Mariia was born and raised in Russia. She made her acting debut at the age of 9 ( Musical “Nord-ost”, written and directed by Aleksei Ivashchenko & Georgia Vasiliev)

She graduated the Russian State University of Cinematography in 2011 with an acting degree. Mariia played a role of Liesl von Trapp in the Russian production of “The Sound of Music” as well as Sophie Sheridan in the Russian production “Mamma Mia!” (Stage entertainment Russia).

Apart from playing leading parts in several musicals Mariia also was working in dubbing(automated dialogue replacement). She is the Russian voice of many film/ TV series and video games characters, such as: Hannah Montana, Luna Lovegood in “Harry Potter”, Anastasia Steel in “50 shades of Grey”, Aloy in video game “Horizon” and many others.

She recently moved to New York, is a holder of the O1 talent visa. Mariia is also a singer and blogger. She always dreamt of working in the United States and now her dream is finally being fulfilled.