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.
Place of Birth: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Tracy
as Tracy Tyler
as Rochelle
as Judy
as Maya
as Ruth Jennings
as Carol
as Virginia
as Judge Lola Rawlins
as NSC Woman
as Ms. Sumner
as Christine (voice)
as Council Member
as Nina
as INS Agent
as Delilah Castro
as Seeder
as Ida Hayes
as Grace Beaumont
as Jules' Doctor
as CPS Welfare Worker
as Mrs. Halpern
as Ayana
as Kate
as Major Barcenilla
as Counselor
as Wife
as Dr. Lode Barren
as Shirley
as Goldie
as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)