Marina Franklin is an American stand-up comedian, actress and podcast host, based in New York City. She is best known for her work on, Single Black Female (comedy special) and Hysterical on FX on Hulu. She also hosts her own podcast Friends Like Us.
Life and career Franklin was born in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and Syracuse University. 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. She was a staff writer for the HBO comedy series Divorce.
Filmography
Film Year Title RoleNotes 2010 Sexcut Mikaela Short film2013 Spirit Cabinet Marina Gaffigan Janelle TV movie 2015 Trainwreck Woman in Back of Theater
Television Year Title RoleNotes2004 Best Week Ever Herself Chappelle's Show Girl Insulting Calvin Last Comic StandingHerself Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn 2005 Premium Blend2009 Black to the Future The Jay Leno Show 2 episodes 2009-13 Comics Unleashed 3 episodes 2010 The Awkward Comedy Show2011 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 Herlarious2014 Inside Amy Schumer - The Nurses Phone operator 3 episodes Women Aren't FunnyHerself @midnight Episode: "2.117"2015 The Jim Gaffigan Show Janelle3 episodes The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore Herself Louie Comedy Cellar MC Conan's Comic-Con Herself2016 Horace and Pete Marina Episode: "1.10" Just for Laughs Starring Howie MandelHerself Windy City Live The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2017 Crashing Comedian2018 Night Train with Wyatt CenacHerself The Break with Michelle Wolf2019 Marina Franklin: Single Black Female Wanda Sykes: Bustin' Loose2020 Tournament of Laughs Jonathan Van Ness: Kicks Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show TV special Expecting Amy 3 episodes2021 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
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