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Maria Jones, born Maria Andberger on 6 december 1990 in Västerås, Sweden, is a Swedish actress and writer. Her family moved to Stockholm early and Maria began acting in commercials and minor productions at Dieselverkstaden.

Biography
Maria Jones was born in the small town Västerås to an opera singer and a MSE. Early on the family moved to Hässelby just outside Stockholm and Jones began acting at the age of eight, starting in commercials before acting in minor productions at Dieselverkstaden. She auditioned for drama schools in Sweden but was turned down twice.

She began studying for a BA in Theatre Studies at the University of Gothenburg, working simultaneously at Gothenburg Opera and Folkteatern behind the scenes, but left Sweden in 2011 to pursue her acting career full-time. In 2013 she moved to Glasgow, Scotland.

Jones was admitted to do a Master of Arts in Acting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly RSAMD), which she completed in 2014. During this time she took a stage name, becoming Maria Jones after a family farm in Dalarna, Sweden.

During her time at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Maria Jones did a residency at Shakespeare's Globe where she played Helena in All's Well that Ends Well, as well as making her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in Jack, a one-act play about the (then upcoming) independence of Scotland.