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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ActingGender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
19Place of birth
Gastonia, North Carolina, USAAlso known as
Wanda Maria Howell, Wanda Howell, Wanda Marie, Wanda M. HowellCast credits
Daddy's Little Girls
WifeThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
SeederAddicted
NinaThe Good Lie
INS AgentHidden Figures
Ms. SumnerChristmas Wedding Baby
American Made
NSC WomanWhat to Expect When You're Expecting
Jules' DoctorThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
GoldieHomeless Ashes
VirginiaA Christmas Love Story
CarolThe Color Purple
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)The Blind Side
CPS Welfare WorkerSons 2 the Grave
Ruth JenningsTo Her, With Love
MayaLinda
ShirleyThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
GoldieSummer Camp
Judy