Quick Facts of Marianna Bronislawa Barbara Palka

  • Full NameMarianna Bronislawa Barbara Palka
  • Date of Birth07 September, 1981
  • NicknameManch/ Manchie
  • Marital Status In Relationship with Xavier Samuel
  • BirthplaceGlasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Ethnicity White
  • Religion Christian
  • ProfessionActress, Director, Producer, Writer
  • Nationality Scottish
  • Active Year2001-present
  • Eye colour Dark Brown
  • Hair colour Brown
  • BuildSlim
  • Height5 Feet 10-1/2 Inch (1.79 m)
  • EducationAtlantic Theater Company
  • Online PresenceTwitter, Instagram, Facebook
  • Horoscope Virgo
Marianna Palka

Marianna Palka is a Scottish actress, producer, director, and writer. Moreover, she is famous for her work on Good Dick (2008), The Lion’s Mouth Opens (2014), Bitch (2017), and Egg (2018). Further, she also worked in many television series likes Druk History (2007), First Kiss (2014), Forever (2015), and Girls (2016).

As of now, she is working in the Netflix series, GLOW  in the Recurring role of Reggie Walsh. Marianna is an established name in the field of the Hollywood industry because of her hard work and determination. What is her current relationship status? For more information about her then read the whole article written below.

Born in Glasgow, Scotland

Marianna Palka was born as Marianna Bronislawa Barbara Palka on September 7, 1981, in Glasgow, Scotland. She grew up with her Scottish parents in the beautiful city, Glasgow. Palka spent her childhood and raised alongside her twin sisters. Similarly, she is Scottish by nationality and belongs to white ethnicity.

Marianna Palka (wearing a white t-shirt) with her twin sisters.
Marianna Palka (wearing a white t-shirt) with her twin sisters. Image Source: @Instagram

After, completing her High School in Glasgow at the age of 17, she moved to New York City. Later, she joined the Atlantic Theater Company for learning acting skills. Well, she began her career as a creator in 2008 with the film Good Dick. She worked as an actor, producer, director, and writer along with Tom Arnold, Mark Webber, Martin Starr, and so on.

Check out the short interview of  Marianna Palka about Glow.

Later, in 2018, she also directed film Egg featuring stars like Christina Hendricks, Alysia Reiner, Gbenga Akinnagbe, David Alan Basche, and Anna Camp. Apart, Marianna started her acting in 2007 with television series, Drunk History. Currently, she is playing a Recurring role of Reggie Walsh in the Netflix series, GLOW (2017). Further, she is working in the series along with Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Sydelle Noel, Britney Young, Kate Nash, and Gayle Rankin.

Current Relationship Status

Moving towards the personal life of a beautiful actress, she is in a romantic relationship with her boyfriend. Moreover, 38 years old actress, Palka is dating Xavier Samuel.  Samuel is an Australian actor. The couple started to date each other from November 2018. Since then the pair are enjoying each other’s company. They are often seen hanging out together and also appear in award shows by holding the hands of each other.

Marianna with her boyfriend, Xavier Samuel.
Marianna with her boyfriend, Xavier Samuel. Image Source: Just Jared

Besides, there is no sign of their separation and spilled up to date. As the couple seems so deep in love together and we might see them walking into the aisle as a husband and wife. Apart, she is a career-focused woman who loves her works more than anything. So right now, she is also busy with her work and living a happy life with her family.

Past Relationship of Marianna

Apart, living a romantic love life with her current boyfriend, she was once involved in love life with her ex-boyfriend. Marianna was living a romantic life with a partner, Jason Ritter. The duo first met while studying at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York.

Palka with her ex-partner, Jason Ritter.
Palka with her ex-partner, Jason Ritter. Image Source: Zimbio

The couple started to date each other in 1999. Moreover, the duo remains in a relationship for more than fourteen years before decided to part away. Moreover, the couple ended their relationship in 2013. As of now, both of them are living a happy life with their new family without any disturbances from past relationships.

What’s her net worth?

The talented and beautiful, Palka has earned a whopping amount of money from her career as an actress, producer, director, and writer. Moreover, her net worth might be around $1 million as of 2020. However, her exact net worth figure is yet to be published. Further, she has worked as a writer and director for so many films which might have earned her some amount of money.

As of now, she is working in the Netflix series which might provide her reasonable money around $30 thousand per episode. She is quite popular on Instagram with 15.1 thousand followers. With such a decent amount of money, she might be living a happy life with her family.