Sloane Kiley was the 1st baby in the role of Maria, She played the role during the delivery and the hospital scene's but then a doll took over. Sloane was only a few weeks old when she was casted. She wasn't able to continue in the role when the character was released from the hospital because at the time she was already a few months old and would've been too old to play the character of a premature baby. Sloane doesn't do much acting anymore but she's still in the business as a model.



Anara Greene was casted for 1 episode. She played Maria in charity's dream. Anara hasn't done much since her episode on passion except for her modeling.







These unknown baby(ies) played Maria for a few months, There were quite a few unnamed babies that played maria between the time that maria went home from the hospital till the maddox twins took over. It was said during the Christmas 2004 by a mom on set that the twins at the time were girls.





Soon after a numerous amount of babies were recasted Lauren and Hannah Maddox took over the role of Maria. The first set of twins to play Maria that names were released. They were in the role for a few months or so. Before quickly being replaced.






Mercedez and Isabella Soto joined the cast shortly after the Maddox twins were replaced. They weren't on the show for that long but shared some great scene's with their on-screen best friend Endora (Nicole).






Layla and Logan Wheeler were born on September 04 2004. Identical Twin girls who took over the role of Passions Maria Ivy Lopez-Fitzgerald on December 26th 2005 when they were just over a year old. First managed by flashcast companies they Joined Jet Set Model's and wowed the set of passions. The Wheeler twins, Paloma Jackson shares, are so popular on NBC’s soap opera Passions that the writers are actually writing in lines for them. These are 16-month-old babies and they are stars of the show! But before the girls joined the passions starz they were featured in an episode of six feet under without even auditioning. They could also be seen in a tide commercial. Layla was also casted to be on the underground for a small segment along side damon waynes. On october 4th 2006 they became big sisters.

Abby & Emma Mccoy took over the role of Maria shortly after the wheeler girls were let go. The girls also do outside projects while they have free time on passions. The girls shoot print ad's and also have done a few couple of shows including diagnosis x and mystery diagnosis.