanding Actress, Large Company | Betty's Summer Vacation | Won | |
2008 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Young Frankenstein | Nominated |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Nominated | ||
2009 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Exit the King | Nominated |
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Nominated | ||
2013 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Pippin | Won |
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Won | ||
Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Nominated | ||
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Won | ||
Astaire Award | Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show | Nominated | ||
Elliot Norton Award | Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress | Won | ||
2014 | IRNE Award | Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Won | |
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award | Featured Performance | Nominated | ||
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Act One | Won | |
2016 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Noises Off | Nominated |
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