Maria Howell
Acting
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
2024Christmas in the Friendly Skies
Rochelle
2024Summer Camp
Judy
2022Sons 2 the Grave
Ruth Jennings
2022To Her, With Love
Maya
2022Gigi & Nate
Chairman Filling
2019Homeless Ashes
Virginia
2019A Christmas Love Story
Carol
2017American Made
NSC Woman
2016Hidden Figures
Ms. Sumner
2016Allegiant
Council Member
2014The Good Lie
INS Agent
2014Addicted
Nina
2014Christmas Wedding Baby
2013The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Seeder
2012What to Expect When You're Expecting
Jules' Doctor
2012Firelight
Mrs. Easle
2009The Blind Side
CPS Welfare Worker
2008Living Proof
Kate
2007Daddy's Little Girls
Wife
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
Goldie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Goldie
1993Linda
Shirley
1985The Color Purple
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)