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.
Known for
Criminal Minds
Dr. Lode Barren
The Vampire Diaries
Mrs. Halpern
The Vampire Diaries
Ayana
The Resident
Judge Lola Rawlins
Speechless
Christine (voice)
Army Wives
Major Barcenilla
Devious Maids
Ida Hayes
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Goldie
Beyond the Gates
Tracy
Beyond the Gates
Tracy Tyler
Finding Carter
Delilah Castro
Revolution
Grace Beaumont
Hidden Figures
Ms. Sumner
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Seeder
The Blind Side
CPS Welfare Worker
American Made
NSC Woman
Allegiant
Council Member
The Color Purple
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
Addicted
Nina
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Jules' Doctor
Daddy's Little Girls
Wife
The Good Lie
INS Agent
Summer Camp
Judy
Homeless Ashes
Virginia
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Goldie
A Christmas Love Story
Carol
Christmas in the Friendly Skies
Rochelle
Sons 2 the Grave
Ruth Jennings
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
Goldie
To Her, With Love
Maya
Linda
Shirley