Maria Sten is an actress, writer and filmmaker from Copenhagen, Denmark. Of Danish, Swedish, Congolese ethnicity, Maria started her career as a dancer and model and was Miss Denmark 2008. Maria got her start starring as the lead in the 4th season of Syfy's Channel Zero, and has since appeared on Amazon's hit show Reacher, as well as written on ABC's popular crime drama Big Sky. She debuted her first short - which she wrote, directed, produced and starred in - at Uptown Short Film Festival and LA Shorts Fest 2016. She is passionate about the impact of representation in cinema and telling "stories that matter". Maria is represented by Brillstein and CAA.