Mía Maestro
Biography
Born in Buenos Aires, Mía Maestro is an Argentine actress and singer whose first screen role was in Carlos Saura's Tango, which earned nominations for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. After training in Argentina and studying the vocal music of Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler in Berlin, she won an Ace Award for playing Lulu in Pandora's Box at the San Martin Theater. She joined the cast of Alias in 2004 and appeared in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Frida (2002). She later co-starred in Poseidon (2006), played Nora Martinez on The Strain, and starred in the indie drama End of the Century (2019), earning an honorable mention Grand Jury Award from Outfest. Her other credits include The Music Never Stopped (2011) and Grassland (2024). As a singer-songwriter, she released the album Si Agua in 2014.
48years old
Turns 49 on June 19in 221 days
- Born Buenos Aires
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Mia Maestro
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 24 years2000 to 2024
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First role
Mía Maestro's first screen role came in Carlos Saura's Tango, a film later nominated for Best Foreign Film at both the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards.
Early training
After training in Argentina, Maestro went to Berlin to build a vocal repertoire of works by Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler.
Beyond film
Maestro has worked with the UK band Faithless. She sang on their song "Love is My Condition," which appears on the album The Dance, released in May 2010.
Beyond film
Maestro released an EP titled Blue Eyed Sailor in November 2012, and her version of "Lloverá" was also part of the Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 soundtrack.
Beyond film
Maestro's debut album Si Agua came out on 7 October 2014 through Arts & Crafts and was recorded in Iceland.
Mía Maestro movies on Netflix
Grassland
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stoneas Emilia
End of the Centuryas Sonia
Argentinaas Himself
Some Girl(s)as Tyler
The Music Never Stoppedas Celia
The Speed of Thoughtas Anna Manheim
Visioneersas Charisma
Poseidonas Elena Morales
The Ten Commandmentsas Zipporah
Deepwateras Iris
The Motorcycle Diariesas Chichina Ferreyra
Fridaas Cristina Kahlo
In the Time of the Butterfliesas Mate Mirabal
Picking Up the Pieces
Timecodeas Ana Pauls
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Salma Hayek appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Salma Hayek3 films together, 2000 to 2002
Salma Hayek's page Frida2002IMDb rating 7.3Maestro as Cristina KahloHayek as Frida Kahlo
In the Time of the Butterflies2001IMDb rating 6.6Maestro as Mate MirabalHayek as Minerva Mirabal
Timecode2000IMDb rating 6.0Maestro as Ana PaulsHayek as Rose
Xander Berkeley2 films together, 2000 to 2005
Kristen Bell2 films together, 2005 to 2013
Kristen Bell's page Some Girl(s)2013IMDb rating 4.5Maestro as TylerBell as Bobbi
Deepwater2005IMDb rating 5.3Maestro as IrisBell as Nurse Laurie
Saffron Burrows2 films together, 2000 to 2002
Box office
What Mía Maestro's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$297 million
6 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 6 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$182M61.1% of the total
- 2$58M19.4% of the total
- 3$56M18.9% of the total
- 4$1.4M0.5% of the total
- 5$254K0.1% of the total
- 6$103K0.0% of the total












