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'''Alison Martin''' is an American character actress, writer and producer who has appeared on television, film, in podcasts and onstage. She is, along with Jean Trebek, wife of Alex Trebek, the editor and co-founder of the online magazine [https://www.insidewink.com/ insidewink]. Martin made her Broadway debut playing opposite Nathan Lane in Neil Simon's ''Laughter on the 23rd Floor'' and traveled cross country on the national tour.<ref name="Laughter on the 23rd Floor">{{cite web |title=Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea2-d936-a7fd-eef6db360002&type=op#oc |website=Playbill.com |publisher=Playbill Inc. |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> Martin won an Emmy Award for acting in the children's television series ''A Likely Story'' for which she both wrote and acted. She garnered a second Emmy nomination for the Lifetime Channel series "The World According to Us" for which again she both wrote and acted.


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'''Alison Martin''' is an American character actress, writer and producer who has appeared on television, film, in podcasts and onstage. She is, along with Jean Trebek, the editor and co-founder of the podcast and online magazine ''insidewink''. Martin made her Broadway debut playing opposite [[Nathan Lane]] in Neil Simon's ''[[Laughter on the 23rd Floor]]'' and traveled cross country on the national tour.<ref name="Laughter on the 23rd Floor">{{cite web |title=Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea2-d936-a7fd-eef6db360002&type=op#oc |website=Playbill.com |publisher=Playbill Inc. |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> Martin won an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] for acting in the children's television series ''A Likely Story'' for which she both wrote and acted. She garnered a second Emmy nomination for the Lifetime Channel series ''The World According to Us'' for which again she both wrote and acted.
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===== Early Life =====

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Martin was born on September 8 in the Bronx borough of New York City, the only child Joseph G. Martin and Josephine DiLorenzo, both journalists who met and married while working at the New York Daily News.
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== Early life ==
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Martin was born on September 8 in the Bronx borough of New York City, the only child Joseph G. Martin and Josephine DiLorenzo, both journalists who met and married while working at the New York ''Daily News''.
Joseph G. Martin had a career that spanned more than 45 years. As a reporter for the New York Daily News, he won nearly every possible honor for reporting: a Selurians Award (1950;) two George Polk Awards (1952 and 1973) and a Newspaper Guild Page One Award (1956).<ref name="Joseph G. Martin Obituary">{{cite web |title=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/27/obituaries/joseph-g-martin-won-a-pulitzer-in-59-for-international-reporting.html |website=The New York Times |publisher=The New York Times Company |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> In 1959, Martin won a Pultizer Prize for international reporting for a 10-part series co-written with Philip Santori on Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.<ref name="1959 Prize Winners">{{cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/joseph-martin-and-philip-santora |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |publisher=Columbia University |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> The piece predicted the fall of Batista months before it happened and was called “prophetic journalism” by the Pulitzer committee. Martin also served as New York Deputy Police Commissioner for public relations from 1965 to 1968.<ref name="Joseph G. Martin Obituary">{{cite web |title=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/27/obituaries/joseph-g-martin-won-a-pulitzer-in-59-for-international-reporting.html |website=The New York Times |publisher=The New York Times Company |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref>
Joseph G. Martin had a career that spanned more than 45 years. As a reporter for the New York ''Daily News'', he won nearly every possible honor for reporting: a Selurians Award (1950); two [[George Polk Awards]] (1952 and 1973) and a [[Newspaper Guild]] Page One Award (1956).<ref name="Joseph G. Martin Obituary">{{cite web |title=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/27/obituaries/joseph-g-martin-won-a-pulitzer-in-59-for-international-reporting.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> In 1959, Martin won a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for international reporting for a 10-part series co-written with Philip Santori on Cuban dictator [[Fulgencio Batista]].<ref name="1959 Prize Winners">{{cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/joseph-martin-and-philip-santora |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |publisher=Columbia University |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> The piece predicted the fall of Batista months before it happened and was called “prophetic journalism” by the Pulitzer committee. Martin also served as New York Deputy Police Commissioner for public relations from 1965 to 1968.<ref name="Joseph G. Martin Obituary"/>


Josephine DiLorenzo was raised in the Bronx. A highly gifted student, she graduated high school at 15 and entered Hunter College at 16 years of age. She got a job as one of the first female copyboys at the New York Daily News, working her way up to a reporter. Besides Daily News stories, DiLorenzo wrote celebrity interviews, including in-depth talks with [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22788256/daily-news/ Marilyn Monroe] and Elizabeth Taylor. After becoming a stay-at-home Mom, DiLorenzo continued writing a weekly column for the Daily News titled “Trips and Treats.”<ref name="Clipping NY Daily News">{{cite web |title=What's New Marilyn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22788256/daily-news/ |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Ancestry |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref>
Josephine DiLorenzo was raised in the Bronx. A highly gifted student, she graduated high school at 15 and entered [[Hunter College]] at 16 years of age. She got a job as one of the first female copyboys at the New York ''Daily News'', working her way up to a reporter. Besides ''Daily News'' stories, DiLorenzo wrote celebrity interviews, including in-depth talks with [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22788256/daily-news/ Marilyn Monroe] and [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. After becoming a stay-at-home Mom, DiLorenzo continued writing a weekly column for the ''Daily News'' titled “Trips and Treats.”<ref name="Clipping NY Daily News">{{cite news |title=What's New Marilyn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22788256/daily-news/ |newspaper=Daily News |date=16 January 1955 |page=278 |publisher=Ancestry |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref>


Following her graduation from Ursuline Highschool in the Bronx, Martin attended Boston College, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Broadcast Communications and Theater. While at Boston College, she founded America’s oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe called My Mother’s Fleabag which boasts a slew of celebrity alumni such as Amy Poehler.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boston College Magazine |url=https://bcm.bc.edu/archives/index.html |website=bcm.bc.edu |publisher=Trustees of Boston College |accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref>
Following her graduation from Ursuline Highschool in the Bronx, Martin attended [[Boston College]], graduating [[summa cum laude]] with a degree in Broadcast Communications and Theater. While at Boston College, she co-founded America's second oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe called My Mother's Fleabag which boasts a slew of celebrity alumni such as [[Amy Poehler]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Boston College Magazine |url=https://bcm.bc.edu/archives/index.html |website=bcm.bc.edu |publisher=Trustees of Boston College |accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref>


===== Career =====
== Career ==
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<ref>{{cite web |title=Breakdown Express |url=https://resumes.breakdownexpress.com/one_page_resume.cfm?custom_link=143951-2546454 |website=breakdownexpress.com |publisher=Breakdown Services Ltd. |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref>==== Television ====
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Martin has starred in hundreds of commercials, two of which she improvised that went on to win Clio Awards. She has also made more than forty Recurring and Guest Star appearances in shows including How to Get Away with Murder, The Big Bang Theory, Code Black, American Princess, There’s Johnny, Grace & Frankie and The Office.


==== Film ====
=== Television ===
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Martin has starred in hundreds of commercials, two of which she improvised that went on to win Clio Awards. She has also made more than forty Recurring and Guest Star appearances in shows including How to Get Away with Murder, The Big Bang Theory, Code Black, American Princess, There's Johnny, Grace & Frankie and The Office.
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Martin’s film appearances include Soul Survivor, The Year of Spectacular Men, Four Christmases, Sleepover, Blades of Glory, and she is best known on the Comic Con trail for her work in Larry Blamire’s Trail of the Screaming Forehead and The Lost Skeleton Returns Again.


==== Theater ====
=== Film ===
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Martin's film appearances include Soul Survivor, The Year of Spectacular Men, Four Christmases, Sleepover, Blades of Glory, and she is best known on the Comic Con trail for her work in Larry Blamire's Trail of the Screaming Forehead and The Lost Skeleton Returns Again.
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Martin began her theater career in Boston, performing in America’s Longest Running Comedy, Shear Madness. In New York, Martin appeared Off-Broadway in original productions of works by Peter Tolan, David Ives and David Mamet. Martin made her Broadway debut opposite Nathan Lane in Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor, later continuing with the national tour of the show. Martin is a member of The Echo Theater Company in Los Angeles, most recently performing the role of Soccer Mom in the company's Ovation Award nominated production of The Wolves.


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=== Theater ===
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Martin began her theater career in Boston, performing in America's Longest Running Comedy, Shear Madness. In New York, Martin appeared Off-Broadway in original productions of works by Peter Tolan, David Ives and David Mamet. Martin made her Broadway debut opposite Nathan Lane in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor, later continuing with the national tour of the show. Martin is a member of The Echo Theater Company in Los Angeles, most recently performing the role of Soccer Mom in the company's 2019 LA Drama Critics Circle winning production of The Wolves.<ref>{{cite web |title=LA Drama Critics Circle Award |url=http://ladramacriticscircle.com/2019-awards/ |website=LA Drama Critics Circle |accessdate=15 August 2020}}</ref>
Martin produced and performed in The Audio Adventurebook of Big Dan Frater which won a Mark Time award as best comedy album in 2015.


===== Filmography =====
=== Podcasts ===
Martin is currently co-host of the insidewink podcast along with Jean Trebek. Martin also produced and performed in The Audio Adventurebook of Big Dan Frater which won the Gold Nick Danger Mark Time award as best comedy album in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Time Awards |url=http://www.marktimeawards.org/page18/ |website=Mark Time Awards |accessdate=15 August 2020}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 16 September 2024

Alison Martin
Alison Martin "green" carpet for Favor at Dances with Films Festival June 10, 2013
BornSeptember 8
New York City
BildungBoston College
OccupationActress/Writer
Years active1987–present
SpouseDan Hagen
ChildrenEm J. and Brady J.

Alison Martin is an American character actress, writer and producer who has appeared on television, film, in podcasts and onstage. She is, along with Jean Trebek, the editor and co-founder of the podcast and online magazine insidewink. Martin made her Broadway debut playing opposite Nathan Lane in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor and traveled cross country on the national tour.[1] Martin won an Emmy Award for acting in the children's television series A Likely Story for which she both wrote and acted. She garnered a second Emmy nomination for the Lifetime Channel series The World According to Us for which again she both wrote and acted.

Early life

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Martin was born on September 8 in the Bronx borough of New York City, the only child Joseph G. Martin and Josephine DiLorenzo, both journalists who met and married while working at the New York Daily News.

Joseph G. Martin had a career that spanned more than 45 years. As a reporter for the New York Daily News, he won nearly every possible honor for reporting: a Selurians Award (1950); two George Polk Awards (1952 and 1973) and a Newspaper Guild Page One Award (1956).[2] In 1959, Martin won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for a 10-part series co-written with Philip Santori on Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.[3] The piece predicted the fall of Batista months before it happened and was called “prophetic journalism” by the Pulitzer committee. Martin also served as New York Deputy Police Commissioner for public relations from 1965 to 1968.[2]

Josephine DiLorenzo was raised in the Bronx. A highly gifted student, she graduated high school at 15 and entered Hunter College at 16 years of age. She got a job as one of the first female copyboys at the New York Daily News, working her way up to a reporter. Besides Daily News stories, DiLorenzo wrote celebrity interviews, including in-depth talks with Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. After becoming a stay-at-home Mom, DiLorenzo continued writing a weekly column for the Daily News titled “Trips and Treats.”[4]

Following her graduation from Ursuline Highschool in the Bronx, Martin attended Boston College, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in Broadcast Communications and Theater. While at Boston College, she co-founded America's second oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe called My Mother's Fleabag which boasts a slew of celebrity alumni such as Amy Poehler.[5]

Career

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Television

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Martin has starred in hundreds of commercials, two of which she improvised that went on to win Clio Awards. She has also made more than forty Recurring and Guest Star appearances in shows including How to Get Away with Murder, The Big Bang Theory, Code Black, American Princess, There's Johnny, Grace & Frankie and The Office.

Film

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Martin's film appearances include Soul Survivor, The Year of Spectacular Men, Four Christmases, Sleepover, Blades of Glory, and she is best known on the Comic Con trail for her work in Larry Blamire's Trail of the Screaming Forehead and The Lost Skeleton Returns Again.

Theater

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Martin began her theater career in Boston, performing in America's Longest Running Comedy, Shear Madness. In New York, Martin appeared Off-Broadway in original productions of works by Peter Tolan, David Ives and David Mamet. Martin made her Broadway debut opposite Nathan Lane in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor, later continuing with the national tour of the show. Martin is a member of The Echo Theater Company in Los Angeles, most recently performing the role of Soccer Mom in the company's 2019 LA Drama Critics Circle winning production of The Wolves.[7]

Podcasts

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Martin is currently co-host of the insidewink podcast along with Jean Trebek. Martin also produced and performed in The Audio Adventurebook of Big Dan Frater which won the Gold Nick Danger Mark Time award as best comedy album in 2015.[8]

Filmography

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Series Role Network
I Think You Should Leave Guest Star Netflix
Big Bang Theory Guest Star CBS
American Princess Recurring Guest Star Lifetime
The Young & The Restless Principle CBS
Grace & Frankie Recurring Guest Star NETFLIX
Code Black Guest Star CBS
The Mentalist Guest Star CBS
Harry's Law Guest Star NBC
Desperate Housewives Recurring Guest Star-Doctor ABC
The Office Guest Star NBC
The Sarah Connor Chronicles Guest Star FOX
Shark Recurring Guest Star-Judge CBS
ER Guest Star NBC
Jack & Bobby Guest Star WB
Will & Grace Guest Star NBC
Without a Trace Guest Star CBS
NYPD Blue Guest Star ABC
Judging Amy Guest Star CBS
Law & Order Guest Star NBC
7th Heaven Guest Star WB
Lefty (pilot) Recurring Guest Star- Sister CBS
Philly Guest Star ABC
Providence Guest Star NBC
Lizzy McGuire Guest Star Disney
The Practice Guest Star ABC
The Learning Curve (pilot) Guest Star WB
Maggie Recurring Guest Star-Friend Lifetime
Freaks & Geeks Guest Star NBC
Chicago Hope Guest Star CBS
Mad About You Recurring Guest Star NBC
Oh Baby Guest Star Lifetime
The Katie Joplin Show Guest Star WB
Seinfeld Guest Star NBC
Cybill Guest Star CBS
The Naked Truth Guest Star NBC
Townies Guest Star ABC
Grace Under Fire Guest Star ABC
Party of Five Guest Star FOX

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References

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  1. ^ "Playbill". Playbill.com. Playbill Inc. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners". The Pulitzer Prizes. Columbia University. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ^ "What's New Marilyn". Daily News. Ancestry. 16 January 1955. p. 278. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Boston College Magazine". bcm.bc.edu. Trustees of Boston College. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Breakdown Express". breakdownexpress.com. Breakdown Services Ltd. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ^ "LA Drama Critics Circle Award". LA Drama Critics Circle. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Mark Time Awards". Mark Time Awards. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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