Martine works across theatre, television, satire,
improv, film and brands including Coca-Cola
and ING (disclaimer: she’s a vegetarian to
compensate working for these brands – she
is a good person). And she 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
(2022), and the dramedy novel Silent Exit
(2025) 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.