Masha Gessen

Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist, author, translator and activist who has been an outspoken critic of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Gessen is nonbinary and trans and uses they/them pronouns. Gessen has written extensively on LGBT rights.

Born:

Jan 13, 1967 In Moscow, Russia

Movie/TV Credits:

6

First Appeared:

In the series The School for Scandal 2002-10-02

Latest Project:

Movie Svetlana Boym: Exile and Imagination 2025