She was a member of the Russian girl-group
Mobilnye Blondinki. Along with
Yulia Timonina-Houghtaling, she was one of the two members who were found during a formal casting call arranged by producer
Igor Matvienko in late Summer 2008. Matvienko asked her to join the group in December 2008. At first she was the "zapasnaya solistika" ("standby" or "auxiliary member"), where she functioned as an understudy, an informal sixth member who could fill in when necessary. She later became a full member when founding member
Olga Kurbatova left in October 2009. Mariya left the group in late Fall 2012 to spend more time with her family.
