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Mía Maestro

Mía Maestro

Birthday: 1978-06-19 | Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
After This Death

as    Isabel

2023
2021
2020
The Binding

as    Emma

2019
End of the Century

as    Sonia

2015
Argentina

as    Self

2014
Grand Street

as    Antonia

2013
Some Girl(s)

as    Tyler

2011
The Speed of Thought

as    Anna Manheim

2011
The Music Never Stopped

as    Celia

2010
Cutthroat

as    Nina Cabrera

2008
Visioneers

as    Charisma

2008
The Summit

as    Maria Puerto

2008
Crusoe

as    Olivia

2006
Poseidon

as    Elena

2006
The Ten Commandments

as    Zipporah

2005
Secuestro Express

as    Carla

2005
Kept and Dreamless

as    Celina

2005
The Holy Girl

as    Inés

2005
Deepwater

as    Iris

2004
The Motorcycle Diaries

as    Chichina Ferreyra

2003
Four Lean Hounds

as    Kay

2002
Frida

as    Cristina Kahlo

2001
In the Time of the Butterflies

as    Mate Mirabal