Biography

Martha's acting career took root in Dublin. In Dublin Martha took acting courses at the Gaiety School of Acting and Filmbase and was a member of The Attic for many years, honing her craft in weekly meetings lead by Graham Cantwell and Rachel Rath.

In the theatre, she starred as the German Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr in The Man Who Gave the Beatles Away - The Alan Williams Story' (New Theatre Dublin), was Sister Concepta in the comedy How to Marry a Monkfish (New Theatre Dublin), as the lead Electra in Euripides' Electra (Players Theatre Dublin), Luisa (lead) in Carl Sternheim's The Knickers (Players Theatre Dublin), as Claire in Jean Genet's The Maids (Players Theatre Dublin) and Ms. Foxhill in Tennessee William's Suddenly Last Summer (Focus Theatre Dublin) alongside Aidan Turner.

Martha was Annabella (lead) in John Ford's Tis Pity She's a Whore (Theater aan 't Spui, The Hague), Anna in Maxim Gorki's The Lower Depths (Gasthuis Theater, Amsterdam), Magdalena in Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba (Lord Stanley Theatre, London) and Eva (lead) in And Then They Came for Me - The Story of Eva Schloss and Ann Frank' performing for almost two years with the play, including a tour in South Africa.

In Dublin she starred in numerous short films and worked on Ghostwood, starring Robert Sheehan). Martha was Lori in Irish film 8,5 hours and Daphne in Life in One Day from Emmy-nominated Dutch director Mark de Cloe. Martha was Zlatka in the experimental short film Zlatka directed by Grammy-winner Em Cooper, performed as Fernando Pessoa in 'Ultima Pessoa', nominated best film 48hrs Lisbon and Martha's role as the German Woman in the comic commercial Forum Bank was a smash hit, including being shortlisted for the Cannes Lions.

In pursuit of broader artistic horizons, Martha recently moved to New York to study at the William Esper Studio.
- IMDb mini biography by: Martha Van Der Bly