Name
Maria Howell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
(56 years old)
Place of Birth
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Wanda Maria Howell is an American actress and also a singer. Maria was born in Gastonia, North Carolina and graduated from Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Howell worked as a jazz singer and made her film debut in The Color Purple. She lived in Okinawa, Japan, from 1995-2001. She made guest appearances on the television series Drop Dead Diva, Army Wives, The Game, Necessary Roughness, and The Vampire Diaries, and as well as co-starred in films that include Daddy's Little Girls, Mississippi Damned, The Blind Side, and What to Expect When You're Expecting. In 2013, Howell played Seeder in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Also in 2012, she was cast in the recurring NBC television series Revolution as Grace Beaumont, and in 2013 she plays Ida Hayes in the m comedy-drama Devious Maids.
Known For
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After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of thei...
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The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant A...
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The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medelli...
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The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American footb...
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An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living i...
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Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebri...
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A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United ...
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Childhood best friends Nora, Ginny and Mary used to spend every summer at sleepaway camp t...
- 2007 Daddy's Little Girls as Wife
- 2022 Sons 2 the Grave as Ruth Jennings
- 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Seeder
- 1993 Linda as Shirley
- 2014 The Good Lie as INS Agent
- 2014 Addicted as Nina
- 2022 To Her, With Love as Maya
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 as Goldie
- 2024 Christmas in the Friendly Skies as Rochelle
- 2024 Summer Camp as Judy
- 2016 Hidden Figures as Ms. Sumner
- 2014 Christmas Wedding Baby
- 2017 American Made as NSC Woman
- 2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting as Jules' Doctor
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as Goldie
- 2019 Homeless Ashes as Virginia
- 1985 The Color Purple as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
- 2019 A Christmas Love Story as Carol
- 2009 The Blind Side as CPS Welfare Worker
- 2016 Allegiant as Council Member
- 2008 Living Proof as Kate
- 2022 Gigi & Nate as Chairman Filling
- 2012 Firelight as Mrs. Easle
- 1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ( 1 episode ) as Goldie
- 2009 The Vampire Diaries ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Halpern
- 2018 The Resident ( 1 episode ) as Judge Lola Rawlins
- 2012 Revolution ( 10 episodes ) as Grace Beaumont
- 2014 Finding Carter ( 1 episode ) as Delilah Castro
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Lode Barren
- 2009 The Vampire Diaries ( 2 episodes ) as Ayana
- 2016 Speechless ( 1 episode ) as Christine (voice)
- 2007 Army Wives ( 1 episode ) as Major Barcenilla
- 2013 Devious Maids ( 7 episodes ) as Ida Hayes
- 2025 Beyond the Gates ( 3 episodes ) as Tracy
- 2025 Beyond the Gates ( 5 episodes ) as Tracy Tyler
- 2007 Army Wives ( 1 episode ) as Counselor
- 2010 Past Life ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Connors
