Maya Stojan

Maya Stojan is a Swiss-born American actress who was born in Geneva in 1986 and grew up there. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from the Hartt School of Theatre and Music in West Hartford, Connecticut, in 2008. After she moved to Los Angeles, her earliest screen credits were the shorts Chasing Forever and I Kill To Live. She continued her training in Los Angeles with Donovan Scott and Carolyne Barry in 2009 and finished the master class at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio in 2011. Her early credits include a supporting part in the thriller Sinners and Saints (2010) and appearances in series such as Entourage and Criminal Minds. She played Kara Palamas, also called Agent 33, in eight episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in 2014 and 2015. She is known for her recurring role as Tory Ellis, a technical analyst in the NYPD Crime Scene Unit on Castle, working with Kate Beckett's team.