Stella Maeve Johnston is an American film and television

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. Highlights include a starring role in ''

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'' (2010), a two-season recurring role in

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television's ''

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'', and a main role in

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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, ''

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'', and the crime drama, ''

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'' (2009). In 2010, Maeve played character

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, alongside

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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 ''

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'' during the 2008–09 season; and in ''

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'' during the 2010–11 season. In 2013, Maeve was cast as the younger sister of Detective Walter Clark (

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) in

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's crime drama television series, '' Golden Boy''. In January 2014, Maeve began appearing in a recurring role on ''

'' . She is a runaway prostitute who eventually becomes the Intelligence Department's secretary, Nadia. Her character was killed off on a ''

'' 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

drama, ''

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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

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post, Maeve confirmed her engagement to actor Benjamin Wadsworth. They have a daughter, Jo Jezebel.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Career

Film

TV

Music video

Personal life

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Further reading

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