“winning and courageous: a perfect heroine”

“masterful work”

“a force of nature — spontaneous, creative, resolute, and ultimately invincible”

“a comic delight”

In the Spotlight, Broadway World, Ithaca Times, The Daily Gazette

Upcoming:
Shooting an episode of The Equalizer on CBS

ABOUT

Marielle Young (she/her) is a Filipina-American actor based in New York City. Her upcoming work includes an episode of The Equalizer on CBS. She most recently originated the role of Jenny in the world premiere of Lauren Yee’s Young Americans at Portland Center Stage and Pittsburgh Public Theater.

Marielle guest starred on television opposite Donnie Wahlberg and Jennifer Esposito on Blue Bloods on CBS and opposite Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, and Tony Denison on Major Crimes, the spinoff of The Closer on TNT. She co-starred opposite James Spader on The Blacklist on NBC and also co-starred on Bonding on Netflix.

She has worked at theaters all over the U.S. including Portland Center Stage, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, The Acting Company, Chester Theatre Company, Capital Repertory Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theater, Ars Nova, and more. She studied at SUNY Purchase, RADA, William Esper Studio, and Fiorello H. LaGuardia Performing Arts High School.

Marielle lives in the most diverse neighborhood in the country - Jackson Heights, Queens - with her partner and their two cats, Pete and Kam.

Marielle Young Actor Portrait

Photos by Thomas Brunot

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