波·马婷，Bo Martyn was born to Polish immigrants and grew up in Canada. She attended English and French speaking schools in Mississauga; training in dance and painting from an early age. She made her first stop motion film at 9 years old. Martyn graduated from Humber College's Arts program and went on to major in Psychology at York University before deciding to take improv and writing at The Second City. Bo is a distant relative of legendary 1920s actress Pola Negri. 波·马婷出生于一个波兰移民家庭，成长于加拿大。她自幼就接受过绘画和舞蹈的训练，并在米西索加（Mississauga）的英法双语学校就读。九岁时，她制作了自己的第一部定格动画影片。马婷顺利完成了汉伯学院（Humber College）的艺术专业课程后，进入约克大学（York University）继续深造，主修心理学。之后她加入了美国第二城喜剧团（The Second City），从事即兴喜剧表演和脚本撰写的工作。她还在《指定幸存者》（Designated Survivor）《苍穹浩瀚》（The Expanse）等影视剧中担任过客串角色。 波还是1920年代波兰裔好莱坞传奇影星波拉·尼格丽（Pola Negri）的远房亲戚。