Maria Howell
Acting
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: 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
37 credits
Daddy's Little Girls
Movie • 2007
Wife
Sons 2 the Grave
Movie • 2022
Ruth Jennings
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie • 2013
Seeder
Linda
Movie • 1993
Shirley
The Good Lie
Movie • 2014
INS Agent
Addicted
Movie • 2014
Nina
To Her, With Love
Movie • 2022
Maya
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
Movie • 1999
Goldie
Christmas in the Friendly Skies
Movie • 2024
Rochelle
Summer Camp
Movie • 2024
Judy
Hidden Figures
Movie • 2016
Ms. Sumner
Christmas Wedding Baby
Movie • 2014
American Made
Movie • 2017
NSC Woman
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Movie • 2012
Jules' Doctor
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Movie • 1999
Goldie
Homeless Ashes
Movie • 2019
Virginia
The Color Purple
Movie • 1985
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
A Christmas Love Story
Movie • 2019
Carol
The Blind Side
Movie • 2009
CPS Welfare Worker
Allegiant
Movie • 2016
Council Member
Living Proof
Movie • 2008
Kate
Gigi & Nate
Movie • 2022
Chairman Filling
Firelight
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Easle
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV • 1992
Goldie
The Vampire Diaries
TV • 2009
Mrs. Halpern
The Resident
TV • 2018
Judge Lola Rawlins
Revolution
TV • 2012
Grace Beaumont
Finding Carter
TV • 2014
Delilah Castro
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Dr. Lode Barren
The Vampire Diaries
TV • 2009
Ayana
Speechless
TV • 2016
Christine (voice)
Army Wives
TV • 2007
Major Barcenilla
Devious Maids
TV • 2013
Ida Hayes
Beyond the Gates
TV • 2025
Tracy
Beyond the Gates
TV • 2025
Tracy Tyler
Army Wives
TV • 2007
Counselor
Past Life
TV • 2010
Mrs. Connors