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Marina Franklin is an American stand-up comedian, actress and podcast host, based in New York City. [1] [2] She is best known for her work on, Single Black Female (comedy special) and Hysterical on FX on Hulu. [3] [4] She also hosts her own podcast Friends Like Us. [5]
Franklin was born in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and Syracuse University. [6] Her film and television credits include Crashing , Trainwreck , The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore and appeared on Conan O'Brien's tour and worked with him on his shows for Comic-Con in San Diego. [7] [8] [9] She was a staff writer for the HBO comedy series Divorce . [10]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2010 | Sexcut | Mikaela | Short film |
| 2013 | Spirit Cabinet | Marina | |
| Gaffigan | Janelle | TV movie | |
| 2015 | Trainwreck | Woman in Back of Theater | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Best Week Ever | Herself | |
| Chappelle's Show | Girl Insulting Calvin | ||
| Last Comic Standing | Herself | ||
| Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn | |||
| 2005 | Premium Blend | ||
| 2009 | Black to the Future | ||
| The Jay Leno Show | 2 episodes | ||
| 2009-13 | Comics Unleashed | 3 episodes | |
| 2010 | The Awkward Comedy Show | ||
| 2011 | John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show | 2 episodes | |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Episode: "7.215" | ||
| 2013 | Women Who Kill | TV special | |
| Why Do Guys | |||
| Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious | |||
| 2014 | Inside Amy Schumer - The Nurses | Phone operator | 3 episodes |
| Women Aren't Funny | Herself | ||
| @midnight | Episode: "2.117" | ||
| 2015 | The Jim Gaffigan Show | Janelle | 3 episodes |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Herself | ||
| Louie | Comedy Cellar MC | ||
| Conan's Comic-Con | Herself | ||
| 2016 | Horace and Pete | Marina | Episode: "1.10" |
| Just for Laughs Starring Howie Mandel | Herself | ||
| Windy City Live | |||
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | |||
| 2017 | Crashing | Comedian | |
| 2018 | Night Train with Wyatt Cenac | Herself | |
| The Break with Michelle Wolf | |||
| 2019 | Marina Franklin: Single Black Female | ||
| Wanda Sykes: Bustin' Loose | |||
| 2020 | Tournament of Laughs | ||
| Jonathan Van Ness: Kicks | |||
| Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show | TV special | ||
| Expecting Amy | 3 episodes | ||
| 2021 | Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is Easy | ||
| Hysterical |
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