MARS theythem is an awardwinning 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 CoFounded Besties Make Movies MARS has received several Best Actress nominations for their work in the awardwinning 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 AppleTVs Presumed Innocent Their script ZASHA which they cowrote has been doing festivals and recently won Best Horror Short at the Oregon Short Film Festival