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.
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Films (24)

Christmas in the Friendly Skies
2024 · Rochelle

Campamento de Verano
2024 · Judy

To Her, With Love
2022 · Maya

Gigi y Nate: Una gran amistad
2022 · Chairman Filling

Sons 2 the Grave
2022 · Ruth Jennings
Hair Daze
2021 · Imani

Le Chœur de Noël
2019 · Carol

Homeless Ashes
2019 · Virginia

Barry Seal - American Traffic
2017 · NSC Woman

Les Figures de l'ombre
2016 · Ms. Sumner

Divergente 3 : Au-delà du mur
2016 · Council Member

Christmas Wedding Baby
2014

Perversa Adicción
2014 · Nina

The Good Lie
2014 · INS Agent

Hunger Games : L'Embrasement
2013 · Seeder

Ce qui vous attend si vous attendez un enfant
2012 · Jules' Doctor

Adolescentes en sursis
2012 · Mrs. Easle

L'Éveil d'un champion
2009 · CPS Welfare Worker

Un combat pour la vie
2008 · Kate

Una película de Tyler Perry: Las niñas de papá
2007 · Wife

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999 · Goldie

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
1999 · Goldie

Linda
1993 · Shirley

The Color Purple
1985 · Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
Séries (11)

Beyond the Gates
2025 · Tracy, Tracy Tyler

Le résident
2018 · Judge Lola Rawlins

Sin Palabras
2016 · Christine (voice)

À la recherche de Carter
2014 · Delilah Castro

Devious Maids
2013 · Ida Hayes

Révolution
2012 · Grace Beaumont

Past Life
2010 · Mrs. Connors

Vampire Diaries
2009 · Mrs. Halpern, Ayana

American Wives
2007 · Major Barcenilla, Counselor

Esprits criminels
2005 · Dr. Lode Barren

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Goldie
