Born to an opera singer/visual artist mother and a band director father, she was raised in
New Jersey, where she studied dance since the age of six. Martini later honed her choreography skills at
SUNY-Purchase, where she graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance.
Performance for the launch of
Michael Musto's new book in 2011 Martini moved to New York City and started out working in collaborative theater and modern dance groups. Martini, alongside burlesque performers including Mimi Le Meaux, Kitten on the Keys,
Julie Atlas Muz, Evie Lovelle and Roky Roulette, were featured in
Mathieu Amalric's 2010
Cannes-award winning film,
Tournee. A drawing of her is used for the film's promotional poster.
Print media Martini has been featured in the books
Striptease: from Gaslight to Spotlight by Jessica Glasscock,
Burlesque and the New Bump-n-Grind by Michelle Baldwin, and Katherina Bosse's
New Burlesque. Martini is also featured in
Neo-Burlesque: Striptease As Transformation by Lynn Sally, released in October 2021. For the spring 2010 edition of
V Magazine, she was featured in a fashion spread shot by
Karl Lagerfeld at the House of
Chanel. ==References==