Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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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Summer Camp | Judy | 2024-05-31 |
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Sons 2 the Grave | Ruth Jennings | 2022-02-05 |
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To Her, With Love | Maya | 2022-09-11 |
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Homeless Ashes | Virginia | 2019-09-23 |
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A Christmas Love Story | Carol | 2019-12-07 |
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American Made | NSC Woman | 2017-08-18 |
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Hidden Figures | Ms. Sumner | 2016-12-10 |
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Christmas Wedding Baby | 2014-12-08 | |
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The Good Lie | INS Agent | 2014-09-10 |
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Addicted | Nina | 2014-10-10 |
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Seeder | 2013-11-15 |
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What to Expect When You're Expecting | Jules' Doctor | 2012-05-17 |
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The Blind Side | CPS Welfare Worker | 2009-11-20 |
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Daddy's Little Girls | Wife | 2007-02-14 |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 | Goldie | 2000-09-21 |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues | Goldie | 1999-10-10 |
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Linda | Shirley | 1993-10-08 |
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The Color Purple | Church Choir Soloist (uncredited) | 1985-12-18 |
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Christmas in the Friendly Skies | Rochelle |
