Acting
34 titles
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.
Beyond the Gates
2025
Christmas in the Friendly Skies
2024
Summer Camp
2024
To Her, With Love
2022
Gigi & Nate
2022
Sons 2 the Grave
2022
A Christmas Love Story
2019
Homeless Ashes
2019
The Resident
2018
American Made
2017
Hidden Figures
2016
Speechless
2016
Allegiant
2016
Christmas Wedding Baby
2014
Addicted
2014
The Good Lie
2014
Finding Carter
2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Devious Maids
2013
Revolution
2012
What to Expect When You're Expecting
2012
Firelight
2012
Past Life
2010
The Blind Side
2009
The Vampire Diaries
2009
Living Proof
2008
Army Wives
2007
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
Criminal Minds
2005
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
1999
Linda
1993
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
The Color Purple
1985