Marina Franklin

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]

Marina Franklin
Born	Circa December 25, 1970 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations	Comedian actress podcast host writer

Life and career

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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Sexcut	Mikaela	Short film
2013	Spirit Cabinet	Marina
	Gaffigan	Janelle	TV movie
2015	Trainwreck	Woman in Back of Theater

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Podcasts and radio

• WTF with Marc Maron
• You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes
• A Prairie Home Companion
• Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
• The JTrain Podcast
• Friends Like Us