Francesca Martinez

Who is Francesca Martinez?

Francesca Martinez is an English stand-up comedian and actress, born in London to a Spanish father and half-Swedish, half-English mother. She has cerebral palsy but prefers to describe herself as "wobbly".

She has had many sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival and internationally, including the Melbourne Comedy Festival, the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Perth Festival, and the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. In 2013 she completed a 68-date UK tour and has had off-West End London runs at the Tricycle Theatre, the Hackney Empire, and the Soho Theatre.