Martelle Hammer

Martelle Hammer is a Sydney-based actor, writer, and musician, and a graduate of WAAPA. She has worked extensively on stage and screen both in Australia and internationally. Her training includes working with Elizabeth Kemp (Actors Studio, NYC) and the Gardzienice Theatre Association in Poland.

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While at WAAPA, Martelle performed in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Seagull, As You Like It, and co-devised First and Last with Black Swan Theatre Company. After graduating, she co-founded Vis’aVis and toured Europe with their production Do Dogs Dream of Angels as part of the Krakow European Cultural Festival.

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She has performed with numerous Sydney theatre companies, including The View Upstairs (Hayes), Solitude in Blue (Griffin), Sugarbomb (TRS), Tooth of Crime (The Wharf), and The Lights (Belvoir B Sharp). Her recent work includes The House Collector (dir. Sheridan Harbridge), The Incorrigibles (dir. Melita Rowston), and the role of Agatha in The Children's Hour at the Fitz.

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Martelle’s feature film One Less God won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature at Dances With Films (Los Angeles) and the Byron Bay Film Festival. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2024 Sydney Theatre Awards for Turn of the Screw. She is currently participating in the Griffin Studio Program, working with Josipa Draisma on In Echoes.