MARS

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Birthplace: Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2024-08-24 Deathless
2021-10-16 Appetite Tanya
2020-10-11 Triple Threat Maggie
2020-06-22 2 Weeks Tanya
2019-06-22 The Incoherents MoonBeam
2019-02-16 JONES JONES
2018-05-15 Landing Up Lara/Peace
2018-05-15 Landing Up Young Girl
2016-10-15 The Next Two Nights Cece
2014-08-05 Made to Penetrate Emily
2009-09-19 A NY Thing Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)