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
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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!
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Thanks for bringing me on board, Maria.
Congrats on your award Maria!!
Great to meet you too. Looking forward to working with you sometime in the future. Oodachee!
Yeah, you are on Twitter. I am following you! I am still getting use to this twitter stuff. :)
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!
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
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
Hi there it was great working with you today! Stay in touch!
-Stacey
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