---
name: "Martha Wainwright"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martha-wainwright"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 May 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T13:00:15.227640+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Martha Wainwright

Actor. Born 8 May 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 May 1976, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wainwright, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/218947

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Olive Kitteridge*](https://film.one/tv/olive-kitteridge.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Martha Wainwright is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and the sister of Rufus Wainwright.

Wainwright played Angela O'Meara in the 2014 HBO miniseries *Olive Kitteridge*. She also appeared in *The Aviator* (2004). She has released multiple studio albums and contributed to soundtracks and live performances.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Olive Kitteridge* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Angela O'Meara — [page](https://film.one/tv/olive-kitteridge.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Plamondon: des mots qui résonnent* (2024), Acting
- *Olive Kitteridge* (2014), series, as Angela O'Meara — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/olive-kitteridge.md)
- *Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle* (2013), Writer
- *Waitresses Wanted* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Aviator* (2004), as Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #3

## Gallery

- ![Martha Wainwright singing at the 2008 Cambridge Folk Festival](https://film.one/media/person/699248/gallery-ef31565132ce.jpg) Martha Wainwright singing at the 2008 Cambridge Folk Festival — yrrek, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/MarthaWainwright2008.jpg/1280px-MarthaWainwright2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Martha Wainwright (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/699248/gallery-61d0affb3695.jpg) Martha Wainwright (2006) — Stig Nygaard from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/MarthaWainwright_Roskilde2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Martha Wainwright @ Lizottes - 8th June 2013](https://film.one/media/person/699248/gallery-74b3e63d6074.jpg) Martha Wainwright @ Lizottes - 8th June 2013 — Bruce Baker, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Martha_Wainwright.jpg/1280px-Martha_Wainwright.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Martha Wainwright (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/699248/gallery-4319d28eb10b.jpg) Martha Wainwright (2017) — Bruce Baker from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Martha_Wainwright_%2832578781243%29.jpg/1280px-Martha_Wainwright_%2832578781243%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Martha Wainwright (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/699248/gallery-b70746b0fef0.jpg) Martha Wainwright (2017) — Bruce Baker from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Martha_Wainwright_%2833009705410%29.jpg/1280px-Martha_Wainwright_%2833009705410%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Martha Wainwright (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/699248/gallery-2ca2681617fd.jpg) Martha Wainwright (2017) — Bruce Baker from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Martha_Wainwright_%2833009720100%29.jpg/1280px-Martha_Wainwright_%2833009720100%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/martha-wainwright