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.
tvBeyond the Gates
as Tracy · 2025 · 5.8
tvBeyond the Gates
as Tracy Tyler · 2025 · 5.8
movieChristmas in the Friendly Skies
as Rochelle · 2024 · 0.0
movieSummer Camp
as Judy · 2024 · 5.2
movieTo Her, With Love
as Maya · 2022 · 6.2
movieGigi & Nate
as Chairman Filling · 2022 · 7.7
movieSons 2 the Grave
as Ruth Jennings · 2022 · 8.7
movieA Christmas Love Story
as Carol · 2019 · 6.6
movieHomeless Ashes
as Virginia · 2019 · 7.0
tvThe Resident
as Judge Lola Rawlins · 2018 · 8.4
movieAmerican Made
as NSC Woman · 2017 · 6.9
movieHidden Figures
as Ms. Sumner · 2016 · 8.0
tvSpeechless
as Christine (voice) · 2016 · 6.9
movieAllegiant
as Council Member · 2016 · 6.1
movieChristmas Wedding Baby
as · 2014 · 1.0
movieAddicted
as Nina · 2014 · 5.9
movieThe Good Lie
as INS Agent · 2014 · 7.5
tvFinding Carter
as Delilah Castro · 2014 · 6.6
movieThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Seeder · 2013 · 7.4
tvDevious Maids
as Ida Hayes · 2013 · 7.1
tvRevolution
as Grace Beaumont · 2012 · 6.4
movieWhat to Expect When You're Expecting
as Jules' Doctor · 2012 · 6.0
movieFirelight
as Mrs. Easle · 2012 · 6.1
tvPast Life
as Mrs. Connors · 2010 · 3.6