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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
N/A
Place of Birth
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Also Known As
- Wanda Maria Howell
- Wanda Howell
- Wanda Marie
- Wanda M. Howell
Maria Howell
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.5
Tracy
Beyond the Gates
2025
6.5
Tracy Tyler
Beyond the Gates
2025
0.0
Rochelle
Christmas in the Friendly Skies
2024
5.3
Judy
Summer Camp
2024
6.2
Maya
To Her, With Love
2022
7.6
Chairman Filling
Gigi & Nate
2022
8.0
Ruth Jennings
Sons 2 the Grave
2022
6.6
Carol
A Christmas Love Story
2019
7.0
Virginia
Homeless Ashes
2019
8.4
Judge Lola Rawlins
The Resident
2018
Credits
Beyond the Gates
as Tracy
2025
6.5
Beyond the Gates
as Tracy Tyler
2025
6.5
Christmas in the Friendly Skies
as Rochelle
2024
0.0
Summer Camp
as Judy
2024
5.3
To Her, With Love
as Maya
2022
6.2
Gigi & Nate
as Chairman Filling
2022
7.6
Sons 2 the Grave
as Ruth Jennings
2022
8.0
A Christmas Love Story
as Carol
2019
6.6
Homeless Ashes
as Virginia
2019
7.0
The Resident
as Judge Lola Rawlins
2018
8.4
American Made
as NSC Woman
2017
6.9
Hidden Figures
as Ms. Sumner
2016
8.1
Speechless
as Christine (voice)
2016
7.0
Allegiant
as Council Member
2016
6.1
Christmas Wedding Baby
2014
1.0
Addicted
as Nina
2014
5.9
The Good Lie
as INS Agent
2014
7.4
Finding Carter
as Delilah Castro
2014
6.6
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Seeder
2013
7.4
Devious Maids
as Ida Hayes
2013
7.1
Revolution
as Grace Beaumont
2012
6.4
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Jules' Doctor
2012
6.0
Past Life
as Mrs. Connors
2010
3.6
The Blind Side
as CPS Welfare Worker
2009
7.7
The Vampire Diaries
as Mrs. Halpern
2009
8.3
The Vampire Diaries
as Ayana
2009
8.3
Living Proof
as Kate
2008
6.5
Army Wives
as Major Barcenilla
2007
7.5
Army Wives
as Counselor
2007
7.5
Daddy's Little Girls
as Wife
2007
6.9
Criminal Minds
as Dr. Lode Barren
2005
8.3
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as Goldie
1999
5.7
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
as Goldie
1999
5.4
Linda
as Shirley
1993
3.8
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Goldie
1992
6.5
The Color Purple
as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
1985
7.7