Acting
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.
Filmography
Beyond the Gates
Series · 2025
Beyond the Gates
Series · 2025
Christmas in the Friendly Skies
Film · 2024
Summer Camp
Film · 2024
Sons 2 the Grave
Film · 2022
To Her, With Love
Film · 2022
Gigi & Nate
Film · 2022
Homeless Ashes
Film · 2019
A Christmas Love Story
Film · 2019
The Resident
Series · 2018
American Made
Film · 2017
Hidden Figures
Film · 2016
Allegiant
Film · 2016
Speechless
Series · 2016
The Good Lie
Film · 2014
Addicted
Film · 2014
Christmas Wedding Baby
Film · 2014
Finding Carter
Series · 2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Film · 2013
Devious Maids
Series · 2013
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Film · 2012
Firelight
Film · 2012
Revolution
Series · 2012
Past Life
Series · 2010
The Blind Side
Film · 2009
The Vampire Diaries
Series · 2009
The Vampire Diaries
Series · 2009
Living Proof
Film · 2008
Daddy's Little Girls
Film · 2007
Army Wives
Series · 2007
Army Wives
Series · 2007
Criminal Minds
Series · 2005
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
Film · 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Film · 1999
Linda
Film · 1993
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Series · 1992
The Color Purple
Film · 1985