Maria Howell
Acting
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.
Known For
Criminal Minds
Dr. Lode Barren
The Vampire Diaries
Mrs. Halpern
The Vampire Diaries
Ayana
The Resident
Judge Lola Rawlins
Beyond the Gates
Tracy
Beyond the Gates
Tracy Tyler
Army Wives
Major Barcenilla
Army Wives
Counselor
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Seeder
Devious Maids
Ida Hayes
The Blind Side
CPS Welfare Worker
Hidden Figures
Ms. Sumner
American Made
NSC Woman
Allegiant
Council Member
Revolution
Grace Beaumont
Speechless
Christine (voice)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Goldie
Addicted
Nina
The Color Purple
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
Finding Carter
Delilah Castro
Past Life
Mrs. Connors
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Jules' Doctor
The Good Lie
INS Agent
Summer Camp
Judy
Daddy's Little Girls
Wife
Gigi & Nate
Chairman Filling
Living Proof
Kate
Homeless Ashes
Virginia
A Christmas Love Story
Carol
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Goldie
Firelight
Mrs. Easle
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
Goldie
Linda
Shirley
To Her, With Love
Maya
Sons 2 the Grave
Ruth Jennings
Christmas in the Friendly Skies
Rochelle
