
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.

as MoonBeam

as Photographer #3
2025

as Jeanine
2024

as MoonBeam
2019

as Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)
2009

as Lara/Peace
2018

as JONES
2019

as Emily
2014

as Maggie
2020

2024
as Cece
2016

as Tanya
2020

as Tanya
2021
as Maggie
2020

2024
as The Figure
2024

as Tanya
2021

as Maggie
2020

as Tanya
2020

as MoonBeam
2019

as JONES
2019

as Lara/Peace
2018
as Cece
2016

as Emily
2014

as Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)
2009
as Photographer #3
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