(disclaimer: she’s a vegetarian to compensate for working for big brands – she is a good person).
She also makes comedy scripts that read like sad stories, funnier.
Martine is a WOMAN yay! Boringly enough white. But she gave birth to brown children! Which makes her sort of bicultural. At home they speak Dutch and Tamazight. You could argue that by taking a brown man she’s just as bad as her Dutch ancestors. But actually, her man was overlooked by other women: he is short. Martine didn’t care of course. She isn’t superficial.
She also gave birth to books: a memoir about her first year in stand-up, I’m Afraid of Everything but Will Do Anything (’22), and the dramedy novel Silent Exit (’25) exploring #MeToo in the entertainment industry.
She is also a bestselling author of
a popular childrens’ joke book. The only problem is that she is the ghostwriter. But still! You are reading the bio of a bestselling writer. Wow.
Torino ComedyLab '25 sparked the idea of taking her funny script doctoring (working on the catchphrase) internationally. Punching up scripts, bibles and treatments.
Martine is now working on her first romantic comedy feature film. Think Bridget Jones’s Diary without dieting, and funny as Bridesmaids. There will be cars, so for sure this also attracts ALL men to the theaters.
Anne van Zantwijk
Anne van Zantwijk
