2023 Black future maker

Marsai Martin

At 18 years old, Marsai Martin is already considered a Hollywood veteran and successful business visionary. The young starlet has stolen viewers' hearts on the ABC Emmy®-nominated hit comedy black-ish. Her work on the show has earned her 9 NAACP Image Awards and 3 BET Awards. At the age of 10, she conceptualized and pitched a movie idea to Will Packer and Universal, which became the feature film, Little, making her the youngest person in Hollywood history to Executive Produce a major Hollywood film. 

Recent projects include an interior design series for Discovery+ called Remix My Space, serving as an Executive Producer for Girls Inc. Virtual Film Festival, and co-created and producing a Gen Z financial literacy series for Verizon Media's In The Know called Money with Marsai Martin

Marsai is excited to inspire and uplift diverse, young voices through her production company, Genius Productions, which signed an overall deal with Universal.

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