Maria Howell

Known for ActingGastonia, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Sons 2 the Grave

The Resident

The Vampire Diaries

Criminal Minds

Hidden Figures

Gigi & Nate

The Blind Side

The Good Lie

The Color Purple

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Army Wives

Devious Maids

Homeless Ashes

Speechless

American Made

Daddy's Little Girls

A Christmas Love Story

Finding Carter

Living Proof

Revolution

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

To Her, With Love

Allegiant

Firelight

What to Expect When You're Expecting

Addicted

Beyond the Gates

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920

Summer Camp

Linda

Past Life

Christmas Wedding Baby

Christmas in the Friendly Skies