Margarita Zhitnikova
Age: N/A | From: Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Marzy Hart
Gender: generic.gender.3
Place of birth: Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]
Homepage: http://www.zhitnikova.com
Movie Involvements: 15
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Margarita (they/them) is an award-winning actor, writer & producer. As a child, Margarita & their family immigrated to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, as Jewish refugees from Russia. Dedicated to smashing the patriarchy, Margarita Co-Founded Besties Make Movies. Margarita 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 and won Best LGBT Short at Indie Short Fest. Their short film APPETITE is premiering at the Oxford Film Festival this year. The feature film Triple Threat in which they play one of the lead roles is having its World Premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Cinequest Film Festival in 2021! Most recently they have been cast as Christina in the new TikTok drama @DarkSprings. Their short film script ZASHA (available on Kindle) which they co-wrote, has been doing festivals and recently won Best Horror Short at the Oregon Short Film Festival. They are honored to be a judge for Revolution Me Film Festival and are so excited about all of the wonderful films they get to watch from up-and-coming artists. Margarita is a member of The Filmshop, NYWIFT, Dreamers // Doers, The COBWEB, NYC Women Filmmakers, Glass Elevator & Women in Media. They are also honored to be a judge for the Revolution Me Film Festival. Follow them on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Clubhouse (@marzapproved) to stay in the loop, or check out more on-camera work at their official website.
Most Famous Work
Landing Up
(2017) Producer
Big Exit
(2020) Producer
2 Weeks
(2020) Writer
Engaged
(2019) Producer
JONES
(2019) Writer
Triple Threat
(2020) ProducerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Maggie | |
| Tanya | ||
| 2019 | MoonBeam | |
| JONES | ||
| 2017 | Lara/Peace | |
| Young Girl | ||
| 2016 | Cece | |
| Tanya | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 2019 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2017 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Writer | |
| 2019 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |