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Home/People/MARS
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Place of Birth
Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]
Known For
Acting
Gender
Non-binary

Career Highlights

12
Movies
2
TV Shows
Also Known As
Marzy Hart
Margarita Zhitnikova
IMDb ProfileOfficial Website

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.
Deathless poster

Deathless

Cast
2024
Awake poster

Awake

as The Figure
2024
Appetite poster

Appetite

as Tanya
2021
Triple Threat poster

Triple Threat

as Maggie
2020
2 Weeks poster

2 Weeks

as Tanya
2020
The Incoherents poster

The Incoherents

as MoonBeam
2019
JONES poster

JONES

as JONES
2019
Landing Up poster

Landing Up

as Lara/Peace
2018
Landing Up poster

Landing Up

as Young Girl
2018
The Next Two Nights poster

The Next Two Nights

as Cece
2016
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Made to Penetrate

as Emily
2014
A NY Thing poster

A NY Thing

as Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)
2009