Maria Howell

About

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 MindsSeries • 2005The Vampire DiariesSeries • 2009The ResidentSeries • 2018Army WivesSeries • 2007Beyond the GatesSeries • 2025The Hunger Games: Catching FireMovie • 2013Devious MaidsSeries • 2013The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSeries • 1992SpeechlessSeries • 2016Hidden FiguresMovie • 2016American MadeMovie • 2017The Blind SideMovie • 2009RevolutionSeries • 2012AllegiantMovie • 2016Finding CarterSeries • 2014Past LifeSeries • 2010The Color PurpleMovie • 1985AddictedMovie • 2014What to Expect When You're ExpectingMovie • 2012The Good LieMovie • 2014Summer CampMovie • 2024Gigi & NateMovie • 2022Daddy's Little GirlsMovie • 2007A Christmas Love StoryMovie • 2019