Maya Erskine Net Worth

Early Life and Education

Maya Erskine was born on May 7, 1987 in Los Angeles, California to Mutsuko Nigatawa and jazz drummer Peter Erskine. She is of Japanese descent on her mother’s side. As a teenager, Erskine attended Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences and Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. She went on to attend the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied theater.

Television Career, 2013-2018

Pen15

Erskine gained her greatest recognition yet with the comedy television series “Pen15,” which premiered on Hulu in early 2019. In addition to co-creating and co-writing the show, she starred in the main role of Maya Ishii-Peters, a shy and immature seventh-grader who is best friends with her classmate Anna Kone, played by Anna Konkle. The mother of Erskine’s character was played by Erskine’s real-life mother Mutsuko. “Pen15” was a hit, running for two seasons and earning multiple Emmy and WGA Award nominations, including for Erskine’s writing.

Further Television Career

Film Career

Erskine made her feature film debut in the 2015 science-fiction horror film “Frankenstein,” a modernized adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel. She next appeared in two films in 2018: “6 Balloons” and “When Jeff Tried to Save the World.” Erskine had her first starring role in a film in 2019, acting opposite Jack Quaid in the romcom “Plus One.” The same year, she appeared as part of the ensemble cast of Amy Poehler’s feature directorial debut, “Wine Country.” In 2020, Erskine appeared as a talking head in the documentary “Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics,” and voiced Judy Takamoto in the animated mystery comedy “Scoob!,” a reboot of the “Scooby-Doo” film series. She had another voice role in 2022, playing Mercy Graves in the animated superhero comedy “DC League of Super-Pets.” Erskine’s subsequent credits have included the stop-motion animated fantasy adventure film “Wildwood” and the comedy road trip film “Sacramento.”

Personal Life & Real Estate

In 2020, Erskine got engaged to actor Michael Angarano. The following year, they had a son named Leo, and a couple years later were married. Erskine is among the stars of Angarano’s film “Sacramento.” In December 2020 Maya and Michael paid a bit over $2 million for a home in Los Angeles. They sold this home in June 2023 for $2.45 million.