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She got the part of Nadia Santos on
Alias after meeting series producer J.J. Abrams for another show of Abrams called
Lost but she ended up getting the part of recurring character and eventual series regular on
Alias as Sydney's half-sister.
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She ranked #99 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
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Her height is 5'4.
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Mia's grandmother and mother share her name. Unfortunately, Mia's grandmother died before she was born.
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Maestro traveled to Austria, where she was able to work with Lauren Bacall and Dennis Hopper in The Venice Project (1999).
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In 2004, Maestro appeared in a recurring role on the popular television spy drama
Alias, playing the newly discovered younger sister of main character Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner), and became a series regular the next season.
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She ranked #67 in 2001 in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women.
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She trained to be a classical vocalist.
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Her boyfriend is Ned Benson, an actor/director.
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Her mother is a former economist and her dad is a businessman in Argentina.
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One of her favourite movies is School of Rock.
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She ranked #61 in 2001 in Stuff magaine's 100 Sexiest Women.
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She loves scuba-diving.
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She won an ACE award for her performance in a theatrical production of Pandora's Box.
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She has a dog named River.
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In For Love or Country: the Arturo Sandoval Story, she played the mother of actor Freddy Rodriguez, who is actually 3 years older than her in real life! Now they are going to star in the same movie again, Wolfgang Peterson's remake of The Poseidon Adventure.
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She has starred in four movies with her good friend, actress Salma Hayek: Frida, In the Time of the Butterflies, Hotel and Timecode.
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She was offered the role of Angelica in Anima in 2003 but had to turn it down because of scheduling conflicts. The lead role went to Claudia Soberón.
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She is a spokesperson and model for Movado.
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Starred in the Hans Christian Anderson musical My Life as a Fairy Tale at the Lincoln Center in New York, July 2005.
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She stars in the music video for Prince's single, Te Amo Corazon.
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She was in the USA version of Playboy in December 2002.
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She initially trained in Argentina, Maestro moved to Berlin at the age of 18 to develop a vocal repertoire -- in German -- of the works of Kurt Weill and Hans Eisler, which added to her already rigorous schedule of vocal, dance and music classes.
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Her experience in Berlin both inside and outside of school gave her a renewed spirit and confidence that translated into several noteworthy dramatic performances when she returned to Buenos Aires.