
MARS
- Known for
- Acting
- Birthplace
- Volgograd, 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. Their script ZASHA, which they co-wrote, has been doing festivals and recently won Best Horror Short at the Oregon Short Film Festival.
Filmography

Deathless 2024
Actor
- Awake
Awake 2024
as The Figure

Queen of Magic 2024
Producer

Ramona at Midlife 2023
Associate Producer

Appetite 2021
as Tanya

Gaining & Losing 2021
Producer

Triple Threat 2020
as Maggie, Producer

Big Exit 2020
Producer

2 Weeks 2020
as Tanya, Producer, Writer

The Incoherents 2019
as MoonBeam

Engaged 2019
Producer

JONES 2019
as JONES, Writer, Producer

Landing Up 2018
as Lara/Peace, as Young Girl, Producer
- The Next Two Nights
The Next Two Nights 2016
as Cece

Made to Penetrate 2014
as Emily

A NY Thing 2009
as Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)
Credits from TMDB.