Ma Troggian is a Brazilian multi-artist based in NYC whose work spans acting, filmmaking, and music-making. After earning her degree and completing a three-month DJ course at the School of Electronic Music in Brazil (AIMEC), she moved to New York to study at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, graduating from The Evening Conservatory, an intensive two-year program. 

 

​Ma starred in many short films and theater productions both in Brazil and in the US. In 2025, she played Lucia in the Off-Broadway production of Wedding Dress directed by Julia Burnier.

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A self-taught screenwriter, Ma’s first feature script, Foreign, was shortlisted for the competitive Sundance Development Track. Her short script, The Love of Jupiter, won the 2022 PANO Microgrants and was selected for the 2022 Open Screenplay M Film Lab. In 2024, she wrote, co-directed, and acted in the vampire short film The Death Dance.

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As a musician, she works as a DJ and has released four singles, including “Black Money” and “I Want Ur Luv,” produced by Oscar-nominated producer Bob Brockmann.

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In 2021, Ma received the City Artist Corps Grant to curate the third edition of Make Music Don’t Get Killed, a showcase uplifting queer, underrepresented performers and musicians in Brooklyn.

 

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