Born Dillon Monroe Buckley on the 29th May 1993, in Santa Barbara, California USA, she is an award-winning actress, best known to the world for her role of Jay Height in the film “It Follows”, and also as Patricia Whitmore in the film “Independence Day: Resurgence”, among other roles she has secured so far in her career. She is also a professional kite-boarder.
Have you ever wondered how rich Maika Moore is, as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Moore’s net worth is as high as $1 million, an amount earned through her successful career in the world of entertainment, active since 2012.
Maika Moore Net Worth $1 Million
She changed her name to Maika after everyone calling her that way throughout her life; she is the daughter of sign language interpreter Dixie, and her husband Jack Buckley, who worked as a construction worker, and was also a kite-boarder. Inspired by her father, Maika fell in love with kiteboarding at a young age, but her father wouldn’t let her practice it since he felt it was too dangerous for young Maika. Nevertheless, once old enough Maika started kite-boarding, and when she was 17 years old she moved to Cabarete in the Dominican Republic, where she began to train professionally in the sport, and since then has entered several competitions, achieving her best result at the International Red Bull Air Competition, finishing second.
Parallel with her kiteboarding, Maika was also pursuing an acting career, and in 2012 made her debut in the sports drama film “At Any Price”, starring Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron and Kim Dickens.
She continued with minor film roles, appearing in such projects as the horror “Bad Blood” and crime drama “The Bling Ring”, In 2013, Maika made her breakthrough with the role of Jay Height in the horror film “It Follows”, which launched her to stardom, while also increasing her net worth to a large degree. She also won an Empire Award, and Chainsaw Award in categories Best Female Newcomer, and Best Actress. The next year, Maika had a supporting role in the western thriller drama “Echoes of War”, with James Badge Dale, Ethan Embry and William Forsythe in the lead roles, while in 2016 she co-starred in the sci-fi action adventure film “Independence Day: Resurgence”, as Patricia Whitmore, appearing with Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Pullman, while in 2017 she starred in the western drama “The Scent of Rain & Lightining”, based on the novel of the same name, written by Nancy Pickard. Most recently, Maika starred in the sci-fi drama film “Bokeh”, and is now working on the thriller drama film “The Widow”, in which she will star with Chloë Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert, and is scheduled for release late in 2018. She will also appear in the upcoming comedy-drama film “Shotgun”, scheduled for March 2018.
When it comes to her personal life, Maika is in a relationship with actor Joe Keery, best known to the world as Steve Harrington in the highly-acclaimed TV series “Stranger Things”. Previously Maika was seen with such actors as Taylor Lautner and Boyd Holbrook.
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