BIOGRAPHY
Maite Schwartz was born on August 29, 1979, in Dallas, Texas. Her career in acting started when she joined the Dallas Children’s Theatre, where she performed in stage productions and in tours. She also attended Washington Performing Arts High School. In 2001, she received her BFA from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.
Schwartz appeared on several TV shows including Thieves, Strong Medicine, Gilmore Girls, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Dexter, and Medium. She played Agent Sexton in the action short film Out of Courage 2: Out for Vengeance. In 2005, she was cast for the independent horror film The House of Grimm directed by Desmond Gumbs. Also in 2005, she was seen in Jonathan Schwartz’s comedy movie Frostbite. She was part of an independent film entitled South of Pico in 2007, where she played the role of Susan. The movie focused on four strangers in Los Angeles and their attempts to seek emotional connections. Each individual failed but eventually found each other in South of Pico when they became witnesses to a terrible car accident. It was awarded Best Picture at the American Black Film Festival and Best First Time Feature Director at the Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival.
Aside from the craft of acting, Schwartz loves food and travel. She spent many summers in France, where her mother’s family resides and is fluent in speaking French. She studied at Le Cordon Bleu and specializes in French cooking. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
Lisa Herford is played by Marie Schwartz on NBC’s Quarterlife. The show is an adaptation of an online series and social network with the same title. It centers on the lives of six twenty-something artists as they come of age. Lisa, a band singer, attends acting school and works as a bartender. She lives in an apartment with Dylan and Debra.
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BIRTH NAME
Maite Schwartz
