Maria Bock (born June 12, 1978, Hammerfest, Norway) is a Norwegian actress and director who graduated as a musical artist from Bårdarakademiet in 2000 and as an actress from Statens teaterhøgskole (Oslo National Academy of the Arts) in 2004. She was affiliated with Det Norske Teateret from 2005 to 2009 and made her film debut in Gymnaslærer Pedersen (2006). She was nominated for the Amanda Award for Best Actress for Sommerhuset (2008) and won the Amanda Award for Best Supporting Actress for Revenge (2015). She wrote and directed the musical short Baldguy (2011), which won a BAFTA for Best International Short Film. From 2017 to 2019 she headed the gender-equality initiative at Talent Norge, and has served on the board of the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association. Her notable film credits include The Monitor (2011) (Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner), Revenge (2015) (Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Helene Bergsholm), What Will People Say (2017) (Maria Mozhdah, Adil Hussain), Kings Bay (2017) (Erik Hivju, André Sørum), 22 July (2018) (Anders Danielsen Lie, Jonas Strand Gravli), and An Affair (2018) (Andrea Bræin Hovig, Tarjei Sandvik Moe). On television she has appeared in Hvaler (2008), Lilyhammer (2013), Hellfjord (2012), Snøfall (2016), Wisting (2019), and Welcome to Utmark (2021).
