Maiara Walsh


Maiara Kylior Walsh is a Brazilian-American actress and singer. 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 ABC Family series Switched at Birth.

Biography

Walsh was born in Seattle, Washington, to a Brazilian mother and an American father. Walsh and her family moved to São Paulo, Brazil when she was two years old. At 11, she moved to Simi Valley, California to pursue her acting career and graduated from Royal High School.

Career

In the fall of 2010, she guest-starred on CW's The Vampire Diaries as Sarah. In Atlanta, Walsh then filmed 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.
Walsh had a recurring part starting in 2012 as Simone Sinclair, a former friend of Bay Kennish, a one-night stand with Emmett Bledsoe, friend / ex-girlfriend of Toby Kennish, and ex-girlfriend of Wilkie, in Switched at Birth. In 2020, she starred in Lifetime original movie Killer Dream Home alongside John DeLuca.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos