Maria Sten (born 29 October 1989) is a Danish actress, writer, director and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Denmark Universe 2008 and represented her country at

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. She portrays Frances Neagley in the

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action series '' Reacher'' (2022).

Childhood

Sten was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to Danish painter Nina Sten-Knudsen with Swedish heritage and a Congolese father. She has eight siblings: one brother, four sisters, two step-sisters and one unrelated sister. She grew up with only one of the sisters, an older sister who was her mother’s only other child. As a child, Sten often posed for her mother's art and, as a child, she also started doing theater in school; participating in a youth acting program at Scandinavian Theater School. Her other childhood activities included horseback riding, gymnastics, kickboxing, track and field and playing the piano. As she grew older, she grew taller and was convinced to try modeling. Sten moved to

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in the

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when she was 18 years old to pursue a career in Performing Arts.

Career

Sten competed in

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of the World 2011 and was placed in the top seven women among 50 candidates.

Writer

In February 2017, Sten's submission "The Courier" was announced as a finalist for the second annual television writing program from the ATX Television Festival and The Black List. Later in 2017, Sten was selected for the 2017 Black List x WIF Episodic Lab. Sten has also written two episodes of David E. Kelley's series '' Big Sky'', and wrote, directed, and produced the short films ''Wild Things Run Free'' and ''When It Burns''. In 2018 Sten was named to the Tracking Board's ''Young & Hungry List'', which showcases the top 100 new writers as voted on by Hollywood's most influential.

Actor

As an actor, Sten played the lead role of Jillian Hope Hodgson in the fourth season of the television show '' Channel Zero: The Dream Door''. She portrayed Liz Tremayne in the DC Universe television series ''

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'', which also starred

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. Since 2022, she has starred as the character Frances Neagley in the

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series '' Reacher''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Producer

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sten, Maria 1989 births Living people Actresses from Copenhagen Danish actresses Danish film producers Danish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Danish people of Swedish descent