
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.

The Better Sister
Photographer #3 · (1 episode)
2025
Deathless
2024

Presumed Innocent
Jeanine · (3 episodes)
2024

Appetite
Tanya
2021

Triple Threat
Maggie
2020

2 Weeks
Tanya
2020

The Incoherents
MoonBeam
2019

JONES
JONES
2019

Landing Up
Lara/Peace
2018

Landing Up
Young Girl
2018
The Next Two Nights
Cece
2016

Made to Penetrate
Emily
2014

A NY Thing
Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)
2009