Masha Shafit

ZAV Köln
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Masha Shafit

ZAV Köln
About me

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I had a nightmare.
I wanted to become a butterfly, but I was told:
- You can't become a butterfly. You may have graduated from butterfly school and lived with the butterflies, but you will never be a butterfly. Because you are a moth. 
So I went to the moths to become one of them, but there they told me:
- You can't become a moth. You have lived the life of a moth, experienced exclusion by the butterflies because you are not a butterfly, and yet you will never be a moth. Because you grew up among butterflies. 
So I spread my wings and flew away. And as I flew, I realized that I had wings, and that they were carrying me, without knowing what kind of wings they were.

Jewish-Armenian artist from Russia, living in Germany. Identifying the most with the spanish culture. 

ZAV-Künstlervermittlung Köln
ZAV Köln
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Masha Shafit
Köln (DE), Bochum (DE)
Place of birthNishny Novgorod
NationalityGerman
Main professionActor
Working permitsEuropean Union (EU-27)
Housing optionsDetroit (US), Auckland (NZ), Bonn (DE), Karlsruhe (DE), Hamburg (DE), Oslo (NO), Berlin (DE), Poznań (PL)
SpecializationsSinger, Dancer
Driver's licensesB - Car
Eye colorblue-green
Hair colorauburn
Height (cm)170
Weight (in kg)58
Ethnicity and heritageWhite or Caucasian
Statureslim, athletic / training
LanguagesGerman(native)Russian(native)EnglishSpanish
DialectsRuhr area
AccentsRussian
InstrumentsPianoGuitarAccordionCajón
SportHikingSwimmingBalletBasketballBilliardsFinswimmingFitnessInline skatingMountain hikingYogaAcrobaticsBeach volleyballBoulderingFencing (stage)Horse ridingStage combatTable tennis
DanceBalletChoreographyContact improvisationContemporary danceLatin American dancesStandardTangoArgentine tangoCourtly dancesExpressionist danceMinuetRock & roll
PitchAlto, Mezzo-soprano
SingingChansonA cappellaBacking vocalsBalladClassicFolkOpera singingPopRapRockSprechgesangfolk songChoir
Special skillsLifesavingBarman
Training
Other professional training
2025
Body Script - Dance can tell things that words can not
Film
2018
Bewerbungsstress
Chefin
Alican Tamkan SAE Köln
2017
Nomophobia
Marie
Giorgi Gedevanidze KHM Köln
2016
ICE CREAM
A
Jordan Walker AIB Bonn
Television
2021 – 2022
Die Bürgermeisterin picture
Die Bürgermeisterin (Feature film)
Junge Rasta Frau (SUP)
Christiane Balthasar Network Movie ZDF Marion Haack
2021
Keine Zeit für Arschlöcher picture
Keine Zeit für Arschlöcher (Documentary movie)
Die junge Berta Kutz (SUP)
Andreas Menck Bavaria Fiction ZDF Siegfried Wagner
2019 – 2020
Die Kanzlei - Ausgeliefert (S4E9) (Series)
Swetlana Skrebinsky (ELR)
Steffi Doehlemann Letterbox Produktion ARD Anna Kowalski
2019 – 2020
Die Kanzlei - Keine Bagatelle (S4E8) (Series)
Svetlana Skrebinski (ELR)
Steffi Doehlemann Letterbox Produktion ARD Anna Kowalski
Theater
2025 – 2026
Zwischenfall in Vichy (Drama)
Bayard (LR)
Britta Shulamit Jakobi Rimon-Productions Britta Shulamit Jakobi Zwischenfall in Vichy - Arthur Miller
2025 – 2026
Schneesturm (Drama)
Dramaturgie-Hospitanz (OTH)
Kirill Serebrennikov kirill&friends, Salzburger Festspiele, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus Der Schneesturm - Vladimir Sorokin
2024 – 2026
Fotoalbum - Bilder die die Welt bedeuten (Drama)
Leo/Masha (LR)
Anja Schöne LUTZ Theater Hagen Als die Welt uns gehörte - Liz Kessler
2024 – 2026
Romeo und Julia frei nach Shakespeare picture © Thomas Rabsch
Romeo und Julia frei nach Shakespeare (Drama)
Amme/Masha (LR)
Bassam Ghazi Stadt:Kollektiv Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus Romeo und Julia Übersetzung von Thomas Brasch
2025
Die Heiteren (Drama)
Nadine Pitthan, Mila Moinzadeh Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus Hilarius Gilges
2023 – 2025
BURAK - Oder das Rote Rauschen picture © Leszek Januszewski
BURAK - Oder das Rote Rauschen (Drama)
Masha/Leon/Leona-Lee (LR)
Anja Schöne LUTZ (Theater Hagen)
2021
Vergissmeinnicht (Einpersonenstück) picture © Danny Darlington
Vergissmeinnicht (Einpersonenstück) (Drama)
Cherry/Paula (LR)
Mihails Gubenko bühne1 Trier bühne1 Trier Mihails Gubenko
2018 – 2019
Kirschgarten oder der letzte macht das Licht aus picture © MEYER Originals
Kirschgarten oder der letzte macht das Licht aus (Drama)
Warja (LR)
Heinz- Simon Keller Theater Der Keller Heinz- Simon Keller Der Kirschgarten von Anton Tschechow
2018
JAT 2018
Dunja Petrowa
Michael Bandt Scharlatan Theater für Veränderung, Hamburg
2017 – 2018
Nachtasyl
Anna
Christina Schelhaas Alte Feuerwache Köln
2016 – 2017
L´amore passa traverso lo stomaco
Cavaliere, Francescina, Doris
Diana Maria Breuer Theater im Kloster
2015 – 2017
Campiello
Catte
Michael Schwarzmann Pantheon Theater Bonn
Other
2023 – 2024
Santa Luzia (Workshop production)
Workshopleiterin
Daria Malygina, Masha Shafit, Mo Abojood LUTZ Theater Hagen
2023 – 2024
Wir Alle Zusammen (Workshop production)
Workshopleiterin
LUTZ Theater Hagen
Internet
2015
Deutschland, du bist so schön (Musikvideo)
Hitler
Julian Lührs