- Born
- Birth nameMaiara Kylior Walsh
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- The multi-talented Maiara Walsh is an actress, director, writer, singer, and artist. Born in Seattle, Washington to a Brazilian mother and American father, Maiara took an interest in music and the arts at a young age, diving into every creative outlet offered by her school and outside creative programs.
She got her start as an actress in 2006, on Disney Channel's Cory in the House. Over the years, she continued working on hit shows such as The Vampire Diaries, Desperate Housewives, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Switched at Birth, The Last Ship, Criminal Minds, Notorious, Zombieland, and Good Trouble. She moved to Brazil in 2022 to play a role in acclaimed Brazilian series, Reis.
Maiara's insatiable creativity and curiosity inspired her to start writing feature films and television scripts. In 2017 she directed her first narrative sci-fi short film, Young Blood. The short played at various film festivals and she won Best Director at Jelly Film Festival in Los Angeles. She wrote two supernatural series for Popstar's online platform, and has multiple TV and film scripts in development.
In 2023, she finished production on her directorial debut in a psychological thriller starring "Dahmer" actor Cameron Cowperthwaite, whom she penned the script with, as well as actor and producer Mark Hapka "23 Blast" and actress Maya Stojan "NCIS" and "Hunt Club".
Throughout her acting career she continued her passion for music. She built a 7 piece jazz band in 2012 and created a 30 person immersive music show called Dream. She released an EP with a Brazilian producer from São Paulo in 2023.
Maiara is an imaginative visionary, a pioneer, a philanthropist, and a creative collaborator at heart.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Inspired Ink
- ParentsMagda Walsh
- RelativesLydia Walsh(Sibling)Sibling(Sibling)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Race / EthnicityHispanic / Latino / Latina / Latine
- Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identityAmerican, Brazilian
- She pronounces her first name as "MY-Ah-Da" (The R in her name is pronounced as a D. As interviewed on the "Doctor Phil Show" dated March 10, 2011).
- Unlike her character in Mean Girls 2 (2011), she was bullied in school. Bullies gave her the nickname "My Twigga", a take on her name Maiara (pronounced "MY-Ah-Da"), as she was teased for being small and skinny.
- Maiara is proficient in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Her father is American, of German, Irish, English, and French-Canadian descent. Her mother is Brazilian.
- Has studied under booking coach Amy Lyndon.
- Maiara appeared in american record producer/DJ TOKIMONSTA music video for her track "Go with it" (2013),a collaboration with american singer/songwriter MNDR. Via twitter Walsh stated "Go with it was a really 'dope' song''. She also appeared in american DJ Dillon Francis collaboration with Kygo (Norweigan DJ) and singer James Henderson music video for their song "Coming over" (2016).
- My parents always said that education come first, education's important because you'll always have something to fall back on. I totally agree with this especially in an industry that can throw you away whenever it's done with you.
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