Biography
This sultry and sexy Argentine actress was most famously known for portraying Nadia Santos, the long lost sister to Jennifer Garner's Sydney Bristow on the hit spy serial "Alias" (ABC, 2001-05), however Mia Maestro accumulated a selection of impressive film credits since making her silver screen debut in Carlos Sauta's "Tango" (1998) - a film which would receive Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Career Milestones
1998 | Starred in the Argentine drama "Tango" |
2000 | Co-starred with Andy Garcia in the HBO movie "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story" |
2002 | Portrayed Cristina Kahlo the sister of artist Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) in biopic "Frida" |
2004 | Cast as recurring character Nadia Santos on "Alias" (Fox) |
2004 | Played Che Guevara's (Gael García Bernal) girlfriend in "The Motorcycle Diaries" |
2005 | Starred in the indie drama "Secuestro Express" |
2006 | Starred in director Wolfgang Petersen's remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" |
2008 | Cast in the short-lived NBC series "Crusoe" |
2011 | Joined the cast of the Bill Condon directed "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" as vampire Carmen Denali |
2012 | Reprised role in franchise's final film "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2," also directed by Bill Condon |