Maria Howell
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.
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant...
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as SeederKatniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with...
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The Blind Side
as CPS Welfare WorkerThe story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football...
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The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin...
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Addicted
as NinaA gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a...
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The Color Purple
as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the...
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What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Jules' DoctorChallenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities...
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Summer Camp
as JudyChildhood best friends Nora, Ginny and Mary used to spend every summer at sleepaway camp...
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Daddy's Little Girls
as WifeMonty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When...
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The Good Lie
as INS AgentA young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States...
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Christmas in the Friendly Skies
as RochelleA chance encounter on a turbulent flight leads to an unexpected romance between two strangers...
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A Christmas Love Story
as CarolA youth choir director needs to write a big song for the Christmas Eve show but finds herself...
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as GoldieGoing to college and working in a seedy speakeasy bring Indy into contact with jazz great Sidney...
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Homeless Ashes
as VirginiaA young runaway ends up homeless with no choice but to try to survive life on the streets.
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Linda
as ShirleyTwo couples, friends for a long time, decide to go away together. Things soon take a turn for...
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Sons 2 the Grave
as Ruth JenningsAfter midnight on a bridge not linking neighborhoods but dividing them, eighteen year old...
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
as GoldieOn summer break from college, Indy stage-manages a new Broadway musical revue composed by George...
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To Her, With Love
as MayaKayla heads back to her hometown of Stansville, North Carolina, after her substitute teaching...
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Christmas Wedding Baby
as uncreditedThree sisters struggle to find happiness through the holiday season as the youngest sister and...
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Criminal Minds
as Dr. Lode BarrenAn elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating...
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The Vampire Diaries
as Mrs. HalpernThe story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance...
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The Vampire Diaries
as AyanaThe story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance...
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The Resident
as Judge Lola RawlinsA tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day,...
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Army Wives
as Major BarcenillaArmy Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, one army...
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Finding Carter
as Delilah CastroA teenager finds out she was abducted as a toddler and returns to her biological family.
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as GoldieAt the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family...
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Revolution
as Grace BeaumontOne day, electricity just stopped working and the world was suddenly thrust back into the dark...
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Devious Maids
as Ida HayesThe series centers on four Latina maids working in the homes of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and...
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Speechless
as Christine (voice)Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray,...
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