My friends have a number of different names for me, because in the former Soviet Union, were I was born and raised ,there were so many variations for Masha : Marisha, Mania, Marusya, Mashunya, Maniasha, Mariya, Marichka and so on. As I remember myself I was always singing and acting, so there was no question, whom I will become in the future. I was a 13 years old chorus singer, when USSR just simply disappeared and my home city, Kiev, became a capital of a new country- Ukraine. At that time there was only one decent theatrical school I wanted to study in- Kiev State Institute of Theatrical Arts, so at the age of 16 I went there and in 4 years graduated as an actress for film and theatre. I was invited to work on TV right away and for a few years enjoyed hosting two TV shows “Yahad” and “Shalom, Kiev” on  major Ukrainian channels. Of course, there was a lot of theatrical stuff too. I was so happy to find myself  on the same stage with my favorite actors at one of Kiev’s best theatres , “Drama and Comedy Theatre on the Left Bank of Dniper River” working with the great directors and playing the lead roles in a few other theatres. There also were a few  film and commercial projects with Dovegnko Studio,which ran at the same time. In a few years, I went to Israel to study Judaism got married, moved to Moscow and traveled back and forth between Ukraine, Russia, Israel and USA . My son, Levi, was born in 2002 in NYC and after our relocation to Moscow for 2 more years, we decided to move and stay in New York for a while. There are lots of TV and radio stations in NYC, Broadway, of course, and a huge movie industry. Here I’ve tried myself as a news reporter for TV, radio co-host for a morning radio show, actress for radio plays, dubbing actress, worked with Rosetta Stone on their Russian language software and with other well known companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Cablevision as a voice over or actress for their projects. Movies and theatre are my major priorities. For now I am free- lancing with a few agencies for acting, voicing and modeling and looking forward for the new exciting creative opportunities, life has for me.