- published: 03 Oct 2014
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Mía Maestro (born June 19, 1978) is an Argentine actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Nora Martinez in The Strain, Nadia Santos in the television drama Alias, as Christina Kahlo in Frida, and as Carmen in The Twilight Saga.
Maestro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1978. 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 Hanns 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 of Buenos Aires. For this she garnered an "Ace" Award for Best New Artist of the Year.
In 2004 she joined the cast of ABC’s critically acclaimed series Alias for two seasons. In the same year, Maestro also appeared in the Argentine film, La Niña Santa (aka The Holy Girl), directed by Lucrecia Martel, as well as the Focus Features film The Motorcycle Diaries, (Golden Globe nominee 2005 Best Foreign Film) based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. The film was directed by Walter Salles (Central Station), and stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Rodrigo de la Serna. Maestro has starred as a victim of a kidnapping in Venezuela in Jonathan Jakubowicz’s thriller Secuestro Express, released by Miramax. In December 2005, she starred in Prince's music video for "Te Amo Corazón" which was directed by her friend Salma Hayek.
If you had your way
You would be mine
When this beautiful ache
Is all that you find
You've got your life
We missed our time
Such a passionate crime
You'll always be
My mystery
You'll always be
My mystery
I'll touch your skin
You tremble and shake
And I fight the desire
When I'm awake
You'll break their hearts
Thinking of me
Such a careless disease
You'll always be
My mystery
You'll always be
My mystery
Nobody said it would be fair
They warned you before
You went out there
It's always the chance
To get restarted
To a new world - new life
Scarred but smarter
And nobody said it would be fair
But in the end I think it is
Karma, justice
Whatever you call it
It's waiting there
Keep looking for it
You'll always be
My mystery
You'll always be
My mystery