Maya Misaljevic

Maya Misaljevic was born in Toronto and is an actress, singer, and dancer. She has worked on numerous film and tv productions throughout the years with her most recent credit in a recurring role playing Elaine on the hit HBO series IT: Welcome to Derry. Maya played the daughter of Amanda Seyfried in Atom Egoyan's 'Seven Veils' which premiered at TIFF '23. She was also cast as the lead role in the horror-comedy 'Here for Blood'; winning Best Supporting Actress at it's premiere at the TADD '22 film fest in Toronto. In addition, she played the daughter of Emily Hampshire and Jonas Chernick in the comedy 'The End of Sex' which made its world premiere at TIFF '22.

In the TV world, Maya is renowned for her role as super-hero, Young Starlight, in Amazon Prime's 'The Boys' - in which she showcased her triple threat skill set in a performance of Britney Spears' hit 'Baby One More Time'. Other appearances include roles on Netflix's 'Spinning Out', Sony's 'Accused" and Netflix's 'Locke and Key'.

Furthermore, Maya has a number of voice credits which include the feature film 'Fireheart' where she voiced the younger version of the lead character, Georgia, played by Olivia Cooke. Her voice credits also include the recurring roles of Katerina Kittycat on PBS's 'Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood', Henrietta Hare on Disney's 'Pikwik Pack', and Frieda - one of the Peanuts gang on Apple TV+'s 'Snoopy'.

Besides her on screen work, she was also a child model for several years and appeared on covers and ads for Harlequin Romance, Walmart, Today's Parent Magazine, Hudson's Bay, and Sears to name a few.

Maya enjoys sports such as gymnastics and volleyball and loves to sing, dance, and hang out with her friends and family in her spare time. She was a dancer for the Toronto Raptors Lil Ballas dance team for 3 years and continues to train in dance competitively.