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Maria Shchensnyak

Maria Shchensnyak

About me

Bilingual American actress from NYC living in Amsterdam. Having studied Method Acting with acclaimed ActorsStudio teacher Andre Landzaat, Chubbuck Technique with Romy Irene, and Meisner Technique at Mulholland Academy, I love great writing and have a knack for various accents!

Information

Place of birth
Moscow
Height (cm)
170
Eye color
gray-green
Hair color
blond(e)
Hair length
Long
Place of residence
Amsterdam (NL)
Housing options
Amsterdam (NL), New York (US), Vancouver (CA), London (GB)
Nationality
Russian, American
Languages
English(native)Russian(native)FrenchDutch, Flemish
Dialects
Standard American English(native dialect)American Southern EnglishBoston EnglishBrooklyn EnglishCalifornia EnglishCanadianLondonNew England EnglishNew York EnglishNorth-Central American EnglishStandard British English
Accents
AmericanEnglishFrenchIrishPolishRussianSlavic
Sport
BadmintonBaseballBilliardsIce skatingBeach volleyballBowlingFigure skatingInline skatingRunning
Main profession
Actor

Credits

Professional background

Mulholland Academy, Amsterdam

Other professional training

2025
Screen Acting - Peeter Feeney
2025
Method Acting Studio Amsterdam - Andre Landzaat
2018 – 2023
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Meisner Technique - Alex Murphy, Mulholland Academy
2022 – 2023
Chubbuck Studio Amsterdam - Romy Irene
2019
ReFocus Method Amsterdam - Tony Grahn
2019
On Camera Combat - Alex Murphy, Mulholland Acamedy
2019
Acting For Camera - Kimberly Graham, ACT Studio
2019
ReFocus Method Amsterdam - Tony Graham

Awards

2025
About Face (Short film)
2025
Drifters (nominated) (Short film)

Film

2026
Artificial Soul (Feature film) In development
Nurse
2025 – 2026
Yellow (Short film) In development
Susan (manipulative mother)
2025
Drifters (Short film)
Kira (LR)
2024 – 2025
Vada Indigo (Feature film)
Mme Paisley (SUP) Michael Lasoff Producer: Lasoff Films Written by: Michael Lasoff
2024
Dead To Me (Short film)
Isabelle (SUP) Nicholas Kaiden Producer: Maria Shchensnyak, Fiscal Peters Written by: Peter Kelly
2024
Pickled (Short film)
Lizzy (LR) Kuba Szutkowski Producer: Maria Shchensnyak, Fiscal Peters Written by: Peter Kelly
2024
Flowers On Concrete (Short film)
Anna (SUP) Dimitry Kesper Written by: Dimitry Kesper
2023
Burnt Out (Short film)
Anna (SUP) Faten Bushehri
2023
About Face (Short film)
Marla (LR) Joseph Frank
2023
Pinky (Short film)
Rachel (SUP) Joseph Frank
2019 – 2020
Bouyancy (Feature film)
Lawyer (SUP) Roel Leijten Producer: Nosotros Ichi Productions
2019
Musketeers of Pig Alley (Short film)
Mary(SUP) Max Koebalt Producer: Mees Teeuwen
2018
Doctrines (Short film)
Karen (SUP) Chong Lii

Other

2025
Healey (Instructional film)
Healy meditation device owner (LR) Farhad Vilkiji Producer: Farhad Vilkiji
2023
It's Up to You (Educational production)
Laura (not so woke employee) (SUP) Joeri Nijhuis Written by: Joeri Nijhuis
2021
Thales (Educational production)
Presenter (LR) Niels Neeskens Producer: Studio Mad
2020
Dealing with Emotions (Educational production)
Important Customer (SUP) Danny de Bruijn Producer: Reinier Elderson Casting Director: Ton Peeters

Commercial

2020 – 2022
Lexi Gogo (Commercial)
Picky Customer
2019 – 2020
Proteus Supermarket Smart Displays (Commercial)
Smart Display Owner