Overall Look: athletic build, curvey, sexy, girl next door, professional, corporate/business, mother, attractive, pretty, beautiful, approachable, friendly, sweet, nice hair, sparkly eyes, great smile, great teeth
Portrayable Ethnicity:
Caucasian / White
European
Latina
Mediterranean
Mixed
========================================================== Notable Performance Skills:
fluent in Russian, versatile actress, great facial/physical expressions, improvisation, comedic timing, host, green screen, TelePrompTer, good with kids, good with animals, willing to cut/dye hair, easily pick up and immitate accents, valid US passport
Member's Performance Skills:
Aerobics, Billiards-Pool, Bowling, Driving - car, Frisbee - general, Green screen, Host, Ice Skating, Improvisation, Jump Rope, Kick Boxing, Ping-Pong, Swimming - general ability, Teleprompter, Yoga
Recent noteworthy acting experience (use the format on the Before Applying page):
FEATURE FILM:
"Bloom" - Lead (Kat) - post production - Dir. Chris W Dolan "Pinsky" - Supporting (Kiki Selibovsky) - 2017 - Dir. Amanda Lundquist
Trinity - Supporting (Maria) - 2016 - Dir. Skip Shea "Having Fun Up There" - Lead (Carla) - 2014 - Dir. Frankie Frain
"I Am Monroe?" - Supporting (Grace Goddard/demonic angel) - post prod. - Dir. Jocelyn Padilla
SHORT FILM:
"Invisible" - Supporting (Allison Scrivner) - post prod. - Dir. Torie Wojick
"In This Moment" - Lead (Serra) - 2016 - Dir. Nelson Reis
"Dark Light of Day" - Lead (Dani) - post prod. - Dir. Raz Cunningham
"The Day After the Company Party" - Supporting (Liz) - 2013 - Dir. Emilio Mauro "Once in a Blue Pill" - Lead (Ally) - post prod. - Dir. Lance Reinstierna "Nicky" - Supporting (Angela) - 2013 - Dir. Dom Portalla "Mallas, MA" - Lead (Maria) - 2013 - Dir. Sean Meehan (48HFF Boston)
"Octopus" - Principal (Minnie) - 2014 - Dir. Paul Villanova "Cyclic" - Supporting (Claudia Rosado) - 2014 - Dir. Sean Carmichael + Paul Speziale "Thorns" - Principal (Mother) - 2016 - Dir. Chris Dolan "The Premise" - Principal (Rebecca West) - post prod. - Dir. Josh Therriault "Theodore of the Absurd" - Supporting (Daisy/Tina/Stella Skirmish) - 2012 - Dir. Brad Glanden
"Penta" - Supporting (Paula) - 2015 - Dir. Andrea Mark Wolanin "Moving Stone" - Lead (Lena) - 2014 - Dir. Chris Dolan "Clean" - Lead (Stephanie) - 2012 - Dir. Eva Williams
"Respirations" - Principal (Woman) - 2015 - Dir. James Zibailo "The Next Stage" - Principal (Liz) - 2012 - Dir. Marc Bachmann
WEB SERIES:
"Just Another Day" - Principal (Annie) - regular - Door 2 Mind Prod.
"Fade To Reality" - Guest Star (Charlie) - Skitcom Prod.
THEATER:
"The Lady's not for Burning" - Lead (Jennet Jourdemayne) - 2011 - Theater@First
"Zalmen or the Madness of God" - Supporting (Nina) - 2011 - Official Selection of 2011 Harvard Arts First Festival
"An Octomom Conceives" - Ensemble (Nurse) - 2011 - SlamBoston Uncensored! / Another Country Prod.
HOST:
"Massachusetts Independent Film Festival" (2013 - present) - video host
MUSIC VIDEO:
"She Was Never Really There" | Arthur Nasson - lead - 2012 - Dir. Jeff Haynes & Arthur Nasson
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS:
Imagine Magazine (Pg. 29) - Maria Natapov (featured spotlight) - March, 2013
CLASSES:
"Acting for Film" - teacher: Jock MacDonald - Straeon Acting Studios
"BU Actor's Lab" - teachers: Jan Egleson & Carolyn Pickman
"Actor's Retreat" - teacher: Molli Benson - Acting Coach
"Meisner Intensive" - teacher: Scott Fielding - Michael Chekhov Actors Stutio Boston
"Improv Level 1" - teacher: Patrick French - ImprovBoston
VOICE ARTISTS ONLY [you must have a professional demo to upload]: illustrative 1-word descriptions for this actor's voice (e.g. conversational, announcer, warm, etc.):
.....Thx Maria! Yes let's def keep in touch!! We prob won't see each other filming. "The Devil....". But you will be my inspiration as we speak on the ohone to each other.. ; )
So nice meeting you yesterday!I still haven't figured out where I know you from, but I'm sure it'll come to me one of these days:)Hope to work together again soon!
Thank you, Maria! The person who did it is Mark Nelson at Cheshire TV in Keene. I gave him the cuts. You can call him at 603-283-6621. Glad you liked it and thanks for letting me know!
Nice seeing you again at the audition Tuesday. Hope it goes well for you.
I saw you are friends with Mark Lund -- from Noah I would guess. Mark & I were just in a student film together (Home) at Tufts. He was great to work with and helped me along on my maiden voyage.
Hi Maria, It was great to meet you too, I had fun on that shoot. Maybe next time we work together there will be less running on slippery tiles. I'd be happy to keep you posted on the film, Thanks.
Hi Maria! I'm new to this so not sure where your note is to respond too, lol. I see you are going to the event tonight. I look forward to catching up with you then :-)!
So happy that all these great gigs are happening for you! Congrats! I am off to NYC on Thurs. to attend a SAG-AFTRA seminar and waiting to hear about an audition. Hope u, E., R., & I can get together soon.:)
Hi Maria, It was so great meeting you as well. I hope we get to work together soon. I love your demo reels. You are very talented. I finally just started a Twitter account, since Jim's seminar. I am still technologically challenged, but let me know if you do a Twitter account...I will follow it!
Jim Powers
Jul 9, 2011
Robin Ann Rapoport
So nice meeting you yesterday!I still haven't figured out where I know you from, but I'm sure it'll come to me one of these days:)Hope to work together again soon!
Jul 24, 2011
Alexander Joseph
always happy to help with grammatical nuances
Nov 18, 2011
Matthew Phillion
Hey, Maria. Thanks for finding me here! I wasn't able to keep in touch with many people from that shoot--glad to see you're getting a lot of roles!
Dec 21, 2011
Ben Robertson
Thank you, Maria! The person who did it is Mark Nelson at Cheshire TV in Keene. I gave him the cuts. You can call him at 603-283-6621. Glad you liked it and thanks for letting me know!
Feb 24, 2012
Dan Greenleaf
Enjoyed working together on The Landis Experiment. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Apr 23, 2012
Dan Greenleaf
Nice seeing you again at the audition Tuesday. Hope it goes well for you.
I saw you are friends with Mark Lund -- from Noah I would guess. Mark & I were just in a student film together (Home) at Tufts. He was great to work with and helped me along on my maiden voyage.
May 3, 2012
Wayne Kneeland
Likewise! Great getting to know you in class. You are so good!
May 8, 2012
Kimberly Truon
Very lovely to meet you yesterday! Hope we can work together sometime! :)
May 10, 2012
S. Scott Berger
Hi Maria, It was great to meet you too, I had fun on that shoot. Maybe next time we work together there will be less running on slippery tiles. I'd be happy to keep you posted on the film, Thanks.
May 10, 2012
Enku Gubaie
Hi Maria! I'm new to this so not sure where your note is to respond too, lol. I see you are going to the event tonight. I look forward to catching up with you then :-)!
May 16, 2012
Erin Reinhard
Great meeting you too! I definitely look forward to seeing the film! keep in touch :)
May 17, 2012
Sarah Cote
So nice seeing you again too girl! We will definitely stay and touch and hopefully work together soon!
May 17, 2012
Deborah Rosencrans
So happy that all these great gigs are happening for you! Congrats! I am off to NYC on Thurs. to attend a SAG-AFTRA seminar and waiting to hear about an audition. Hope u, E., R., & I can get together soon.:)
Jun 24, 2012
Stacey Forbes Iwanicki
Hi there it was great working with you today! Stay in touch!
-Stacey
Jul 15, 2012
Brian Farmer
Jul 30, 2012
Kathy LaShay Berenson
Maria,
Thanks for the add and your kind words! You've got some great stuff happening, too!
Hope to work with you on a fabulous project
Nov 19, 2012
Calvin Marcellus Braxton
Thank you Maria. It was great to work with you too. Wish I had more scenes with you. Maybe next time. All the best to you.
Calvin
Nov 22, 2012
Lori Kahler
Hi Maria, It was so great meeting you as well. I hope we get to work together soon. I love your demo reels. You are very talented. I finally just started a Twitter account, since Jim's seminar. I am still technologically challenged, but let me know if you do a Twitter account...I will follow it!
Dec 6, 2012
Lori Kahler
Yeah, you are on Twitter. I am following you! I am still getting use to this twitter stuff. :)
Dec 6, 2012
Giovanni Alabiso
Great to meet you too. Looking forward to working with you sometime in the future. Oodachee!
Aug 15, 2013