Mía Maestro
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 19, 1978 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography
Mía Maestro (born June 19, 1978, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine actress and singer-songwriter of Italian, Swiss-French, and Spanish descent. At age 18 she moved to Berlin to study classical vocal performance and Brechtian acting techniques, returning to Argentina two years later and making her film debut in Carlos Saura's Tango (1998), which earned Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. Her breakthrough in Hollywood came when J.J. Abrams cast her as Nadia Santos on Alias (2004–2006) after she originally met him hoping to land a role on Lost. She also released her debut music album Si Agua in 2014 and is an advocate for criminal justice reform through The Last Prisoner Project. Her notable film credits include Timecode (2000) (Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek), Frida (2002) (Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) (Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna), Poseidon (2006) (Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Connelly), The Box (2007) (Cameron Diaz, Frank Grillo), Visioneers (2008) (Zach Galifianakis, Judy Greer), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson), Savages (2012) (Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek), Some Girl(s) (2013) (Anna Kendrick, Jai Courtney), and End of the Century (2019) (Luis Luque, Dolores Fonzi). On television she is best known for her role as Dr. Nora Martinez in The Strain (2014–2015) and Nadia Santos in Alias (2004–2006).
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Filmography
Castro's Daughter
Movie · as Natalia 'Naty' Revuelta
Baton
Movie
Grassland
Movie
After This Death
Movie · as Isabel
The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future
Movie · as Magdalena
Extrapolations
TV · as Mariama Cruz · 1 ep
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
Movie · as Emilia
The Binding
Movie · as Emma
End of the Century
Movie · as Sonia
Mayans M.C.
TV · as Sederica Palomo, Montserrat Palomo / The Saint · 3 eps
Argentina
Movie · as Self
Grand Street
Movie · as Antonia
The Strain
TV · as Nora Martinez · 26 eps
Some Girl(s)
Movie · as Tyler
Savages
Movie · as Dolores
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Movie · as Carmen
Agua y sal
Movie
Scandal
TV · as Elise Martin · 3 eps
The Speed of Thought
Movie · as Anna Manheim
The Music Never Stopped
Movie · as Celia
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Movie · as Carmen Denali
Person of Interest
TV · as Mira Dobrica · 1 ep
Meant To Be
Movie
Cutthroat
Movie · as Nina Cabrera
White Collar
TV · as Maya · 2 eps
Visioneers
Movie · as Charisma
The Summit
TV · as Maria Puerto · 2 eps
Crusoe
TV · as Olivia · 13 eps
The Box
Movie · as Sasha Eccles
Poseidon
Movie · as Elena
The Ten Commandments
TV · as Zipporah · 2 eps
Deepwater
Movie · as Iris
Kept and Dreamless
Movie · as Celina
The Motorcycle Diaries
Movie · as Chichina Ferreyra
Secuestro Express
Movie · as Carla
The Holy Girl
Movie · as Inés
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Four Lean Hounds
Movie · as Kay
Frida
Movie · as Cristina Kahlo
Hotel
Movie · as Cariola
In the Time of the Butterflies
Movie · as Mate Mirabal
Alias
TV · as Nadia Santos · 31 eps
Timecode
Movie · as Ana Pauls
El astillero
Movie · as Mujer
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
Movie · as Marianela
Picking Up the Pieces
Movie
The Venice Project
Movie · as Danilla
Family Guy
TV · as Loca (voice) · 1 ep
Tango
Movie · as Elena Flores