MARS

Acting

MARS

Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]13 credits

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
2025The Better Sister
as Photographer #3TV
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2024Awake
as The FigureMovie
Appetite
2021Appetite
as TanyaMovie
Triple Threat
2020Triple Threat
as MaggieMovie
2 Weeks
20202 Weeks
as TanyaMovie
The Incoherents
2019The Incoherents
as MoonBeamMovie
JONES
2019JONES
as JONESMovie
Landing Up
2018Landing Up
as Lara/PeaceMovie
A NY Thing
2009A NY Thing
as Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)Movie