Maria Howell

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Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

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Place of Birth

Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Maria Howell

Biography

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: Catchi...

Acting

2022

Sons 2 the Grave

as Ruth Jennings

1993

Linda

as Shirley

2014

The Good Lie

as INS Agent

2014

Addicted

as Nina

2024

2016

Hidden Figures

as Ms. Sumner

2017

American Made

as NSC Woman

2019

Homeless Ashes

as Virginia

1985

The Color Purple

as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)

2009

The Blind Side

as CPS Welfare Worker

2016

Allegiant

as Council Member

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