Maria Howell
Acting
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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.
Filmography
Beyond the Gates
2025 · Series
Christmas in the Friendly Skies
2024 · Movie
Summer Camp
2024 · Movie
To Her, With Love
2022 · Movie
Gigi & Nate
2022 · Movie
Sons 2 the Grave
2022 · Movie
A Christmas Love Story
2019 · Movie
Homeless Ashes
2019 · Movie
The Resident
2018 · Series
American Made
2017 · Movie
Hidden Figures
2016 · Movie
Speechless
2016 · Series
Allegiant
2016 · Movie
Christmas Wedding Baby
2014 · Movie
Addicted
2014 · Movie
The Good Lie
2014 · Movie
Finding Carter
2014 · Series
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Movie
Devious Maids
2013 · Series
Revolution
2012 · Series
What to Expect When You're Expecting
2012 · Movie
Firelight
2012 · Movie
Past Life
2010 · Series
The Blind Side
2009 · Movie
The Vampire Diaries
2009 · Series
Living Proof
2008 · Movie
Army Wives
2007 · Series
Daddy's Little Girls
2007 · Movie
Criminal Minds
2005 · Series
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
1999 · Movie
Linda
1993 · Movie
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Series
The Color Purple
1985 · Movie