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Acting

Maria Howell

Place of birth
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Gender
Female
Movie credits
24
TV credits
14
Also known as (4)
  • Wanda Maria Howell
  • Wanda Howell
  • Wanda Marie
  • Wanda M. Howell

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…