Stella Maeve Johnston is an American film and television
actress
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. Highlights include a starring role in ''
The Runaways
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'' (2010), a two-season recurring role in
NBC
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television's ''
Chicago P.D.
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'', and a main role in
SyFy
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television's ''
The Magicians''.
Career
Film
Maeve's first feature film role was in the comedy-drama, ''
Transamerica'' (2005). She had minor roles in the 2008 comedy, ''
Harold
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Arts a ...
'', and the crime drama, ''
Brooklyn's Finest
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'' (2009).
In 2010, Maeve played character
Sandy West
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, alongside
Kristen Stewart
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and
Dakota Fanning
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, in ''The Runaways''. The drama is set in the 1970s and is about an
all-girl rock band of the same name.
TV
Maeve made appearances on multiple television series, including recurring roles in ''
Gossip Girl
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'' during the 2008–09 season; and in ''
House
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'' during the 2010–11 season. In 2013, Maeve was cast as the younger sister of Detective Walter Clark (
Theo James
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) in
CBS
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's crime drama television series, ''
Golden Boy''. In January 2014, Maeve began appearing in a recurring role on ''
Chicago P.D.
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'' . She is a runaway prostitute who eventually becomes the Intelligence Department's secretary, Nadia. Her character was killed off on a ''
Chicago P.D.
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'' episode aired in April 2015 entitled "The Number of Rats", during a crossover event with ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and ''
Chicago Fire''.
From 2015 to 2020, she starred as Julia Wicker in the Syfy series, ''
The Magicians''. In 2019, she was featured in an episode of the
CBS
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drama, ''
God Friended Me
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''.
Music video
Maeve appeared in the 2014 music video, ''Figure It Out'', by Royal Blood.
Personal life
In an April 2019
Reddit
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post, Maeve confirmed her engagement to actor
Benjamin Wadsworth. They have a daughter, Jo Jezebel.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
Further reading
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External links
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American film actresses
American television actresses
Living people
21st-century American actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)