Maria Soccor | |
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| Occupation(s) | Actor, Director, Producer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Maria Soccor is an American actor, director, and producer. Her acting credits include Another World (1998), Pizza My Heart (2005), K-Ville (2007), and NCIS: New Orleans (2015) as well as a number of short films and television films.
Soccor got her start at the age of 13 modeling in print ads for various beauty and Fortune 500 companies. In her senior year of high school, in 1992, she won first place in the annual national America's Junior Miss scholarship pageant as a representative from Essex County, New Jersey. [1]
She studied acting in Orange, New Jersey at The Children's Matinee Workshop under Gwen Guthrie. She continued her acting studies under the late three-time Tony Award winner Uta Hagen before appearing on Broadway and in several Off-Broadway productions. [2]
One of her first big roles was in Club XII, MC Lyte's Off-Broadway hip-hop rendering of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night . [3] She returned to the New York stage in February 2019 to star in The Sandstorm, presented during the New York Theater Festival Winterfest.
In 2021, she starred as Aurora in the New Jersey production of Mannequin Diaries written by Brian Wiggins and directed by Tony Award winner Trazana Beverley. [4] In 2024, Soccor returned to Mannequin Diaries in the role she originated as the show was adapted off-broadway and performed at the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination at the University of the West Indies in Saint Michael, Barbados. [5]
In addition to acting, Soccor began directing and producing documentaries in 2009. In 2016, she directed Lords of BSV , which won 13 awards across the world, including Best Director of a Feature Documentary at the Madrid International Film Festival. [6] In 2018, she wrote, directed, and acted in Kicks, which was a Cannes Film Festival entry. [7]
She is currently in production on Tillie, [8] Freestyle Music: The Legacy, [9] [10] and Sybil in Her Own Words. [11]
In 2015, Soccor created a comic series called SPEAR, illustrated by artist Rolo Ledesma. It launched in October that year at New York Comic Con. [3] [12]
She is a member of the Film Fatales, Alliance of Women Directors, and New York Women in Film & Television organizations. [13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Rounders | Atlantic City Call Girl | |
| 1999 | Behind Walls | Josie | Short |
| 2004 | The Cookout | Young Nettie | |
| 2004 | Coalition | Alex | |
| 2005 | The Signs of the Cross | Lourdes | |
| 2005 | Shadowboxer | Clayton's Girlfriend | |
| 2005 | Rose Woes and Joe's | Eileen Kenna | |
| 2006 | Last Request | Fran | |
| 2007 | Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe | Gail | |
| 2008 | The Big Shot-Caller | Veronica Colucci | |
| 2008 | Cash Rules | Aria | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | The Jacket | Carolina | Short |
| 2009 | The Don of 42nd Street | Angie | |
| 2014 | The Zombie's Daughter | Mara | Short |
| 2014 | Jersey Justice | Felix Romeo | |
| 2015 | The Expressionless | Diana | Short |
| 2017 | Light Withheld | Marie | Short |
| 2018 | Kicks | Gisela | Short, also wrote and directed |
| 2020 | Nick and Nicky | Brandy | |
| 2021 | Catch the Wind | Megan | Also executive producer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Another World | Caroline | 6 episodes |
| 2001 | Kitchen | Dama | Television film (PBS) |
| 2003 | Undefeated | Tropicana Hostess | Television film (HBO) |
| 2004 | Miracle Run | Amy / Medical Student | Television film (Lifetime Television) |
| 2005 | Pizza My Heart | Barker | Television film (ABC Family) |
| 2007 | K-Ville | Laurencia Leon | Episodes: "Cobb's Web", "Bedfellows" |
| 2015 | NCIS: New Orleans | Wife | Episodes: "Touched by the Sun", "Hail to The Chief" |
| 2019 | Bronx SIU | Mayor Molina | Episodes: "We Are SIU", "I Do" |
| 2021 | The Sync Report | Herself | Voice role |
| 2022 | Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas? | Mariah | TV special |
| Year | Title | Artist | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "Todo Eso E' Tuyo" | Magic Juan (featuring Doug E. Fresh) |
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