Maria Bello

Maria Bello

1967-04-18 Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA 58 Credits

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.

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The Woman King

The Woman King

2022

Story, Producer

7.7
Writing Producing

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike...

The Water Man

The Water Man

2020

as Sheriff Goodwin

6.1
Acting

Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who pos...

Giant Little Ones

Giant Little Ones

2019

as Carly Winter

7.1
Acting

Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident...

Exit

2018

as Kim

7.0
Acting
Better Start Running

Better Start Running

2018

as Agent McFadden

6.0
Acting

An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo wh...

Every Day

Every Day

2018

as Lindsey

7.2
Acting

16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhian...

The Sun Ladies

The Sun Ladies

2018

as Xate Shingali (voice)

Acting

An in-depth look at the journey of the captain of the Sun Ladies, Xate Singali. From her roots as a famous singer in Kurdistan to her new life as a so...

In Search of Fellini

In Search of Fellini

2017

as Claire

5.8
Acting

Lucy, a small-town girl from Ohio, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini and sets off on a journey across I...

In Search of Fellini

In Search of Fellini

2017

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

Lucy, a small-town girl from Ohio, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini and sets off on a journey across I...

Wait Till Helen Comes

Wait Till Helen Comes

2016

as Jean

5.2
Acting

After a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly, must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous re...

Max Steel

Max Steel

2016

as Molly McGrath

5.6
Acting

The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-ch...

The Late Bloomer

The Late Bloomer

2016

as Brenda Newmans

5.5
Acting

A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the change...

The Journey Is the Destination

The Journey Is the Destination

2016

as Kathy

6.4
Acting

The inspiring life story of the late photojournalist, artist and activist Dan Eldon, who abandoned a comfortable life in London to document the strugg...

Lights Out

Lights Out

2016

as Sophie

6.4
Acting

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spir...

The Confirmation

The Confirmation

2016

as Bonnie

6.4
Acting

A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.

The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave

2016

as Sergeant Reznik

5.9
Acting

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and kno...

Bravetown

Bravetown

2015

as Martha

6.7
Acting

After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of h...

McFarland, USA

McFarland, USA

2015

as Cheryl White

7.5
Acting

A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.

Demonic

Demonic

2015

as Dr. Elizabeth Klein

5.3
Acting

A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.

Big Driver

Big Driver

2014

as Tess Thorne

5.7
Acting

Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.

Third Person

Third Person

2014

as Theresa

5.9
Acting

An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle ...

Femme

Femme

2013

as Self

7.0
Acting

A documentary featuring interviews with 100 influential women from around the world.

Prisoners

Prisoners

2013

as Grace Dover

8.1
Acting

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minute...

Grown Ups 2

Grown Ups 2

2013

as Sally Lamonsoff

6.1
Acting

Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons ...

Carjacked

Carjacked

2011

as Lorraine Burton

5.2
Acting

A single mom and her child are carjacked by a bank robber who has no intention of letting them go.

Abduction

Abduction

2011

as Mara Harper

5.9
Acting

For many years, Nathan Harper has had the uneasy feeling that life with his family isn't quite what it seems. As he draws closer to uncovering the tru...

Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

2011

as Kate Carroll

6.0
Acting

A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own ...

The Company Men

The Company Men

2010

as Sally Wilcox

6.5
Acting

Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and t...

Grown Ups

Grown Ups

2010

as Sally Lamonsoff

6.4
Acting

After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.

The Yellow Handkerchief

The Yellow Handkerchief

2009

as May

6.3
Acting

A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009

as Suky Sarkissian

5.9
Acting

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading t...

Towelhead

Towelhead

2008

as Gail Monahan

6.2
Acting

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

2008

as Evelyn O'Connell

5.5
Acting

Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to purs...

Downloading Nancy

Downloading Nancy

2008

as Nancy Stockwell

5.3
Acting

When Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting...

The Jane Austen Book Club

The Jane Austen Book Club

2007

as Jocelyn

6.5
Acting

Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing wi...

Butterfly on a Wheel

Butterfly on a Wheel

2007

as Abby Randall

6.4
Acting

A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

Flicka

Flicka

2006

as Nell McLaughlin

6.9
Acting

Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang...

Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'

Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

Behind the scenes of Thank You For Smoking (2005)

World Trade Center

World Trade Center

2006

as Donna McLoughlin

6.1
Acting

Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Too Commercial for Cannes

Too Commercial for Cannes

2006

as Self

8.5
Acting

A day in a life tour diary with David Cronenberg, as he brings his film "A History of Violence" to the Cannes Film Festival (2005) for its first publi...

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

2006

as Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'

7.1
Acting

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates film...

The Dark

The Dark

2005

as Adèlle

5.7
Acting

In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, S...

A History of Violence

A History of Violence

2005

as Edie Stall

7.2
Acting

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

Thank You for Smoking

Thank You for Smoking

2005

as Polly Bailey

7.2
Acting

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remai...

The Sisters

The Sisters

2005

as Marcia Prior Glass

5.0
Acting

Based on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters" about siblings living in a college town who struggle with the death of their father and try to reconcile r...

Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13

2005

as Dr. Alex Sabian

6.2
Acting

On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and crim...

Silver City

Silver City

2004

as Nora Allardyce

6.1
Acting

The discovery of a corpse and the ensuing probe by an idealistic journalist threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor o...

Secret Window

Secret Window

2004

as Amy Rainey

6.6
Acting

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be ...

The Cooler

The Cooler

2003

as Natalie Belisario

6.7
Acting

Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His i...

100 Mile Rule

100 Mile Rule

2002

as Monica

5.2
Acting

A dark comedy about three salesmen from Detroit who come to Los Angeles for a two week seminar and get themselves involved in a world of trouble when ...

Auto Focus

Auto Focus

2002

as Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane

6.4
Acting

A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona...

China: The Panda Adventure

China: The Panda Adventure

2001

as Ruth Harkness

5.4
Acting

Experience the world of the magnificent and rare Giant Panda as you travel back in time on an exciting expedition through the breathtaking splendor of...

Sam the Man

Sam the Man

2001

as Anastasia Powell

2.3
Acting

A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.

Duets

Duets

2000

as Suzi Loomis

5.6
Acting

Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. All roads lead to Oma...

Coyote Ugly

Coyote Ugly

2000

as Lil

6.3
Acting

Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sid...

Payback

Payback

1999

as Rosie

6.8
Acting

With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and lea...

Permanent Midnight

Permanent Midnight

1998

as Kitty

5.9
Acting

Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.

Hell in Paradise

N/A

Acting

Migrant Nina takes a hotel job in the Maldives, but her island paradise turns nightmarish after an incident. Falsely accused, she must evade traps to ...