Her sister, Margherita, began her career in 1703 and it is thought that Maria was working in the same company at the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket for some time before she was named.
In 1713 confusion arose after she appeared as Clitia in Handel's Teseo, being named as 'La Sorella della Sig.
She sang at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre on 6 October 1715 and on 2 January 1717 she was given the title role of Giovanni Bononcini's Camilla which was presented in English.
She appeared in male parts in Johann Christoph Pepusch’s "Venus and Adonis" and "Myrtillo" in 1730 and in pantomime afterpieces there in 1731.
The following year she sang Charles John Frederick Lampe’s "Britannia" at the New Haymarket.