Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Credits
34 titles
Maria Howell
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
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
Living Proof
Kate
Army Wives
Major Barcenilla
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)