She later made her American television debut in For All Mankind (2023), and later starred in the science fiction thriller film, I.S.S.

Mashkova was born in Novosibirsk, the daughter of actors Vladimir Mashkov and Yelena Shevchenko, both in whom served in the Mayakovsky Theatre.

From early childhood, when her parents left for Moscow to study at theatre universities, and until the age of eight, Mashkova lived in Novosibirsk with her grandmother Valentina, a teacher of ethics and aesthetics at a flight attendant school and grandfather Pavel, a pilot by profession.

In 1998, together with her mother, she starred in Maksim Pezhemsky's popular comedy film Mama Don't Cry, in the role of the hooligan Masha.

In 1999, Valery Akhadov's film It is Not Recommended to Offend Women was released, in which Maria played the daughter of the main character.

After studying at the academy for two months, secretly from her parents, she decided to transfer to the acting department of the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute.

[2][6] From 2005 to 2006, Mashkova starred in the Not Born Beautiful, a Russian adaptation of Colombian telenovela, Yo soy Betty, la fea.

[7] In 2018, she made her British television debut with a recurring role in the BBC One crime drama, McMafia.