Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]
Credits
18 titles
MARS
Biography
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. 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
Filmography
The Better Sister
Photographer #3
Deathless
Awake
The Figure
Presumed Innocent
Jeanine
Queen of Magic
Producer
Ramona at Midlife
Associate Producer
Appetite
Tanya
Gaining & Losing
Producer
Triple Threat
Maggie
Big Exit
Producer
2 Weeks
Tanya
The Incoherents
MoonBeam
Engaged
Producer
JONES
JONES
Landing Up
Lara/Peace
The Next Two Nights
Cece
Made to Penetrate
Emily
A NY Thing
Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)