Maya Stern

 is a character in the British thriller series Fool Me Once, who is portrayed by Michelle Keegan.

Biography
Maya is widowed after her husband, Joe Burkett, is shot and murdered in front of her. She raises her young daughter, Lily, by herself. Joe's muder is investigated by Sami Kierce and Marty McGreggor.

Maya was previously a combat helicopter pilot in the army. She left under controversial circumstances after an online whistleblower, Corey Rudzinski accused her of killing innocent civilians.

Throughout Fool Me Once
Maya's friend, Eva Finn, gifted Maya a nanny cam, which she put in her daughter, Lily Burkett's bedroom. While watching the footage from when her nanny, Izabella Godek, was babysitting Lily, Maya discovered that her dead husband, Joe Burkett, visited Lily. While confronting Izabella about the footage, Izabella sprayed pepper spray in Maya's eyes and stole the SD card.

Appearances

 * Season One


 * Episode 1
 * Episode 2
 * Episode 3
 * Episode 4
 * Episode 5
 * Episode 6
 * Episode 7
 * Episode 8

Trivia

 * Maya drives a blue car with the license plate VUI9 WUJ.