Maria Howell
Actor
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.
Filmography
Hidden Figures
as Ms. Sumner 2016
Allegiant
as Council Member 2016
The Blind Side
as CPS Welfare Worker 2009
American Made
as NSC Woman 2017
The Color Purple
as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited) 1985
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Jules' Doctor 2012
The Good Lie
as INS Agent 2014
Addicted
as Nina 2014
Gigi & Nate
as Chairman Filling 2022
Daddy's Little Girls
as Wife 2007
Summer Camp
as Judy 2024
A Christmas Love Story
as Carol 2019
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as Goldie 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
as Goldie 1999
Living Proof
as Kate 2008
Linda
as Shirley 1993