Actor & writer for film, audio, and theater
Dani Martineck is a New York-based actor and writer with a background in experimental psychology and a passion for stories that help us feel less alone. A published playwright and Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator, their sensory short film about grief and healing, The Rushing of the Sea, garnered festival nominations for best screenplay and wins in multiple categories. They’ve also guest written popular episodes of Girl Tales, a feminist fairytale podcast for young listeners.
As an actor, Dani had a snarky recur on Blue Bloods, cursed at Kendall Roy on Succession, and has done classical and contemporary theater in Tennessee and NYC. They’re otherwise best known for queer and genre roles and for their emotionally layered audiobook narration for clients like Penguin Random House and Harper Audio and authors like Andrew Joseph White, Esme Symes-Smith, H.E. Edgmon, and Paul Tremblay.
They’re currently in preproduction with their next short film, Handle With Care, about rediscovering self-love from within chronic pain.