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Maria Howell

Birthday unknown (Age unknown) in 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.

Known For

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Criminal Minds
Dr. Lode Barren
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The Vampire Diaries
Mrs. Halpern
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The Resident
Judge Lola Rawlins
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Army Wives
Major Barcenilla
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Hidden Figures
Ms. Sumner
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Speechless
Christine (voice)
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Devious Maids
Ida Hayes
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Seeder
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Finding Carter
Delilah Castro
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Goldie

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