Mía Maestro

Mía Maestro
File:Mia Maestro by Gage Skidmore.jpg Maestro at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	(1978-06-19) June 19, 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	Actress, singer-songwriter
Years active	1998 – present

Mía Maestro (born June 19, 1978) is an Argentine actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Nora Martinez in The Strain, Nadia Santos in the television drama Alias, as Christina Kahlo in Frida, and as Carmen in The Twilight Saga.

Life and career

Maestro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1978. She made her screen debut in Carlos Saura’s Tango, which received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for best foreign film. Initially trained in Argentina, Maestro traveled to Berlin to develop a vocal repertoire of the works of Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler. Her first proper acting turn was in the play The Summer Trilogy by Carlo Goldoni, and by 1998, she secured the coveted role of 'Lulu' in Frank Wedekind’s Pandora’s Box at the San Martin Theater in her hometown of Buenos Aires. For this she garnered an "Ace" Award for Best New Artist of the Year.

In 2004 she joined the cast of ABC’s critically acclaimed series Alias for two seasons. In the same year, Maestro also appeared in the Argentine film, La Niña Santa (aka The Holy Girl), directed by Lucrecia Martel, as well as the Focus Features film The Motorcycle Diaries, (Golden Globe nominee 2005 Best Foreign Film) based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. The film was directed by Walter Salles (Central Station), and stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Rodrigo de la Serna. Maestro has starred as a victim of a kidnapping in Venezuela in Jonathan Jakubowicz’s thriller Secuestro Express, released by Miramax. In December 2005, she starred in Prince's music video for "Te Amo Corazón" which was directed by her friend Salma Hayek.

In 2006, she co-starred in Wolfgang Petersen's film Poseidon, a remake of the 1972 film of the same name. She played Elena Gonzalaz, a stowaway girl going to meet her sick brother in the hospital with friend and waiter Valentine.

Maestro starred in the off-Broadway musical play, My Life as a Fairytale, inspired by the life and works of author Hans Christian Andersen and singing the music of Stephin Merritt from the Magnetic Fields. She also starred in Cosí, based on the opera Così fan tutte by Mozart; the comedy Meant to Be; and the American indie film Mr. Tambourine Man based on an Oliver Sacks story.

Maestro has been cast as the lead character in Cutthroat, an ABC television pilot for the 2010-2011 season. As of September 30, 2010, she has been cast as Carmen of the Denali Coven in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2.

Maestro guest-starred in White Collar as Maya, a restaurant owner with whom Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) has a fling while on the run.

She played Dr. Nora Martinez in the vampire horror series The Strain, created by Guillermo del Toro. She also guest starred in the NBC television series Hannibal in 2015, playing the role of Allegra Pazzi, the wife of an Italian inspector.

She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Musical career

As a singer-songwriter Maestro has been performing in Los Angeles, New York City, and Buenos Aires, and is in preparation to start recording her EP followed by an album. In 2010 she performed in Iceland where she opened for Emiliana Torrini during several shows at the Háskólabíó theater in Reykjavík. She has collaborated with the UK band Faithless singing on the song 'Love Is My Condition' on their album The Dance, released in May 2010.

Maestro's version of "Lloverá" appeared on the Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack, also as part of an EP titled Blue Eyed Sailor, scheduled to drop in November 2012. The EP features three songs: "Blue Eyed Sailor", "Time To Go" (featuring Damien Rice) and "Lloverá". It also features a music video of "Blue Eyed Sailor", directed by Juan Azulay and Guillermo Navarro, inspired by the art of Cecilia Paredes.

On October 7, 2014, Mia Maestro's debut album Si Agua was released. It was recorded in Iceland. NPR's Alt.Latino referred to her voice as one of Alt.Latino's favorites of 2014.

Awards

She won an ACE Award for her performance in the stage production of Pandora's Box.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Grand Street	Antonia
2013	Some Girl(s)	Tyler
2012	Savages	Dolores
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Carmen Denali
2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
	It Goes Without Saying	Joan	Short film
	The Speed of Thought	Anna Manheim
	The Music Never Stopped	Celia
2010	Agua y sal	Micaela
	First Night	Nicoletta
	Meant to Be	Gigi
2008	Visioneers	Charisma
2007	The Box	Sasha Eccles
2006	Poseidon	Elena Morales
2005	Secuestro Express	Carla
	Deepwater	Iris
	Kept and Dreamless	Celina
2004	The Holy Girl	Inés
	The Motorcycle Diaries	Chichina Ferreyra
2003	Four Lean Hounds	Kay	Short film
2002	Frida	Cristina Kahlo	Choreographer: Tango
2001	Hotel	Cariola
2000	El astillero	Mujer
	Picking Up the Pieces	Carla
	Timecode	Ana Pauls
1999	The Venice Project	Danilla
1998	Tango	Elena Flores

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Scandal	Elise Martin	3 episodes
2015	Hannibal	Allegra Pazzi	Episode: "Contorno"
2014–2015	The Strain	Dr. Nora Martinez	Main Cast (Season 1–2)
2013	Person of Interest	Mira Dobrica	1 episode
2012	White Collar	Maya	2 episodes
2010	Cutthroat	Nina Cabrera	TV Movie
2008–2009	Crusoe	Olivia	7 episodes
2008	The Summit	Maria Puerto	2 episodes; Mini-Series
2007	The Man	Dr. Lola Fiero	TV Movie
2006	The Ten Commandments	Zipporah
2005	Family Guy	Loca	1 episode; Voice role
2004–2006	Alias	Nadia Santos	Guest (Season 3) Main Cast (Season 4) Special Guest (Season 5): 31 episodes
2001	In the Time of the Butterflies	Maria Teresa	TV Movie
2000	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story	Marianela

External links

• Mía Maestro at the Internet Movie Database
• Mía Maestro at Cinenacional.com
• Mia Maestro Music