Martha MacIsaac

**Martha MacIsaac** (born October 11, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role of Becca in the 2007 teen comedy _Superbad_.

## Early life

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

## 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 and was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play". In 2009, she played Paige in a remake of the Wes Craven film _The Last House on the Left_. She also performed in three consecutive productions of Soulpepper Theatre Company's _Our Town_ as Emily, beginning in 2006.

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_".

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. In a 2012 interview with the CBC Radio series _Island Morning_, she revealed that _1600 Penn_ was her last audition before she considered returning to Canada.

## Personal life

She was married to film producer, director, and writer Torre Catalano from 2010 to 2015. She lives in Los Angeles, California as of 2017.

She is represented by the Agency for the Performing Arts.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|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|__|Paige|||
|2009|__|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|||

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1998–2000|_Emily of New Moon_|Emily Byrd Starr|46 episodes||
|2000|_Eckhart_|Bridgid (voice)|||
|2006|_This Is Wonderland_|Kristy Hausman|||
|2006–2008|_Di-Gata Defenders_|Melosa (voice)|52 episodes||
|2007–2008|_Magi-Nation_|Edyn (voice)|26 episodes||
|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|_Family Guy_|Patty (voice)|Episode: "Friends Without Benefits"||
|2012–2013|_1600 Penn_|Becca Gilchrist|||
|2014–2015|_The Pinkertons_|Kate Warne|Main cast||

## Other websites

- About Martha on _CBC_ webpage

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Martha MacIsaac 2009.jpg
- **image size**: 200px
- **caption**: MacIsaac at the 2009 premiere of _The Last House on the Left_
- **birth place**: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- **occupation**: Actress
- **nationality**: Canadians, Canadian
- **years active**: 1998–present