Maria Montazami

Maria Brigitte Anita Montazami (née Westphal; born 13 November 1965) is a Swedish–American housewife and television personality in the series Svenska Hollywoodfruar. Montazami has also appeared in commercials for Max Hamburgers and the travel agency Vings commercial. In November 2010 Montazami appeared in the TV3 show 24 timmar, alongside singer Anna Book.

Biography Montazami was born in Västerås. In 1965, she travelled to Los Angeles, United States, to visit her sister. She stayed in Los Angeles and worked as an au pair and later as a waitress at a restaurant. She met the restaurant owner Kamran Montazami, an American originally from Iran. Maria and Kamran married in 1990.

Within the next few years, Kamran Montazami became a successful real-estate agent and the couple moved to Laguna Niguel, California where they raised four children. Since the mid-1990s, Maria Montazami has been a housewife.

Maria Montazami was featured in a commercial for the Swedish fast food company Max Hamburgers in 2010.

In November 2010, Maria Montazami appeared in the TV3 show 24 timmar (24 hours) along with singer Anna Book.

In January 2011, Monatazami appeared in a television commercial for the travel agency Ving in Sweden.

February 5, 2013, was the premiere of Monatazami's new spin-off TV show, Maria & Mindy - Best Friends Forever on TV3. Mindy Bondurant was Maria's best friend and neighbour. In the show we follow the two friends as they journey through Sweden. Much has changed since Maria moved from Sweden in 1987. She and Mindy rediscover Sweden and it becomes an adventure filled with new experiences, encounters, humour and colliding cultures. The première on TV3 attracted around 382,000 viewers. After the show Maria and Mindy parted ways and are no longer friends.

Montazami was a contestant on Let's Dance 2013. And in late 2013 she had her own show Montazamis med vänner (Montazamis with friends) on TV3 a show where Maria and her family meet and hang out with Swedish celebrities.

TV 2009- - Svenska Hollywoodfruar 2010 - 24 timmar 2010 - Max Hamburgers commercial 2011 - Ving travel agency commercial 2013 - Maria & Mindy – Best Friends Forever 2013 - Let's Dance 2013 - Montazamis med vänner