Maria Howell
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.
Acted in
Christmas in the Friendly Skies
2024
as Rochelle
Summer Camp
2024
as Judy
To Her, With Love
2022
as Maya
Sons 2 the Grave
2022
as Ruth Jennings
A Christmas Love Story
2019
as Carol
Homeless Ashes
2019
as Virginia
The Resident
2018
as Judge Lola Rawlins
American Made
2017
as NSC Woman
Hidden Figures
2016
as Ms. Sumner
Speechless
2016
as Christine (voice)
Christmas Wedding Baby
2014
Addicted
2014
as Nina
The Good Lie
2014
as INS Agent
Finding Carter
2014
as Delilah Castro
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Seeder
Devious Maids
2013
as Ida Hayes
Revolution
2012
as Grace Beaumont
What to Expect When You're Expecting
2012
as Jules' Doctor
The Blind Side
2009
as CPS Welfare Worker
The Vampire Diaries
2009
as Mrs. Halpern
The Vampire Diaries
2009
as Ayana
Army Wives
2007
as Major Barcenilla
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
as Wife
Criminal Minds
2005
as Dr. Lode Barren
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
2002
as Goldie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
2002
as Goldie
Linda
1993
as Shirley
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Goldie
The Color Purple
1985
as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)