Biographie
Actress and singer MIA MAESTRO made her screen debut in Carlos Saura’s Tango, which received Golden Globe® and Academy Award® nominations for Best Foreign Film.
Maestro starred in Oliver Stone’s Savages, opposite Benicio Del Toro. She was seen in the Evan Oppenheimer film The Speed of Thought; and in the Twilight Saga movies.
Her numerous other film credits include: The Box starring opposite Gabrielle Union; starring opposite Judy Greer and Zach Galifianakis in Visioneers, which won the Audience Award in the 2008 CineVegas International Film Festival; and Wolfgang Petersen’s Poseidon for Warner Bros, the adaptation of the classic 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure. Others credits include: Jonathan Jakubowicz’s thriller Secuestro Express, released by Miramax, where starred in the leading role as a victim of a kidnapping in Venezuela; the Argentine film La Niña Santa (aka The Holy Girl), directed by Lucrecia Martel; and the 2005 Golden Globe® nominee for Best Foreign Film The Motorcycle Diaries, based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. The film was directed by Walter Salles, starred Gael Garcia Bernal and Rodrigo de la Serna, and released by Focus Features.
Additional film credits include: Miramax’s Frida directed by Julie Taymor, where she starred as Cristina Kahlo; Mike Figgis’ digital films Timecode and Hotel; and HBO’s "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story," where she starred opposite Andy Garcia.
On television, Maestro played Jennifer Garner’s sister Nadia Santos in several episodes of ABC’s critically acclaimed series "Alias."
Initially trained as a classical singer in Argentina, Maestro moved to Berlin at the age of eighteen to develop a vocal repertoire of the works of Kurt Weill and Hans Eisler. Her first proper acting turn was in the play "The Summer Trilogy" by Carlo Goldoni. By 1998, she secured the coveted role of Lulu in Wedekind’s "Pandora’s Box" at the San Martin Theater in her hometown, Buenos Aires, Argentina. For this she garnered an Ace Award for Best New Artist of the Year. Maestro also starred at the Lincoln Center in the play "My Life as a Fairytale," inspired by the life and works of author Hans Christian Andersen.
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2024 |
Grassland |
2022 |
La Vache qui chantait le futur |
2021 |
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone (téléfilm) |
2020 |
Il legame |
2019 |
Fin de siècle |
2014 |
Grand Street |
2013 |
Some Girl(s) |
2012 |
Savages |
Twilight - Chapitre 5 : Révélation 2e partie |
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2011 |
The Music Never Stopped |
The Speed of Thought |
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Twilight - Chapitre 4 : Révélation 1ère partie |
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2010 |
Agua y sal |
First Night |
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Meant to Be |
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2008 |
The Summit (téléfilm) |
Very Big Stress |
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2007 |
The Box |
2006 |
Les Dix Commandements (téléfilm) |
Poséidon |
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2005 |
Deepwater |
Las mantenidas sin sueños |
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Secuestro express |
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2004 |
Carnets de voyage |
La Fille sainte |
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2002 |
Frida |
2001 |
Hotel |
In the Time of the Butterflies (téléfilm) |
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2000 |
El astillero |
For Love and Country : The Arturo Sandoval Story (téléfilm) |
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Morceaux choisis |
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Time Code |
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1999 |
The Venice Project |
1998 |
Tango |
Clips musicaux | |
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2011 |
Christina Perri: A Thousand Years - i.a. |
2005 |
Prince - Te Amo Corazón |
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2003 |
Four Lean Hounds |
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2006 |
The Young Hollywood Awards |
2002 |
The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards |
1997 |
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