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Mariana Novak

Mariana Novak

History

Mariana Novak is an actress, voice talent, and content creator currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating from prestigious Scripps College for Women she moved to Los Angeles to train at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and with teachers Elaine Craig, Rick Wasserman, Stan Zimmerman, and Margie Haber. After developing her skills, experience, and body of work, Mariana made the cross-country leap to pursue the big opportunities promised in the "Hollywood of the South". She continues her training with teachers Rob Mello (Meisner), Alex Collins (On-Camera), Josh Daugherty (Scene study), and has dabbled in stand up comedy/sketch as well. Her native language is English but she has full written and spoken proficiency in both Spanish and Russian. Having worked with directors like James Mangold (Wolverine, Girl Interrupted), James Burrows (Taxi, Frasier) and Jason Bateman (Ozark) proves that Mariana has the chops to handle comedy just as well as drama. You can catch her in Dynasty (S3) as corrupt lawyer Naomi and Ozark (S2,S3) as devious Cheyenne.

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Vacation Friends 2

Vacation Friends 2

Female Traveler

Newly married couple Marcus and Emily invite their uninhibited besties Ron and Kyla to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort. When Kyla’s incarcerated father Reese is released and shows up at the resort unannounced, things get out of control, upending Marcus’ best laid plans and turning the vacation friends’ perfect trip into total chaos.

A married dairy farmer travels to a gay campground in rural NE Pennsylvania to search for the man he fell in love with 30 years before -- and discovers the past is not done with him yet. A narrative/doc hybrid film.

Nothing Like The Sun

Nothing Like The Sun

Myra Ward

Based on a true story, A Sweetest Kiss portrays the dramatic, romantic struggles of a lesbian woman (Alice Mitchell) in the restrictive suburbs of 1950's America. After being estranged by her family, Alice is forced to support herself by working as a street prostitute while confronting potential dangers at every corner. Eventually, an upstanding family takes her in and Alice starts to win them over by adopting their Christian faith while suppressing her romantic feelings toward their beautiful daughter Annabel. But a pious relative Lillian intervenes when Alice and Annabel begin to fall in love. Despite efforts to reject her own passionate feelings and commit more deeply to her religious faith, Alice is drawn back to Annabel each risking everything to follow their hearts. A final confrontation threatens to destroy the complicated façades that confine the community culminating in a final choice for Alice and Annabel.

Nothing Like the Sun

Nothing Like the Sun

Myra Ward

In the mid-twentieth century, Alice Mitchell works as a prostitute on the street. After her situation worsens, she unsuccessfully attempts to reconcile with her estranged family over her homosexuality. She takes shelter at a Christian household and wins them over by falsely adopting their faith, despite opposition from their in-law, Lillian. While there, Alice's infatuation with the family's daughter, Annabel, grows. After Lillian reveals Alice's homosexuality, Alice redoubles her efforts to rid herself of it to no avail as she succumbs to a relationship with Annabel. Their relationship is discovered. In desperation, Alice commits to faith instead and starts a relationship with a man, reconciling her with her parents. But she falters when confronted by Annabel again, struggling to decide between leaving with her and remaining with her own family. Through a final confrontation with Lillian, Alice makes her final choice.

Fern

An American mother searches for her daughter who was kidnapped by human traffickers in Central America.

Coffee Shop Hipster (as Mariana Novakovich)

An American mother searches for her daughter who was kidnapped by human traffickers in Central America.

The Penal Colony

The Penal Colony

Nadya Tolokonnikova

A fictional film based on the true accounts of human rights abuse in a Mordovian prison.

Tim of the Jungle

Tim of the Jungle

Monster 2

A high school student attempting to complete his musical opus keeps getting distracted by the intense fights of his mentally imbalanced father and overly doting mother.

Wedding Guest

When misleading photos are published of security company chief Jessie Rogers purportedly caught in a love nest with his rock star client, his humiliated wife, Noëlle, swiftly files for divorce. Unable to convince her of his innocence, Jessie fights in vain to win Noëlle back when a Christmastime blizzard snowbounds the family.