Maria Kivinen is television executive, actress and scriptwriter. Kivinen graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2012 and has performed in numerous stage performances throughout the UK and in 2013 she wrote her debut play, The Idealist, produced at the Tara Arts Theatre London and Brighton Fringe Festival by her company, Odd Stumble. In 2013 Kivinen moved back to Finland to work as a television sales executive for Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company where she works at the present moment.