In 2001, Maya was spotted with Paul Thomas Anderson. Paul Thomas Anderson is a well known director and producer. He is also a screenwriter. It’s been more than one and half decade they have been bonded into this love life and they have already welcomed four kids together. Their first child Pearl was born in 2005. It is believed that they have been married and spending their days as a loving husband and wife. Her nationality is American.
When Maya was in her young age her parents moved to Los Angeles, California. At the age of seven she lost her mother to breast cancer. She got enrolled at Crossroads School to pursue her higher education. She also graduated from there in 1990. Later on she joined University of California, Santa Cruz with a major in photography. She finally earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from there in 1995. Next year, she began her career as an actress. She made her acting debut in 1996 by portraying the role of Nurse Leah Martine in an American medical drama television series Chicago Hope. She appeared in this TV series in about five episodes. Next year she starred in a dramatic horror television movie The Devil's Child. That year she also appeared in the movies like As Good As It Gets and Gattaca. She got her rise in fame after she began performing in an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show Saturday Night Live. She performed in this TV show till 2007. She is also critically acclaimed for her role of Rita in Idiocracy, Verona De Tessant in Away We Go, Deanne McKenzie in Grown Ups and many more. Her net worth is $4 million dollars.
