Maiara Walsh

Maiara Kylior Walsh (born February 18, 1988)[1] is a Brazilian-American actress and singer. She played Ana Solis on the sixth season of the ABC show Desperate Housewives, Meena Paroom on the Disney Channel sitcom Cory in the House and Simone Sinclair on the ABC Family series Switched at Birth.

Walsh was born in Seattle, Washington,[1] to a Brazilian mother and an American father.[2] Her family moved to São Paulo, Brazil when she was one year old.[3] where Portuguese became her first language. After a few years, they moved back to Seattle where Maiara took an interest in music and the arts, diving into every musical and play offered by her school. At 11, she moved to Simi Valley, California to pursue her acting career and graduated from Royal High School