MARS
Known for ActingVolgograd, USSR [now Russia]
MARS (they/them) is an award-winning actor, writer & producer. As a child, MARS & their family immigrated to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, as Jewish refugees from Russia. Dedicated to smashing the patriarchy, MARS Co-Founded Besties Make Movies.
MARS has received several Best Actress nominations for their work in the award-winning short film JONES. Their film 2 WEEKS about asexuality premiered at the Oxford Film Festival, screened at NFMLA and won Best LGBT Short at Indie Short Fest and IndieX Film Fest. APPETITE, a short film they wrote and starred in, premiered at the Oxford Film Festival. The feature film Triple Threat in which they play one of the lead roles is now streaming on Peacock after taking home several awards on the festival circuit! This summer you can catch them as Jeanine in AppleTV+'s Presumed Innocent.
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Their script ZASHA, which they co-wrote, has been doing festivals and recently won Best Horror Short at the Oregon Short Film Festival.
Known for
A NY Thing
2009 · as Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)
The Incoherents
2019 · as MoonBeam
Awake
2024 · as The Figure
Landing Up
2018 · as Lara/Peace
Deathless
2024
Triple Threat
2020 · as Maggie
Made to Penetrate
2014 · as Emily
The Next Two Nights
2016 · as Cece
JONES
2019 · as JONES
2 Weeks
2020 · as Tanya
Appetite
2021 · as Tanya