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
Summer Camp
as Judy
Summer Camp
as Judy
To Her, With Love
as Maya
To Her, With Love
as Maya
Gigi & Nate
as Chairman Filling
Gigi & Nate
as Chairman Filling
Sons 2 the Grave
as Ruth Jennings
Sons 2 the Grave
as Ruth Jennings
Homeless Ashes
as Virginia
Homeless Ashes
as Virginia
American Made
as NSC Woman
American Made
as NSC Woman
Allegiant
as Council Member
Allegiant
as Council Member
Addicted
as Nina
Addicted
as Nina
The Good Lie
as INS Agent
The Good Lie
as INS Agent
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Seeder
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Seeder
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Jules' Doctor
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Jules' Doctor
Firelight
as Mrs. Easle
Firelight
as Mrs. Easle
The Blind Side
as CPS Welfare Worker
The Blind Side
as CPS Welfare Worker
Living Proof
as Kate
Living Proof
as Kate
Daddy's Little Girls
as Wife
Daddy's Little Girls
as Wife
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as Goldie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as Goldie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
as Goldie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
as Goldie
The Color Purple
as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
The Color Purple
as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)