Maya da Costa

Maya da Costa is a half Portuguese and half Vietnamese emerging artist best known for her recurring role as Maya Longette in Under the Bridge for Hulu.  Maya plays one of the core group of teens who were accused of the savage murder of Reena Virk in this TV miniseries based on shocking true events.

Maya’s acting training began at McIlroy and Associates with Beatrice King in their Professional Screen Acting Programs for teens, as well as Tricities Film Studio with Lisa Durupt. Her screen credits also include campaigns for Canadian Tire, and State Farm Insurance, in addition to her debut television appearance on The Healing Powers of Dude for Netflix.  Maya is currently a member of Railtown Actors Studio with instructor Janet Kidder.

As a dancer, Maya trains over 32 hours a week in contemporary, ballet, lyrical, jazz, hip hop, tap, musical theatre, modern and commercial dance with acclaimed instructors and choreographers. Maya’s accomplishments include winning a dance scholarship to the Paris Dance Intensive and being named Dancer of the Year at 5678 Showtime. She has participated in many conventions such as Radix, Jump, Nuvo, and Triple Threat, and is a proud graduate of the Intensive Training Program at Harbour Dance Centre under Moe Brody, Greer Whillans and Chanel Lacasse.

Maya has a burning passion for all things to do with art and has a healthy list of hobbies that include piano, flute, anime design, canvas painting, cycling, volleyball and swimming.  Although there is no relation to her agency’s namesake, it was a neat coincidence to share the name and the unique spelling with her agency. Her agents still remember her outgoing personality in the audition as a young tween, and her offer of “I can be your mascot!”