Maria Vargo, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, is a Hollywood-based actress, singer/songwriter, producer, director, and Christian speaker. Currently she is the President and Artistic Director of G.K. Chesterton Entertainment a non-profit entertainment company. As an actress, Maria starred as St. Faustina in a one-woman North American tour having performed the show over 300 times. A film of her performance is set to be released in the near future.
Her résumé includes numerous roles in film, television, and theater, including most recently her role as the Blessed Mother in The Last Days starring Jonathan Roumie as Jesus. Aside from her work on stage and screen, Maria Vargo’s many talents encompass a far-reaching spectrum from singer, songwriter to voice teacher for actors. Her passion for music led to producing an original Christian CD entitled Fire Tries Iron and most recently a Christmas CD entitled Coming Home For Christmas. She shares her talents with the Christian community by cantoring at Mass, giving concerts and speaking at conferences across the US, Canada and Africa.
Because of her own deep spiritual conversion several years ago, Maria loves to share the message of God’s endless mercy with the world, particularly because she has experienced it first hand in her own life.
Maria is a member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and ASCAP.