title: Maria Hall-Brown
text: # Maria Hall-Brown
  
  Maria Hall-Brown is an American journalist, television producer, and actor.
  
  ## Journalism
  
  She is the host and producer of Bookmark with Maria Hall-Brown, a news magazine featuring interviews with book authors, and a producer and occasional correspondent on KOCE's Real Orange newscast. Hall-Brown was a producer for Calworks: Steps Towards Success, which was nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award in 2003. She was awarded a Golden Mike Award by the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California in 2007.
  
  ## Acting
  
  Maria Hall-Brown starred alongside David Carradine in 1988's Open Fire and 1998's Light Speed.
  
  ## Education and background
  
  Hall-Brown earned a BFA in Drama from UC Irvine in 1984. Her birthday is January 23.
  
  