Marija Omaljev (born 5 December 1982) is a Croatian–American film, theater and television actress.
Marija Omaljev, also known as Mara Omaljev and Mara Auriel, was born on 5 December 1982 in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, then part of SFR Yugoslavia.
In 2003, she entered Academy of Performing Arts at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia, where she earned her M.A.
Mara started her professional acting career on the main stage of the Sarajevo National Theatre, where she performed in various classical and contemporary plays.
She also starred as a leading actress in more than ten prime time TV series and TV sitcoms such as Zakon ljubavi, Dolina sunca, Lud, zbunjen, normalan, Ruža vjetrova, The Real O'Neals as well as in Croatian, Bosnian, German, Austrian, Turkish and American feature Films.