Maïté Schwartz
Encyclopedia
Maïté Schwartz also Maité Schwartz or Maite Schwartz, is an American
film
and television
actress.
Schwartz was born in Dallas, Texas
. She received her BFA
from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
in 2001. Schwartz plays Lisa on the online and cable TV series Quarterlife
. She has also had roles in CSI: Miami
, How I Met Your Mother
, Dexter
, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
, Community (TV series)
, and Gilmore Girls
, among others, as well as film roles in such as South of Pico
(2007) and House of Grim.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film
Film
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and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actress.
Schwartz was born in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. She received her BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
The Carnegie Mellon School of Drama is the oldest degree-granting drama program in the United States, founded in 1914 as a division of the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
in 2001. Schwartz plays Lisa on the online and cable TV series Quarterlife
Quarterlife
Quarterlife is an American web series, also briefly an NBC television series, created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the creators of Thirtysomething and Once and Again, and producers of My So-Called Life...
. She has also had roles in CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
, How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, Dexter
Dexter (TV series)
Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
, Community (TV series)
Community (TV series)
Community is an American television comedy series created by Dan Harmon that airs on NBC. The series is about a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. The series heavily uses meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television...
, and Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...
, among others, as well as film roles in such as South of Pico
South of Pico
South of Pico is a 2007 character-driven drama film written and directed by Ernst Gossner set in Los Angeles.-Plot:Four strangers witness an unimaginable tragedy and are catapulted into the defining moment of their lives...
(2007) and House of Grim.
Interviews
- by Amrie Cunningham The TV Addict, "Exclusive Interview: QUARTERLIFE Star Maite Schwartz"
Reviews
- by David Hinckley, NY Dailey News, February 26 2008, "Tale of blogger updates young-adult soap opera in 'quarterlife'", "...We like the vulnerable Dylan and her vulnerable roomies Debra (Michelle Lombardo) and Lisa (Maite Schwartz)..."
- by Joanne Weintraub, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 23 2008, "'Quarterlife' puts coping on the line", "...and that the other, Lisa (Maite Schwartz), drank too much and was a little slutty...."
- buy Robert Bianco, USA Today, February 25 2008, "Tough to love 'Quarterlife' characters who sing me-me-me so much", "...She lives with actress/singer Lisa (Maite Schwartz) and longtime friend Debra..."
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 29 1999, "...Maite Schwartz, a junior drama student at Carnegie Mellon, has a challenging role as Viola, a young woman shipwrecked off the coast who masquerades as a man..."
- by Phil Mushnick, New York Post, February 24 2008, 'WHY JANE'S SLIP CAN'T EVER BE TOPPED"], "...Beautiful Lisa (Maite Schwartz) longs to be an actress but has stage fright"