Maria Howell
- Acting
- 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
Filmography
- Beyond the Gates · Tracy, Tracy Tyler
- Christmas in the Friendly Skies · Rochelle
- Summer Camp · Judy
- To Her, With Love · Maya
- Gigi & Nate · Chairman Filling
- Sons 2 the Grave · Ruth Jennings
- A Christmas Love Story · Carol
- Homeless Ashes · Virginia
- The Resident · Judge Lola Rawlins
- American Made · NSC Woman
- Hidden Figures · Ms. Sumner
- Speechless · Christine (Voice)
- Allegiant · Council Member
- Christmas Wedding Baby
- Addicted · Nina
- The Good Lie · INS Agent
- Finding Carter · Delilah Castro
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire · Seeder
- Devious Maids · Ida Hayes
- Revolution · Grace Beaumont
- What to Expect When You're Expecting · Jules' Doctor
- Firelight · Mrs. Easle
- Past Life · Mrs. Connors
- The Blind Side · CPS Welfare Worker
- The Vampire Diaries · Mrs. Halpern, Ayana
- Living Proof · Kate
- Army Wives · Major Barcenilla, Counselor
- Daddy's Little Girls · Wife
- Criminal Minds · Dr. Lode Barren
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues · Goldie
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 · Goldie
- Linda · Shirley
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles · Goldie
- The Color Purple · Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)