her Myspace pageA native of Rochester, NY, Marianne Sierk graduated from Syracuse University before heading to New York City with a drama degree in her pocket and stars in her eyes. After two years of "booking" non-paid plays and student films, she realized her pull as a waitress was way more impressive than her acting resume and decided to make some changes. Sierk had seen a few stand-up comedy shows in New York and was always impressed with the creativity and spontaneity that the art offered performers. To her surprise, she learned that performing at the top clubs in New York City only meant bringing 3-5 people to the show! In return, she got 5 minutes of total comic glory. By exploiting all the friendships she'd ever had, Marianne was able to perform about 3 times before her supply of acquaintances was tapped. She then hit the open-mic circuit and gave shows at smaller venues. Some of her favorite performances were at Laundromats, coffee shops and in front of her bathroom mirror.
Eventually, she ventured out of the NYC area and was able to perform regularly at clubs and colleges across the country. Her act caught the attention of VH1 and as a result, she was invited to be a comic commentator on their poplular "I Love the 80's" series. She taped over a dozen of the episodes and will be featured on the next 7 "I Love the New Millenium" episodes. After moving to LA she booked a spot on Comedy Central's first season of "Live at Gotham" and NBC's "Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen". She was thrilled to go overseas to tape "The World Stands Up" for the BBC and can be seen on a funny commercial for Verizon and ESPN. It looks as if Marianne's comedy resume is finallly more impressive than her waitressing one - she can't wait to see where the future will take her!