Maria Olsen is an American actress. Best known for her appearances as Mrs. Dodds/The Fury in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Paranormal Activity 3, American Horror Story and Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem, Maria Olsen has worked on more than 65 feature films and over 150 shorts, television shows, music videos and commercials since 2005. She has also won four awards (including awards for both acting and directing), had two short films appear at the 2009 Cannes Short Film Program, one at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, plus others at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors and HorrorFest. Olsen also owns MOnsterworks66, producer of features such as Brandon Scullion's Live in Fear, Randal Kamradt Jr's Faraway, Eric Michael Kochmer's Way Down In Chinatown, Bert Havird's Reunion and Michael LaPointe's LoveTouchHate.

Filmography

• 2024Inverted — Woman in White
• 2024Straight On till Morning — Lilly Robinson
• 2023Axeman at Cutter's Creek 2 — Adele
• 2023Beneath Us All — Janelle Gibbs
• 2023DeadDash — Cashier
• 2023End Times — Alexis
• 2023Moon Garden — Princess
• 2023Ronald's Little Factory — Sister Hissem
• 2022Desert Shadows — Linda Lockley
• 2022In the Dark
• 2022Lyla — Beatrice
• 2022Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge — Moira
• 2022The Last American Horror Show: Volume II — Jaclyn
• 2021Apex Predators — Momma Maria
• 2021Pretty Boy — Edna
• 2021The Resort — Book Store Ghost
• 202015 Killings — Dr. Kentyl
• 2020By Day's End — Mrs. Tibbs / Religious Nut (voice), Casting Assistant
• 2020Danni and The Vampire — Phyllis
• 2020Death Care — Warden Smithers
• 2020Murder Manual — Betty
• 2020Psychopomp — Rita, Associate Producer
• 2020The Bone Box — Aunt Florence
• 2020The Crumbs
• 2020There's No Such Thing as Vampires — Sigfreda
• 20192177: The San Francisco Love Hacker Crimes — Dr. Soren
• 2019Eminence Hill — Abigail
• 2019Ghost in the Graveyard — The Witch
• 2019I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu — Becky
• 2019No Knock List — Ms. Vangobels
• 2019Painkillers — Carla Franken
• 2019The Butcher — Beatrice Hyatt
• 2019Wretch — Anna Cochenour
• 2018All the Creatures Were Stirring — The Director
• 2018Ashes — Gail
• 2018Krampus Origins — Sister Rafus
• 2018Los Angeles Overnight — Officer Sykes
• 2018Something Sinister — Aunt Helen
• 2018The Browsing Effect — Meryl, Marlene
• 2018The Sunday Night Slaughter — Eeopodan Eater of Souls, Executive Producer
• 201760 Seconds to Die — Crazy Cat Lady (segment Pussy, Pussy, Pussy
• 2017Axeman 2: Overkill — Adele
• 2017Marrtown — Missy
• 2017Middle Man — Convenience Store Woman
• 2017Moon Creek Cemetery — Hatchet Lady
• 2017The Covenant — Molly Hanning
• 2017The Daughters of Virtue — Betty
• 2016Black Tar Road — Lady C
• 2016Killjoy's Psycho Circus — Lilith
• 2016Live-In Fear — Sue, Producer
• 2016Mojave — Meth Woman (uncredited)
• 2016Ravenwolf Towers — Mabel
• 2016The Conduit — Amy's Mother
• 2016The Remains — Madame Addison
• 2016Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy — Diane Freely
• 2016Wolf Mother — Maria Abramov
• 2015Addicted to Fresno — Softball Player (uncredited)
• 2015Agoraphobia — Aunt Margie
• 2015Ghosting — Rose Jacobs
• 2015Gore Orphanage — Mrs. Pryor
• 2015Hansel Vs. Gretel — Crone
• 2015Reunion — Mia, Casting
• 2015Southbound — Sandy
• 2014Club Lingerie — Cookie
• 2014Faraway — Muse of Misfortune, Casting Associate
• 2014Lost Time — Nurse Mary
• 2014Mark of the Witch — Demon Witch
• 2014Neighbors — Prostitute (uncredited)
• 2014Shhhh — Ghoul on Train
• 2014Starry Eyes — The Casting Director
• 2014The Bunnyman Massacre — Bus Driver
• 2014Trophy Heads — Mom
• 2013African Gothic — Mother
• 2013Feed Me — Petala
• 2013Scarlet Samurai: Incarnation — Jacqueline Chan, Associate Producer
• 2013The Boogeyman — Judy
• 2013The Hypnotist — The Face
• 2013The Levenger Tapes — Screaming Lady
• 2013The Lords of Salem — Dream Sequence Woman (uncredited)
• 2013To Jennifer — Grace
• 2013Way Down in Chinatown — Bob
• 2012DisOrientation — Mrs. Breyer
• 2012Folklore — Eatha Haemm
• 2012Payback Jack — Hillary
• 2012The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse — Ghost Mother (voice)
• 2012The Cohasset Snuff Film — Melissa Wick (uncredited)
• 2012The Haunting of Whaley House — Anna Whaley
• 2012The Perfect Candidate — Ann
• 2011Curtain — Succubus
• 2011Papa Zeus — Inst. Marie Antouinette
• 2011Paranormal Activity 3 — Creepy Lady
• 2011Sold — Ruthy
• 2011Vile — Woman on TV
• 2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief — Mrs. Dodds / Fury
• 2010Renegades — Prostitute
• 2009Dead Game — Blind Woman
• 2009Die-ner (Get It?) — Rose
• 2009Dragonquest — Hedona
• 2009Shellter — Nurse
• 2009Sinnergy
• 2008Humanity's End — Sarah 419
• 2008Sam Hell — Nurse Kelly
• Bits — Grandma Russell
• Ghoul — Rhonda the Realtor
• One Nation — Claire Mendelson
• White Devils — Mother
• Window With A View — Sister Jude
• With Child — Rose

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2020Our Friend Jon — Self
• 2019Aliens in LA — Self - Voice