Maria Shtofa

Maria Shtofa

About me

Maria Shtofa’s recent screen credits include the role of Instructor Farah in Blade Runner 2099 (Amazon), and a lead role in the Polish feature People, directed by Filip Hillesland and Maciej Ślesicki, for which she received a Best Actress nomination at the Gdynia Film Festival. She recently completed filming the German feature 7 Days in February, directed by Tatjana Moutchnik, playing the lead role of Marina, and was nominated for Best Leading Actress at Germany’s Max Ophüls Prize. On stage, she made her London debut with Borscht: A Taste of Home at the Drayton Arms Theatre.

Information

Acting age
16-25 years
Height (cm)
165
Eye color
blue-gray
Hair color
dark brown
Hair length
Medium
Place of residence
Berlin (DE), Greater London (GB)
Housing options
Kyiv (UA)
Nationality
Ukrainian
Languages
Ukrainian(native)EnglishRussian
Accents
Russian
Instruments
Piano
Sport
GymnasticsRhythmic gymnasticsAerobicsBadmintonBaseballBowling
Dance
Argentine tangoBalletChoreographyFolk dance
Main profession
Actor
Pitch
Soprano

Credits

Professional background

Advanced Acting Intensive Training - Giles Foreman - GFCA (2024) Tambour studio /Meizner technique (2022 ) Actors lab/ Oleksandra Oleynik studio (2020-2021) BA degree - Kyiv National University of cinema ,theater and TV (2017 - 2021)

Film

7 days in February("Sieben Tage Februar") (Feature film)
Marina (lead) Tatjana Moutchnik Distribution: Wood Water Films
People (Feature film)
Sister (lead) Maciej Slesicki ,Filip Hillesland Distribution: Magnetes Pictures
I see them bloom (Short film)
Nastya Nikita Gibalenko Distribution: Format Contact 7 Palms Entertainment
Golden leggins (Short film)
Ira (lead) Arkadiy Nepotalyuk Distribution: Family production
Rhino (Feature film)
Sveta (supportive lead) Oleg Sensov Distribution: XYZ Films; WestEnd Films; Art housetraffic;
Myrnyi 21 (Feature film)
Olya(lead) Ahtem Seitablaev Distribution: ISTMEN FILMS
Homo Deus (Short film)
Ulia Yulia Deglina Distribution: UP UA STUDIO

Television

Blade Runner 2099
Farah Jonathan van Tulleken, Karena Evans Distribution: Amazon Prime video
Sentinelles
Olga Jean-Philippe Amar Distribution: Ciné+OCS [FR] Media Fiction; Orange Cinéma Séries
Silence.Season 2
Sveta Dalibor Matanic Distribution: HBO;ARTE
Himmel & Erde | Небо та Земля
Yaroslava (lead) Nikita Gibalenko Distribution: ZDF;Studio Zentral
Love Addicts
Kyra Arabella Bartsch Distribution: Amazon prime video
Girls
Olenka Anton Sherbakov Distribution: Starlight production
Picnic
Teenager girl Ira Gromozda Distribution: Mamas film
Butterfly wings
Elis(lead) Oleksandr Parkhomenko Distribution: FILMUA

Theater

Borsh.The taste of home
Valeria(lead) Ira Kifa Theater: Drayton Arms Theatre
Lovely Head and Other Plays by Neil Labute
Cleo STUART LAING Theater: Giles Foreman Centre for Acting
The backyard games
Dvori (lead) D.Morozov Theater: Kyiv National theater named after Lesia Ukrainka