Nacya Marreiro

Nacya Marreiro ( Na-see-ya Ma-ray-ro) is a stand up comedian and actress born and raised in the coastal city of Portimao, in the South of Portugal. From an early age, she developed a passion for entertainment by being the life of the party at family gatherings and through stage performances during school. At 21, she left Portugal to become an international flight attendant at a prestigious airline in the United Arab Emirates. While traveling the world she started performing stand-up comedy in diverse cities such as Abu Dhabi, New York City, Washington D.C, and Dallas. Her unique style and flair on stage has grown from open mics into opening up for Whitney Cummings, April Macie, Adam Ray, and participating at Skankfest NYC. Nacya is also a trained actress, who currently works with the well-respected Juilliard alum and movie actress, Mona Lee. She can be seen in commercials for Amazon and Omega XL as well as in sketch comedy shorts. Nacya currently lives between Austin,Texas (where she runs the popular comedy show called The Riff at the infamous Creek and the Cave, the success of this show has led to top comedians making guest appearances, such as Joe Rogan and Chris Redd) and New York, where she can be seen performing at The Stand and New York Comedy Club.