Maria Shchensnyak

QAYUMI TALENT AGENCY
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Maria Shchensnyak

QAYUMI TALENT AGENCY
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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!
Maria Shchensnyak
CV as Open in Filmmakers
Amsterdam (NL)
Genderfemale
Place of birthMoscow
NationalityRussian, American
Main professionActor
Working permitsUnited States, European Union (EU-27), Russian Federation
Housing optionsAmsterdam (NL), New York (US), Vancouver (CA), London (GB)
Eye colorgray-green
Hair colorblond(e)
Height (cm)170
LanguagesEnglish(native)Russian(native)FrenchDutch, Flemish
DialectsStandard American English(native dialect)American Southern EnglishBoston EnglishBrooklyn EnglishCalifornia EnglishCanadianLondonNew England EnglishNew York EnglishNorth-Central American EnglishStandard British English
AccentsAmericanEnglishFrenchIrishPolishRussianSlavic
SportBadmintonBaseballBilliardsIce skatingBeach volleyballBowlingFigure skatingInline skatingRunning
Training

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 Lasoff Films Michael Lasoff
2024
Dead To Me (Short film)
Isabelle (SUP)
Nicholas Kaiden Maria Shchensnyak, Fiscal Peters Peter Kelly
2024
Pickled (Short film)
Lizzy (LR)
Kuba Szutkowski Maria Shchensnyak, Fiscal Peters Peter Kelly
2024
Flowers On Concrete (Short film)
Anna (SUP)
Dimitry Kesper 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 Nosotros Ichi Productions
2019
Musketeers of Pig Alley (Short film)
Mary(SUP)
Max Koebalt Mees Teeuwen
2018
Doctrines (Short film)
Karen (SUP)
Chong Lii
Other
2025
Healey (Instructional film)
Healy meditation device owner (LR)
Farhad Vilkiji Farhad Vilkiji
2023
It's Up to You (Educational production)
Laura (not so woke employee) (SUP)
Joeri Nijhuis Joeri Nijhuis
2021
Thales (Educational production)
Presenter (LR)
Niels Neeskens Studio Mad
2020
Dealing with Emotions (Educational production)
Important Customer (SUP)
Danny de Bruijn Reinier Elderson Ton Peeters
Commercial
2020 – 2022
Lexi Gogo (Commercial)
Picky Customer
2019 – 2020
Proteus Supermarket Smart Displays (Commercial)
Smart Display Owner