Name: Mía Maestro
Date of Birth: 19 June 1978 She ranked #61 (2001) in Stuff's 100 Sexiest Women. She ranked #67 (2001) in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women. She trained to be a classical vocalist. Her boyfriend is Ned Benson, an actor/director. Her mum is a former economist and her dad is a businessman in Argentina One of her favourite movies is The School of Rock (2003). Loves scuba-diving and soccer. Won an ACE award for her performance in a theatrical production of Pandora's Box Has a dog named River Moved to Berlin at age 18 for her classical vocal training ... While in Berlin, she also studied the Brechtian acting technique in addition to her dance, vocal and music classes. She got the part of Nadia Santos on "Alias" (2001) after meeting series producer J.J. Abrams for another show of Abrams called "Lost" (2004) but she ended up getting the part of recurring character and eventual series regular on "Alias" (2001) as Sydney's half-sister. In For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV), she played the mother of actor Freddy Rodríguez, who is actually 3 years older than her in real life! Now, they are going to star in the same movie again, Wolfgang Petersen's remake of The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Has starred in 4 movies with her good friend, actress Salma Hayek: Frida (2002), In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) (TV), Hotel (2001) and Timecode (2000). Was offered the role of Angelica in Anima (2003) but had to turn it down because of scheduling conflicts. The lead role went to Claudia Soberón. Is of Spanish and Italian ancestry. Ranked #99 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list. Read more Mía Maestro movies (actor)User Comments |
