Marina Franklin

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

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