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BORN NAME: caila marsai martin
AGE: 18 ( as of 12/27/22 )
BIRTHDAY: 14 august 2004
SUN SIGN: leo
BORN PLACE: plano, texas, united states
RESIDENCE: los angeles, california, united states
NATIONALITY: american
EDUCATION: cathryn sullivan acting for film
OCCUPATION: actress, singer, producer
FAMILY: joshua martin ( father ), carol martin ( mother ), philip bailey ( uncle, band member of earth, wind, and fire )
MANAGER: paradigm talent agency ( beverly hills, california, united states ), untitled entertainment ( talent agency, beverly hills, california, united states ), slate pr llc ( public relations, los angeles, california, united states )
GENRE: pop
INSTRUMENTS: vocals
LABELS: unsigned
BUILD: slim
HEIGHT: 5 ft 2 in or 157.5 cm
WEIGHT: 49 kg or 108 lbs
RACE / ETHNICITY: black ( african-american )
HAIR COLOR: black
EYE COLOR: dark brown
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: straight
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: curly hair, deep set dimples
BRAND ENDORSEMENTS: meineke, minute clinic ( cvs health ), give me a second, brookshire, regions bank personal day
BEST KNOWN FOR: black-ish ( diane johnson ), nina ( 2016, young girl on tape ), an american girl story - melody 1963: love has to win ( 2016, melody ellison ), fun mom dinner ( 2017, hannah ), unbreakable kimmy schmidt ( 2018, aisha )
AS A SINGER: carol of the bells, little town of bethlehem
FIRST FILM: nina ( 2016, young girl on tape )
FIRST TV SHOW: black-ish ( 2014, diane johnson / dolly ), goldie and bear ( 2015, jill )
FAVORITE GO-TO ORDER: 8 pieces of nuggest triple well done, with fries, a lemon-up, and polynesian sauce
FAVORITE PIZZA: pineapple pizza
FACTS:
at the age of 5, her parents signed her up with a talent agency in dallas.
she started her career in commercials at the age of 5.
in 2013, she moved to los angeles to further pursue her acting career.
she is the executive producer for the film little which is based on her story idea in collaboration with universal pictures.
in 2016, she won the naacp image award for 'outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series' for her role in black-ish. again in 2016, she received the young artist award for 'best performance in a tv series - supporting young actress' for black-ish.
in 2017, she won another naacp image award for 'outstanding performance by a youth ( series, special, television movie or limited-series )' for black-ish.
she does not like peanut butter.
marsai is a denver broncos fan.
she is a shoe fanatic.
she loves watching cooking shows.
in december 2020, it was announced that marsai made the guinness world record for being the youngest hollywood executive producer for her breakout film little ( 2019 ). at the time of the film release on 12 april 2019, she was 14 years and 241 days old.
in january 2021, she revealed to popsugar in an interview that she was once told that there were no opportunities for her.
she is left-handed.
in june 2022, marsai won the "youngstars" award at the bed awards. this was her 4th award win in this category out of 5 nominations.
in december 2022, marsai underwent surgery to remove an ovarian cyst.
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