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Maria Bello

Acting

Born April 18, 1967 · Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as Maria Elaina Bello · Maria Elena Bello

Biography

Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967)  is an American actress and singer. She started her acting career in small off-Broadway plays, such as The Killer Inside Me, Small Town Gals with Big Problems, and Urban Planning.  Bello's big break came when producers Kerry Lenhart and John J. Sakmar cast her as Mrs. Smith in the spy show Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Awards & recognition

  • Max Mara Face of the Future Award · 2006

Filmography50+ titles

Prisoners

2013as Grace Dover

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Vivian Arliss

Beef

2023as Jordan

ER

1994as Anna Del Amico

The Woman King

2022Producer, Story

Goliath

2016as Michelle McBride

NCIS

2003as Jack Sloane

Explained

2018as Narrator (voice)

McFarland, USA

2015as Cheryl White

Every Day

2018as Lindsey

A History of Violence

2005as Edie Stall

Thank You for Smoking

2005as Polly Bailey

The Waterfront

2025as Mae Buckley

Giant Little Ones

2018as Carly Winter

The Commish

1991

Femme

2013as Self

Flicka

2006as Nell McLaughlin

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Payback

1999as Rosie

Bravetown

2015as Martha

The Cooler

2003as Natalie Belisario

Touch

2012as Lucy Robbins

Secret Window

2004as Amy Rainey

The Journey Is the Destination

2016as Kathy

The Company Men

2010as Sally Wilcox

The Jane Austen Book Club

2007as Jocelyn

The Confirmation

2016as Bonnie

Lights Out

2016as Sophie

Grown Ups

2010as Sally Lamonsoff

Shattered

2007as Abby Randall

Auto Focus

2002as Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane

Prime Suspect

2011as Jane Timoney

The Yellow Handkerchief

2008as May

Coyote Ugly

2000as Lil

Grown Ups 2

2013as Sally Lamonsoff

Towelhead

2007as Gail Monahan

Assault on Precinct 13

2005as Dr. Alex Sabian

The Water Man

2020as Sheriff Goodwin

World Trade Center

2006as Donna McLoughlin

Silver City

2004as Nora Allardyce

Beautiful Boy

2010as Kate Carroll

Better Start Running

2018as Agent McFadden

The 5th Wave

2016as Sergeant Reznik

Third Person

2013as Theresa

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009as Suky Sarkissian

Permanent Midnight

1998as Kitty

Abduction

2011as Mara Harper

In Search of Fellini

2017as Claire

Big Driver

2014as Tess Thorne

The Dark

2005as Adèlle