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.
Known for
![Summer Camp](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9RrcqS0kT5weSqS853WGWFDEATZ.jpg)
Summer Camp
![To Her, With Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qALK7N770iCHLy6CCyYeOj1dXQU.jpg)
To Her, With Love
![Sons 2 the Grave](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ycOFR2NAvYLtS7kDIo335RPgiIu.jpg)
Sons 2 the Grave
![A Christmas Love Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uCkgza1eyHnK3TFzLwrvvVf8p22.jpg)
A Christmas Love Story
![Homeless Ashes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aQ066tli26Q4tmVVZw3s9F6UrUF.jpg)
Homeless Ashes
![The Resident](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2IkYQJlT26yXef2iot7dhRtavSC.jpg)
The Resident
![American Made](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/23ILgoPSO5ShKcTZOuiTVfqFAUB.jpg)
American Made
![Hidden Figures](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9lfz2W2uGjyow3am00rsPJ8iOyq.jpg)
Hidden Figures
![Speechless](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7EHM9vaAWBBWgBJnQapYKjGIVHt.jpg)
Speechless
![Christmas Wedding Baby](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gUqvY6eluEt7aF4Hudvh5qbHBbK.jpg)
Christmas Wedding Baby
![Addicted](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fAERrD6vvmznDoL99wlgjhSfPcH.jpg)
Addicted
![The Good Lie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yAhoeIwwtPxJ7uf9HLIMHIqWFnL.jpg)
The Good Lie
![Finding Carter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x7MXEjc8jTdN9D31LlHagIMCxpo.jpg)
Finding Carter
![The Hunger Games: Catching Fire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v9qVkyS58WHdfrcEq0dxUJFKS9n.jpg)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
![Revolution](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pNyg4V6kuDstSSxk6Q9GgaBn4B8.jpg)
Revolution
![What to Expect When You're Expecting](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/WlaRQOeoUfKntGmNsuZDu3r6h6.jpg)
What to Expect When You're Expecting
![The Blind Side](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bMgq7VBriuBFknXEe9E9pVBYGZq.jpg)
The Blind Side
![The Vampire Diaries](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gbp4zM0FE0n23X4UFY5EBlacrog.jpg)
The Vampire Diaries
![Army Wives](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sv6rOBEMXapqVrsGgwTuUizZoDe.jpg)
Army Wives
![Daddy's Little Girls](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wWdSU5lGN9SpzMAfMIVUu7DjvVM.jpg)
Daddy's Little Girls
![Criminal Minds](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wLMQebhTApmn4F6Fzg6FovdwVvL.jpg)
Criminal Minds
![The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sROF3C9GTgmvgc54MHrp6wsWrn8.jpg)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
![The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bnW9JnDLlGPsQSwDS526q0MVW9F.jpg)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
![Linda](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/djdHFAAmWl3tJdEErqZI94CsrG2.jpg)
Linda
![The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a0LIkSfhqSNtWKOH4aTRGuEJB7C.jpg)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
![The Color Purple](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ziosRyziefrmEmAMIswpjQzvAur.jpg)
The Color Purple