Marla Aaron Wapner
Biography
A SAG actor and cum laude graduate of The University of MD, writer and former stand up comic, Marla Aaron Wapner, has performed in clubs, colleges, and arenas, opening for notables like Roseanne Barr, Rosie O'Donnell, Bill Maher, The Pointer Sisters and many others, for audiences as large as 10,000 people. A recurring reporter on Netflix's Emmy winning "House of Cards," starring Kevin Spacey, Marla made her HBO debut, co-starring as Julia Louis-Dreyfus's seamstress on the hit comedy "VEEP." She can be seen as a reporter on the CBS pilot "Madam Secretary," starring Tea Leone, and as Mother Simmons in the Indie Crime/Drama "City of Lost Souls." Marla is delighted to have co-hosted the 56th Annual Capital Emmy Awards...and swears she did not slip a statuette in her purse that evening.
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as DC Tourist (uncredited)
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Selina's Seamstress
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as DC Diner (uncredited)
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as DC Commuter
Erica Shepherd is a brilliant former CIA operative, now known as the most notorious traitor in American history serving life in a Supermax prison. Against every fiber of his being but with nowhere else to turn, FBI Agent Will Keaton enlists Shepherd to help track down a fiercely dangerous and elusive criminal she knows all too well. While Shepherd and Keaton have different motivations for bringing the enemy to justice, they both know that to catch a spy… they must think like one.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Pedestrian
Four Republican senators share the same D.C. house rental, and face re-election battles, looming indictments, and parties -- all with a sense of humor.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Dallas Kennedy Fan
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • as Pregnant Teen (uncredited)
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Reporter
A rising black painter tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Florence Walker
Dazed and heartbroken, Alice pieces together the memories of life with her late husband into new memories with the unexpected love she finds in New York City.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Mayor Merryweather
Three couples head to a retreat to strengthen their relationships, but not everything goes according to plan. For the therapist guiding the retreat has to work through feelings of her own, and one couple's son falls for the manager.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Gina
Adult siblings Chris, Todd, and Cydney Wesley travel to their childhood home to celebrate Christmas with their parents and the entire Wesley family. With everyone together and all their physical and emotional baggage in tow, the annual Wesley family holiday promises to be a festive, hot-mess of a Christmas with life-changing impacts on the whole family.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Senator Cassidy Steele
D-Lemma: The Hard Truth is a short mockumentary that flips the script on the male-dominated discussion on women’s healthcare.