Changes: Mia Maestro

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Mía Maestro appears in both Breaking Dawn movies as Carmen. She is best known for her role as Nadia Santos in the television drama Alias. She portrays Carmen in the films and also recorded the song "Llovera" for the Breaking Dawn - Part 1 soundtrack.

Life and career

Mía Maestro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978. She has accrued a selection of wide-ranging film credits since she made her screen debut in Carlos Saura's Tango, which received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for best foreign film.

Initially trained in Argentina, Maestro traveled to Berlin 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, and by 1998, she secured the coveted role of Lulu in Frank Wedekind's Pandora's Box at the San Martin Theater in her hometown, Buenos Aires. For this she garnered an "Ace" Award for Best New Artist of the Year.

Maestro has starred as a victim of a kidnapping in Venezuela in Jonathan Jakubowicz's thriller Secuestro Express. In 2004 she joined the cast of ABC's series Alias for two seasons. She can also be seen in the Argentine film La Niña Santa (aka The Holy Girl), directed by Lucrecia Martel.

In 2004, Maestro appeared in The Motorcycle Diaries, based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In December 2005, she starred in Prince's music video for "Te Amo Corazón", which was directed by her friend Salma Hayek. Some of her other film credits to date include: Frida, 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.

In 2006, she was seen co-starring in Poseidon as Elena Gonzalaz, a stowaway girl on her way to meet her sick brother in the hospital with friend and waiter Valentine. Maestro also starred in the off-Broadway musical play, My Life as a Fairytale, inspired by the life and works of author Hans Christian Andersen and singing the music of Stephin Merritt from the Magnetic Fields. This year she could be seen in the upcoming fall releases: Cosí, based on the opera Così fan tutte by Mozart; the comedy Meant to Be; and the American indie film Mr. Tambourine Man, based on an Oliver Sacks story.

As a singer-songwriter, she has performed in Los Angeles, California, New York, New York. and Buenos Aires, and is in preparation to start recording her first album. In 2010, she performed in Iceland where she opened for Emiliana Torrini during several shows at the Háskólabíó theater in Reykjavík. She has just collaborated with the UK band Faithless, singing in a song on their new album.

Maestro was cast as the lead character in Cutthroat, an ABC television pilot for the 2010-2011 season. On September 30, 2010, she was cast as Carmen of the Denali Coven in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.

Awards

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

Filmography

Year	Film
1998	Tango
1999	The Venice Project
2000	Timecode
	Picking Up the Pieces
	El Astillero
	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2001	Hotel
2001	In the Time of the Butterflies
2002	Frida
2003	Four Lean Hounds
2004	Diarios de Motocicleta (aka The Motorcycle Diaries)
2004	La Niña Santa (aka The Holy Girl)
2005	Secuestro Express
	Kept and Dreamless
	Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños
	Secuestro Express
2006	Poseidon
	Deepwater
	The Ten Commandments
2008	Visioneers
2008	Crusoe
2009	Meant to Be
2010	Cosi
2010	Mr. Tamborine Man
2011	The Speed of Thought
2011	Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2012	Breaking Dawn - Part 2

External links

Mia Maestro at the Internet Movie Database

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+'''Mía Maestro''' appears in both ''[[Breaking Dawn movies (disambiguation)|Breaking Dawn]]'' movies as [[Carmen]]. She is best known for her role as Nadia Santos in the television drama ''Alias''. She portrays [[Carmen]] in the films and also recorded the song "Llovera" for the [[Breaking Dawn - Part 1 soundtrack|''Breaking Dawn - Part 1'' soundtrack]].
-'''Mía Maestro''' is an Argentine actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Nadia Santos in the television drama ''Alias''. She plays [[Carmen]] in the ''[[Breaking Dawn (films)|Breaking Dawn]]'' films and also recorded the song "Llovera" for the [[Breaking Dawn Part 1 soundtrack|''Breaking Dawn - Part 1'' soundtrack]].
 ==Life and career==
-Mía Maestro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978. She has accrued a selection of wide ranging film credits since she made her screen debut in Carlos Saura's ''Tango'', which received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for best foreign film.
+Mía Maestro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978. She has accrued a selection of wide-ranging film credits since she made her screen debut in Carlos Saura's ''Tango'', which received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for best foreign film.
 Initially trained in Argentina, Maestro traveled to Berlin 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, and by 1998, she secured the coveted role of Lulu in Frank Wedekind's ''Pandora's Box'' at the San Martin Theater in her hometown, Buenos Aires. For this she garnered an "Ace" Award for Best New Artist of the Year.
-Maestro has starred as a victim of a kidnapping in Venezuela in Jonathan Jakubowicz's thriller ''Secuestro Express''. In 2004 she joined the cast of ABC's series ''Alias''for two seasons.
+Maestro has starred as a victim of a kidnapping in Venezuela in Jonathan Jakubowicz's thriller ''Secuestro Express''. In 2004 she joined the cast of ABC's series ''Alias'' for two seasons.
 She can also be seen in the Argentine film ''La Niña Santa'' (aka ''The Holy Girl''), directed by Lucrecia Martel.
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 As a singer-songwriter, she has performed in Los Angeles, California, New York, New York. and Buenos Aires, and is in preparation to start recording her first album. In 2010, she performed in Iceland where she opened for Emiliana Torrini during several shows at the Háskólabíó theater in Reykjavík. She has just collaborated with the UK band Faithless, singing in a song on their new album.
-Maestro was cast as the lead character in ''Cutthroat'', an ABC television pilot for the 2010-2011 season. On September 30th, 2010, she was cast as [[Carmen]] of the [[Denali Coven]] in ''[[Breaking Dawn (films)|The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn]]''.
+Maestro was cast as the lead character in ''Cutthroat'', an ABC television pilot for the 2010-2011 season. On September 30, 2010, she was cast as [[Carmen]] of the [[Denali Coven]] in ''[[Breaking Dawn movies (disambiguation)|The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn]]''.
 ===Awards===
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 ==Filmography==
+{|class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" border="2" style="font-size:90%;background:gray;"
-*''Tango'' (1998)
+|-align="center"
-*''The Venice Project'' (1999)
+!style="background:#7b0a16;"|'''Year'''
-*''Timecode'' (2000)
+!style="background:#7b0a16;"|'''Film'''
-*''Picking Up the Pieces'' (2000)
+|-
-*''El Astillero'' (2000)
+|rowspan="1"|1998
-*''For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story'' (2000)
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120274/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_41 Tango]
-*''Hotel'' (2001)
+|-
-*''In the Time of the Butterflies'' (2001)
+|rowspan="1"|1999
-*''Frida'' (2002)
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211719/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_40 The Venice Project]
-*''Four Lean Hounds'' (2003)
+|-
-*''Diarios de Motocicleta'' (aka ''The Motorcycle Diaries'') (2004)
+|rowspan="4"|2000
-*''La Niña Santa'' (aka The Holy Girl) (2004)
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220100/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_39 Timecode]
-*''Secuestro Express'' (2005)
+|-
-*''Kept and Dreamless'' (2005)
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192455/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_38 Picking Up the Pieces]
-*''Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños'' (2005)
+|-
-*''Secuestro Express ''(2005)
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222742/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_37 El Astillero]
-*''Poseidon'' (2006)
+|-
-*''Deepwater'' (2006)
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236285/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_36 For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story]
-*''The Ten Commandments'' (2006)
+|-
-*''Visioneers'' (2008)
+|rowspan="2"|2001
-*''Crusoe'' (2008)
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278487/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_35 Hotel]
-*''Meant to Be'' (2009) (in production) (filming at P.R.)
+|-
-*''Cosi'' (2010)
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263467/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_34 In the Time of the Butterflies]
-*''Mr. Tamborine Man'' (2010)
+|-
-*''The Speed of Thought ''(2011)
+|rowspan="1"|2002
-*''[[Breaking Dawn - Part 1]]'' (2011)
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120679/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_33 Frida]
-*''[[Breaking Dawn - Part 2]]'' (2012)
+|-
+|2003
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367745/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_32 Four Lean Hounds]
+|-
+|rowspan="2"|2004
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318462/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_31 Diarios de Motocicleta (aka The Motorcycle Diaries)]
+|-
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300270/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_30 La Niña Santa (aka The Holy Girl)]
+|-
+|rowspan="4"|2005
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371939/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_27 Secuestro Express]
+|-
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365479/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_29 Kept and Dreamless]
+|-
+|''Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños''
+|-
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371939/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_27 Secuestro Express]
+|-
+|rowspan="3"|2006
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409182/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_24 Poseidon]
+|-
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383304/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_28 Deepwater]
+|-
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443412/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_25 The Ten Commandments]
+|-
+|rowspan="2"|2008
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0833557/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_20 Visioneers]
+|-
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117552/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_18 Crusoe]
+|-
+|rowspan="1"|2009
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1290140/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_16 Meant to Be]
+|-
+|rowspan="2"|2010
+|''Cosi''
+|-
+|''Mr. Tamborine Man''
+|-
+|rowspan="2"|2011
+|[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847825/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_12 The Speed of Thought]
+|-
+|''[[Breaking Dawn - Part 1]]''
+|-
+|rowspan="1"|2012
+|''[[Breaking Dawn - Part 2]]''
+|}
 ==External links==
 *{{IMDb name|0535502}}
-{{Wikipedia}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Maestro, Mia}}
 [[Category:Actors]]