About Mara

Mara is a classically trained actress and plays characters that represent "unrelenting grit", whether it's comedy or drama, the character that will go to all odds to go for justice.  The worlds she creates as a storyteller are characters on the edge of injustice, troubled and haunted by definitions of right and wrong.  On set, she always brings a positive spirit and work ethic that's infectious.

As a producer, she connects high-level executives to upcoming writers and directors. She currently has partnerships with multiple distribution companies, post houses, production houses, and sales agents.  She has worked with clients, ranging from Xenon Pictures to NBC to Hulu.  She is always creating new avenues for burgeoning markets. (and she crushes it in the sales market!)

As a speaker and connector, she has presented at Series Fest, the Microsoft Garage, and the Creativity Conference, as well as coaching over 400 creatives on business strategy.  She is currently an advisor at SXSW tech pitch fest.

Originally born in Long Branch, New Jersey, she moved at 6 months old to a very small town in Iowa. Growing up in the country amid gravel roads and corn fields and hearing stories from her east coast mother about this mystical place called "Manhattan", she knew at the age of three she wanted to be an actress. This propelled her to NYC, post-college, with a number of years spent studying and living throughout Europe.

She has trained in theatre with Eugenio Barba of Odin Teatret in Denmark, Dah Teatre in Serbia, and extensively in classical theatre and Meisner technique in New York with the late Robert Patterson. She has a degree in Theatre and Women's Studies from the University of Iowa.

She has a love of writing, and being in nature, so she now is residing between Becket, Massachusetts, in a small cabin on 47 acres of protected land, Los Angeles, and Washington Heights in NYC.

She has a passion for music, singing being her first love. "Music is a remedy for the soul and acting is a way to connect with the audiences I want to touch."

"I can always learn something new from anyone I meet and need frequent adventures to inspire my creative resources. I'm on a long journey and looking forward to the next surprises that are in store. Hope to meet you on this great path! In gratitude."