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Francesca Martinez (born 1978) is an English stand-up comedian, writer 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 2014 she completed a 68-date UK/Ireland tour and has had multiple off-West End London runs at the Tricycle Theatre, the Hackney Empire, and the Soho Theatre. ==Comedy== In 2000, Martinez became the first female comic to win the prestigious Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award at the Edinburgh Festival. In 2003 she was listed in ''The Observer'' as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. Martinez has performed sell out shows in many countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, the United States, performing at Caroline's on Broadway, 92YTribeca and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (all in New York City), and the Laugh Factory and the Comedy Store (both in Los Angeles). She also performed at the 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, alongside Emma Thompson. Her latest tour 'WHAT THE * * * * IS NORMAL?!' has clocked up over 100 dates around the world - winning a Fringe Media Network Award at the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as being nominated for Best Show at Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival and at the Perth Festival, Australia. She has organised many charity shows featuring comedians such as Jo Brand, Johnny Vegas, Al Murray, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee, Jeremy Hardy, Lee Mack, Mark Thomas, Rhod Gilbert, and Milton Jones. In 2014, her best-selling book 'WHAT THE * * * * IS NORMAL?! was published by Random House to critical acclaim. It has been nominated for the Chortle Comedy 'Best Book' Award and The Bread And Roses Radical Publishing Award. Among her future projects is a feature documentary called ''What The * * * * Is Normal?!'' in which she travels around looking for a 'normal' person. She is patron of a number of charities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francesca Martinez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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