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Maiara Walsh
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Walsh in 2010
Born (1988-02-18) February 18, 1988 (age 36)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present

Maiara Walsh (/mˈɑːdə/; Brazilian Portuguese: [majˈaɾɐ]; born February 18, 1988) is an American actress. She played Ana Solis on the sixth season of the ABC show Desperate Housewives, Meena Paroom on the Disney Channel sitcom Cory in the House and Simone Sinclair on the Freeform series Switched at Birth. She also portrayed Vicky Patterson in the film Identity Theft of a Cheerleader by Lifetime and Mandi Weatherly in the film Mean Girls 2 on Freeform.

Early life

Walsh was born in Seattle, Washington, to a Brazilian mother and an American father. Her family moved to São Paulo, Brazil when she was one year old. where Portuguese became her first language. After a few years, they moved back to Seattle where Maiara took an interest in music and the arts, diving into every musical and play offered by her school. At 11, she moved to Simi Valley, California to pursue her acting career and graduated from Royal High School.

Career

In 2010, Walsh guest-starred on CW's The Vampire Diaries as Sarah. In 2011 she co-starred in Mean Girls 2 as Mandi Weatherly, an A-list cliché girl also known as a "Plastic". Walsh was also on the Dr. Phil Show.

Walsh was the female lead in the television series Zombieland as Wichita, taking over the role from Emma Stone. After the pilot episode, the series was not picked up.

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In 2019, Walsh starred in the Lifetime film Identity Theft of a Cheerleader as Vicky Patterson, a woman in her 30’s who pretends to be a high school student to have a second chance at education and becoming a Cheerleader. Walsh’s character was modeled after the real-life case of Wendy Brown. In 2020, she starred in Lifetime original movie Killer Dream Home alongside John DeLuca.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Lullabye Before I Wake Megan
2010 The Prankster Sage Ryan
2011 Mean Girls 2 Mandi Weatherly TV movie
Empty Sky Samantha McDonnell Short
2012 General Education Katie
Last Hours of Suburbia Jennifer
2013 Chocolate Milk Lucy Short
The Starving Games Kantmiss Evershot
2014 The Armadillo Molly Gardner Short
The Jazz Funeral Emily
2015 Vanish Emma
Glitch Sophie
Summer Camp Michelle
2016 Hopeless, Romantic Summer TV movie
2018 Her Boyfriend's Secret Carrie
Ryder Tanya Short
2019 Babysplitters Taylor Small
The Ex Next Door Louisa TV movie
Identity Theft of a Cheerleader Vicky Patterson TV movie
Young Blood Ama Mendoza Short
2020 Killer Dream Home Jules Grant TV movie
Chasing the Rain Kelley
2021 The Accursed Zara
The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student Katherine Kenner (Kat)
Cash Cow Jessica Short

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Unfabulous Girl Cousin Episode: "The Bar Mitzvah"
2007–08 Cory in the House Meena Paroom Main Cast
2009–10 Desperate Housewives Ana Solis Guest: Season 5, Main Cast: Season 6
2010 The Secret Life of the American Teenager Girl in Light Blue Pajamas Episode: "Lady Liberty"
The Vampire Diaries Sarah Recurring Cast: Season 2
2011 Dr. Phil Herself Episode: "Mini Mean Girls"
2012–17 Switched at Birth Simone Sinclair Recurring Cast: Season 1-2, Guest: season 5
2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Callie Hannigan Episode: "Seeds"
2015 Elizabeth Stanton's Great Big World Herself Episode: "Equestrian Adventures"
2016 Notorious Willow Recurring Cast
2018 The Last Ship Mia Valdez Recurring Cast: Season 5
2019 Criminal Minds Nikki Pareno Episode: "Night Lights"
2020 Girls from Ipanema Sarah Episode: "Choices"
2022–23 Reis Abigail Main Cast: Season 4-6
2022–24 Good Trouble Jenna Peréz Recurring Cast: Season 4-5

Music videos

Year Title Artist(s)
2008 "7 Things" Miley Cyrus
2013 "Go With It" Tokimonsta featuring MNDR
2015 "The Warrior" Diego Boneta
2016 "Coming Over" Dillon Francis and Kygo featuring James Hersey
2017 "Window" MAGIC GIANT

See also

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