Portrait of MARS

MARS

Acting

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.

Place of Birth: Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]

Filmography

2025
The Better Sister

as Photographer #3

2024
2021
Appetite

as Tanya

2020
Triple Threat

as Maggie

2020
2 Weeks

as Tanya

2019
The Incoherents

as MoonBeam

2019
JONES

as JONES

2018
Landing Up

as Lara/Peace

2018
Landing Up

as Young Girl

2014
2009
A NY Thing

as Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)