Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright
Wainwright performing at the Cambridge Folk Festival, 2008
Background information
Born	(1976-05-08) May 8, 1976 (age 48)
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Folk, pop
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1996–present
Labels	MapleMusic
Website	marthawainwright.com

Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. She has released seven critically-acclaimed studio albums.

Wainwright is the daughter of musicians Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and the younger sister of singer–composer Rufus Wainwright.

Martha Wainwright's live performances have received critical praise, with The Telegraph writing that her concerts "leave in no doubt that she is a singular star.^[1]" Apart from music, she has appeared in several film projects, including Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge alongside Frances McDormand. Wainwright owns and operates Ursa, a café, concert-hall, bar, and recording space in Montreal.