The Performing Project

Maggie Budzyna

Founder of The Performing Project

Maggie began acting onstage at the age of four and started performing professionally at age 9. She made the transition to film and television work 4 years ago and has enjoyed all of the incredible opportunities that have come her way!

Maggie is best known for her starring role of Kelly in the feature film K-12, written and directed by indie pop sensation Melanie Martinez! Other big screen appearances include the role of Colleen in Jake Scott's "American Woman" alongside Aaron Paul, Christina Hendricks, and Sienna Miller (TIFF Premiere, now available on HBO) and a role in the upcoming Netflix film "Hubie Halloween" starring Adam Sandler. You may also recognize Maggie from her television appearances as Raquel in S.W.A.T.  on CBS or Lily in The Society on Netflix. Maggie has also played lead roles in multiple award winning shorts that have played at festivals such as Cannes and TIFF including "Who's There?", "Ontario", "Men's Room" and "Ellie".

In addition to acting, Maggie has directed four short films which have all been accepted to multiple film festivals including Mill Valley FF, Newark IFF, Mosaic IFF, and the All American High School FF. She also was nominated for the Teen Indie Awards (Rising Female Voice) and took home Best Young Filmmaker at the Indie Shorts Fest this June as well as the Youth Visions Prize at the Seattle Social Justice Film Festival.

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