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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

22

Gender

Female

Birthday

null (NaN years old)

Place of Birth

Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]

Also Known As

Marzy Hart

Margarita Zhitnikova

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

Acting

The Incoherents

2019

The Incoherents

as

MoonBeam

Landing Up

2018

Landing Up

as

Lara/Peace

Landing Up

2018

Landing Up

as

Young Girl

JONES

2019

JONES

as

JONES

2 Weeks

2020

2 Weeks

as

Tanya

Triple Threat

2020

Triple Threat

as

Maggie

Appetite

2021

Appetite

as

Tanya

Deathless

2024

Deathless

as

A NY Thing

2009

A NY Thing

as

Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova)

Production

Crew

Directing