Ursula Martinez is a London based writer, performer and cult cabaret diva.

She studied theatre at Lancaster University and began her career in experimental, contemporary theatre, working with companies such as Forced Entertainment and The Glee Club. In the mid 90’s, she began performing solo on the London club/cabaret circuit and quickly made a name for herself. In 1998 she combined her experimental background with her cabaret experience and made her first theatre show A Family Outing:,an autobiographical work starring herself and her parents. She subsequently made two more autobiographical shows which, together with A Family Outing, formed a trilogy of personal/confessional work entitled Me, Me, Me! presented at The Barbican as part of B.I.T.E. 2006.

Martinez continues to produce live performance, both solo and collaborative, for theatre, cabaret, site-specific, installation and nightclub. She has presented her work in venues all over the world, from The Sydney Opera House to the Vauxhall Tavern. Her most famous work to date is her magic striptease cabaret act Hanky Panky. In 2006, this act was illicitly posted online and very quickly went viral, making Ursula an overnight internet sensation. This led her to make My Stories, Your Emails, a solo theatre show about the ongoing unsolicited attention she receives from online fans.

Martinez is an original cast member of the Olivier-Award winning circus/cabaret phenomena La Clique. She is also an associate artist with iconoclastic performance provocateurs Duckie, with whom she created the Olivier Award winning show C’est Barbican! Martinez has also made several award winning short films including Oh Baby! (1997 Dick Award runner-up) and Venkel’s Syndrome, (Silver Spike Award at the 2001 Valladolid International Film Festival) and most recently Table Dancing, which she is about to launch on the internet to see what happens!