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