<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actress, singer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2003--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Karla Cheatham Mosley (born August 27, 1981) is an American actress and singer . She starred on the Emmy - nominated children's show Hi - 5; she has starred in numerous plays and also had minor roles in several other TV shows and films . She regularly appeared as Christina Moore Boudreau in the soap opera Guiding Light and can currently be seen as Maya Avant in The Bold and the Beautiful . </P> <P> Karla Cheatham Mosley was born in Susquehanna Depot and raised in Westchester, New York . She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, with honors, and went on to study in France at the Roy Hart Vocal Institute . </P>

Who plays maya on bold and the beautiful