Birth Name: Maria Olsen
Birth Date: 1966-07-22
Birth Place: East London, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Details
Alternate Names: Maria de Boer
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Sam Hell (2008) as Nurse Kelly
Most Important Roles: - Hansel Vs. Gretel (2015) as Crone
- Die-ner (Get It?) (2009) as Rose
- Lyla (2022) as Beatrice
- Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge (2022) as Moira
- Desert Shadows (2022) as Linda Lockley
- Marrtown (2017) as Missy
- Sold (2011) as Ruthy
- End Times (2023) as Alexis
Career Highlights: - Hansel Vs. Gretel (2015)
- Die-ner (Get It?) (2009)
- Lyla (2022)
- Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge (2022)
- Desert Shadows (2022)
- Marrtown (2017)
- Sold (2011)
- End Times (2023)
Awards
Awards: - Won San Diego Film Award - Best Supporting Actress (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Festival Award - Best Thriller (2022)
- Won Feature Film Award - Best Acting Ensemble (2012)
- Won Outstanding Achievement Award - Best ensemble cast for horror/sci-fi/fantasy (2013)
- Won Bronze Telly - General: Documentary - Individual (2020)
- Won Festival Prize - Best Actress (2016)
- Nominated for 1 Festival Award - Best Supporting Actress (2014)
- Won Star Award - Best Horror Fantasy (2023)
- Won Festival Award - Best Supporting Actress in Feature Film (2022)
- Nominated for 1 FANtastic Award - Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film (2022)
- Won FANtastic Award - Best Actress in a Feature Film (2020)
- Won FANtastic Award - Best of the Fest (2019)
- Won FANtastic Award - Best Feature Film (2019)
- Nominated for 1 Winter Award - Best Feature (2023)
- Nominated for 1 GenreBlast Film Festival Award - Best Actress - Short Film (2018)
- Won Best Short - Best Horror Short (2019)
- Nominated for 1 Mad Monster Party Film Festival Award - Best Horror Feature (2023)
- Won Short Film Award - Best Horror Short (2020)
- Nominated for 1 Festival Award - Best Actress (2018)
- Won Festival Prize - Best Supporting Actress (2021)
Full Biography
Maria Olsen is an American actress.
Best known for her appearances as Mrs. Dodds/The Fury in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Paranormal Activity 3, American Horror Story and Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem, Maria Olsen has worked on more than 65 feature films and over 150 shorts, television shows, music videos and commercials since 2005. She has also won four awards (including awards for both acting and directing), had two short films appear at the 2009 Cannes Short Film Program, one at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, plus others at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors and HorrorFest. Olsen also owns MOnsterworks66, producer of features such as Brandon Scullion's Live in Fear, Randal Kamradt Jr's Faraway, Eric Michael Kochmer's Way Down In Chinatown, Bert Havird's Reunion and Michael LaPointe's LoveTouchHate.
