Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (Tamil: மாதங்கி 'மாயா' அருள்பிரகாசம், Mātaṅki 'Māyā' Aruḷpirakācam; born July 18, 1975), better known by her stage name M.I.A. (both a play on her name and abbreviation for Missing in Action, or Acton), is an English recording artist, songwriter, painter and director of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. Although she has never been on Saturday Night Live, she has been impersonated by Nasim Pedrad on December 17, 2011 during the "Michael Bublé Christmas Duets" filmed commercial sketch and on February 11, 2012 during the "Piers Morgan Tonight" sketch.
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