Maya Ray Thurman Hawke is an American actress and model born on July 8, 1998, in New York City.
She is the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, making her the elder of their two children together.
Her parents met on the set of Gattaca in 1997, got married in May 1998, and divorced in 2005.
Maya's brother was born in 2002, and she also has two half-sisters from her father's second marriage, born in 2008 and 2011.
Additionally, she has another half-sister from her mother's ex-fiancé, financier Arpad Busson, born in 2012.
On her father's side, Maya is a great-great-grandniece of playwright Tennessee Williams.
On her mother's side, she is a granddaughter of Buddhist scholar Robert A. F. Thurman and model Nena von Schlebrügge, who was previously married to Dr. Timothy Leary.
Maya's great-grandmother, Birgit Holmquist, was also a model, having posed for Axel Ebbe's statue Famntaget in Smygehuk, Sweden.
Maya has dyslexia, which led to her changing schools frequently during her primary education.
She eventually found her artistic expression at Saint Ann's School, a private school in Brooklyn, New York, that emphasizes artistic creativity and does not grade work.
Maya also took part in summer studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and the renowned Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York.
Before attending Juilliard for one year, Maya dropped out after accepting her role in Little Women.
Like her mother and grandmother, Maya modeled for Vogue at the start of her career.
She was also chosen as the face of the British fashion retailer AllSaints's 2016/2017 collection.
In 2017, Maya starred as one of several faces in a video campaign for Calvin Klein's underwear range, directed by Sofia Coppola.
She made her acting debut as Jo March in the 2017 BBC adaptation of Little Women and starred as Robin in the Netflix series Stranger Things since its third season.
