Maruia is a French-Colombian actress with Tahitian origins, who speaks fluent English, French and Spanish. She appears in Netflix's seasons 1 and 2 of (
Narcos (2015)), she premiered her second feature film in a leading role in Locarno 2016, (
This Time Tomorrow (2016)), and she has worked in American productions like (
The Belko Experiment (2016)) and
Ken Sanzel's (
Blunt Force Trauma (2015)). Before studying American acting methods, she studied physical theatre, dance and choreography in Paris and London. She also finished post-graduate studies in Cultural Management but has been devoted to her film career for the past few years. She has also starred in (
The Crack (2012)), and in many short films including Tierra Caliente and La Vida Secreta de Isabel Goncourt, winners of several awards in festivals around the world.