Martha MacIsaac

Canadian actress (born 1984)

Torre Catalano

(m. 2010; div. 2015)

Kyle McCullough

(m. 2019)

Children2

Martha MacIsaac (born October 11, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in several feature films, including Superbad (2007), The Last House on the Left (2009), Dead Before Dawn (2012), and Battle of the Sexes (2017). She has also worked in television and as a voice actress.

Early life

MacIsaac was born and raised in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,^[1] the youngest of three girls; her mother Irene was one of twelve.^[2]

Career

MacIsaac started her career playing Emily Byrd Starr in the Emily of New Moon television series, based on the books by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

She has appeared in several plays including the 2006 play The Wild Duck in which she played Hedwig^[3] and was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play".^[4] In 2009, she played Paige in a remake of the Wes Craven film The Last House on the Left.^[5] She also performed in three consecutive productions of Soulpepper Theatre Company's Our Town as Emily,^[6] beginning in 2006.^[7]

In a 2007 Entertainment Weekly article, she stated she has been inspired by Julia Roberts from the age of four and was self-described as "obsessed". She also stated she would like to perform alongside her in a film, particularly "a female version of Twins".^[8]

In late 2012, MacIsaac began a main role on the NBC comedy 1600 Penn as the president's eldest daughter, Becca. Brittany Snow was originally cast as Becca but because she did not physically resemble and fit in well with the other family members, Martha MacIsaac was cast instead.^[9] In a 2012 interview with the CBC Radio series Island Morning, she did reveal that 1600 Penn was her last audition before she considered returning to Canada.^[2]

Personal life

As of 2013, MacIsaac lives in Los Angeles.^[6] She was married to filmmaker Torre Catalano from 2010 to 2015.^[10] On December 5, 2018, MacIsaac became engaged to Kyle McCullough. The couple eloped three days later.^[11] MacIsaac announced her pregnancy on April 7, 2019.^[12] She gave birth to their son in mid-October 2019.^[13] She gave birth to their daughter in December 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	This Time Around	Young Gabby Castellani	Film Debut
2004	Suburban Madness	Vivian Leigh Bacha
2005	Ice Princess	Mean Party Girl
2005	I Do, They Don't	Moira Lewellyn
2006	Night of Terror	Olivia Dunne
2007	Superbad	Becca
2007	In God's Country	Charlotte
2009	The Last House on the Left	Paige
2009	The Thaw	Evelyn
2010	Faith, Fraud & Minimum Wage	Casey McCullen
2012	For a Good Time, Call...	Inmate
2012	Dead Before Dawn	Charlotte Baker
2013	Seasick Sailor	The Girl	Short film
2017	Battle of the Sexes	Jane Bartkowicz
2017	Unicorn Store	Sabrina
2018	What Keeps You Alive	Sarah

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998–2000	Emily of New Moon	Emily Byrd Starr	46 episodes
2000	Eckhart	Bridgid (voice)
2005	Slam Dunk	Haruko Akagi (voice)	^[14]
2006	This Is Wonderland	Kristy Hausman
2006–2008	Di-Gata Defenders	Melosa (voice)	52 episodes
2007–2010	Magi-Nation	Edyn, Bisiwog (voices)	52 episodes^[14]
2008	Friends and Heroes	Sarah (voice)	13 episodes
2010–2011	Greek	Dana Stockwell	9 episodes
2011	Marcy	Martha	Episode: "Marcy Does an Acting Class" Episode: "Marcy Does a Pool Party"
2012	Spyburbia	Cissy (voice)	Episode: "Pilot"
2012–present	Family Guy	Patty, Airport Announcer (voices)	13 episodes
2012–2013	1600 Penn	Becca Gilchrist
2014–2015	The Pinkertons	Kate Warne	Main cast

References

^ "From New Moon to Superbad: P.E.I.'s MacIsaac goes Hollywood". cbc.ca. January 8, 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Rainnie, Matt (November 18, 2012). "Martha MacIsaac - 1600 Penn". cbc.ca. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
^ Ouzounian, Richard (July 22, 2005). "Ibsen's secrets told exceedingly well". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
^ Jones, Kenneth (June 6, 2006). "Precious Stuff: Lord of the Rings Is Lord of Toronto's Dora Nominees, With 15 Nods". playbill.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
^ Garrett, Diane (February 8, 2008). "Dillahunt joins cast of 'Last House'". variety.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Cole, Sally (January 9, 2013). "Martha MacIsaac visits White House". theguardian.pe.ca. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
^ Coulbourn, John (February 3, 2006). "Soulpepper builds a beautiful 'Our Town'". jam.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Bell, Carrie (August 31, 2007). "Martha MacIsaac is dying to work with..." ew.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 4, 2012). "NBC Pilot '1600 Penn' Recasts A Role". Deadline.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
^ "Martha MacIsaac Makes "Minimum Wage"". seaandbescene.com. September 15, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
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^ ^a ^b "Martha MacIsaac (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)