MARS

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.

Known For

The Incoherents
The Incoherents
Made to Penetrate
Made to Penetrate
Landing Up
Landing Up
Landing Up
Landing Up
JONES
JONES
2 Weeks
2 Weeks
Triple Threat
Triple Threat
Appetite
Appetite

Filmography

2025 The Better Sister
as Photographer #3
2024 Deathless
as
2024 Presumed Innocent
as Jeanine
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
2016 The Next Two Nights
as Cece
2014 Made to Penetrate
as Emily
2009 A NY Thing
as Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)