Film/TV Career
Costello has appeared in several television programmes including an Anglia TV documentary on to her return to the TT races in 2002 and she was one of a few included on TT Heroes, which followed competitors during the TT in 2003. Recently Costello was a presenter on the motorcycle show Fran's Angels. She has also been a panellist on Top Ten Bikes. She has also worked as a stunt double. She doubled for Tamzin Outhwaite in an ITV drama Walk Away and I Stumble, on a mountain bike. Maria was the rider-double for Oscar winning actress Reese Witherspoon and worked alongside the lead role played by Christina Ricci. This amazing opportunity lead to Maria working with a professional team of stunt co-ordinators and she experienced first hand being caught on camera by the paparazzi.
The Discovery Channel's, Big Big Bikes program, featured Maria racing a Honda Fireblade (1000cc) motorbike against a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. This programme, in the UK alone, was seen by a million viewers, and the global release in 2006 reached audience fi gures of between 10 – 20 million.
Costello appeared as a contestant on Dave (TV channel) Driving Wars in a team of fellow bikers called biker babes.
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