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Mía Maestro
Born	Mía Maestro June 19, 1978 (1978-06-19) (age 31) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mía Maestro (born June 19, 1978) is an Argentine actress. She is best known for her role as Nadia Santos in the television drama Alias.

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Awards 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Life and career

Mía Maestro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978.¹² Her mother was an economist and her father a businessman.¹ At the age of 18 she moved to Berlin to be trained as a classical music vocalist.³ There she also learned the Brechtian acting technique as well as dance.¹ At age 20 Maestro returned to Buenos Aires. Maestro is of Spanish (Catalan), Italian, French and Arab descent.^{citation needed}

Maestro made her screen debut in Carlos Saura's Academy Award nominated film, Tango.³

Maestro originally met with TV producer J. J. Abrams in relation to the show Lost.¹ She ended up getting the part of Nadia Santos in Season 4 on his other television show, the drama Alias.¹ She then had a recurring role in the program's 5th season. In December 2005, she starred in Prince's music video for "Te Amo Corazón" which was directed by her friend Salma Hayek.⁴

In 2001, she was ranked #61 in Stuff's 100 Sexiest Women. Also in 2001, she ranked #67 in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women. On Maxim's hot 100 2007 list, Maestro came in at #99.⁵

Maestro appeared in seven episodes of the short-lived NBC series "Crusoe," and has been cast as the lead character in "Cutthroat," an ABC television pilot for the 2010-2011 season. ⁶

She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Awards

She won an ACE Award for performance in the stage production of Pandora's Box.²

Filmography

• Tango (1998)
• The Venice Project (1999)
• Timecode (2000)
• Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
• El Astillero (2000)
• For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
• Hotel (2001)
• In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
• Frida (2002)
• Four Lean Hounds (2003)
• Diarios de motocicleta (aka The Motorcycle Diaries) (2004)
• La Niña santa (aka The Holy Girl) (2004)
• Secuestro Express (2005)
• Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños (2005)
• Poseidon (2006)
• Deepwater (2006)
• The Ten Commandments (2006)
• Visioneers (2008)
• The Speed of Thought (2008)
• Crusoe (2008)
• Meant to Be (2009) (in production)(filming at P.R.)

References

External links

• Mía Maestro at the Internet Movie Database
• Mía Maestro at cinenacional.com