 In 2010, she played a famous entertainment show host who fall in love with a guy from a rural village in the romantic comedy movie "Cun" alongside Remy Ishak.In November 2011, despite her urbanised and modern figure, Maya surprised her fans and movie-goers with her moving performance as a young women from a rural village struggling with life and love, in her biggest commercial success "Ombak Rindu", which gained her the Best Actress Award at both the "Anugerah Skrin" and Malaysia Film Festival in 2012 and her third Most Popular Actress (Film) Award at the Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian 2011.Afterwards, Maya portrayed two roles she never played before in "Lagenda Budak Setan 2" and "Sejoli", and managed to stand out despite acting alongside other fellow established actors.