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.
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Full filmography
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Dr. Lode Barren
- The Vampire Diaries (2009) as Mrs. Halpern
- The Vampire Diaries (2009) as Ayana
- Addicted (2014) as Nina
- The Resident (2018) as Judge Lola Rawlins
- Army Wives (2007) as Major Barcenilla
- Army Wives (2007) as Counselor
- Devious Maids (2013) as Ida Hayes
- Speechless (2016) as Christine (voice)
- Beyond the Gates (2025) as Tracy
- Beyond the Gates (2025) as Tracy Tyler
- Hidden Figures (2016) as Ms. Sumner
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) as Seeder
- Revolution (2012) as Grace Beaumont
- The Blind Side (2009) as CPS Welfare Worker
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) as Goldie
- Finding Carter (2014) as Delilah Castro
- Allegiant (2016) as Council Member
- American Made (2017) as NSC Woman
- The Color Purple (1985) as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
- The Good Lie (2014) as INS Agent
- What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) as Jules' Doctor
- Past Life (2010) as Mrs. Connors
- Gigi & Nate (2022) as Chairman Filling