Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1967-04-18 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Maria Elaina Bello
Maria Elena Bello
ماریا بلو

Maria 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.

Known For

8.1%

Prisoners

Sep 19, 2013

6.4%

Grown Ups

Jun 24, 2010

5.9%

The 5th Wave

Jan 14, 2016

5.5%

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Jul 1, 2008

6.1%

Grown Ups 2

Jul 11, 2013

6.4%

Lights Out

Jul 21, 2016

7.9%

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sep 20, 1999

6.6%

Secret Window

Mar 12, 2004

7.2%

A History of Violence

Sep 23, 2005

5.9%

Abduction

Sep 22, 2011

7.6%

NCIS

Sep 23, 2003

7.2%

Every Day

Feb 22, 2018

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Acting

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Hell in Paradise

2025

The Waterfront as Mae Buckley

2023

BEEF as Jordan

2020

The Water Man as Sheriff Goodwin

2019

Giant Little Ones as Carly Winter

2018		Exit as Kim
2018		Explained as Narrator (voice)
2018		Better Start Running as Agent McFadden
2018		Every Day as Lindsey
2018		The Sun Ladies as Xate Shingali (voice)

2017

In Search of Fellini as Claire

2016		Wait Till Helen Comes as Jean
2016		Max Steel as Molly McGrath
2016		Goliath as Michelle McBride
2016		The Late Bloomer as Brenda Newmans
2016		The Journey Is the Destination as Kathy
2016		Lights Out as Sophie
2016		The Confirmation as Bonnie
2016		Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as Self
2016		The 5th Wave as Sergeant Reznik

2015		Bravetown as Martha
2015		McFarland, USA as Cheryl White
2015		Demonic as Dr. Elizabeth Klein

2014		Big Driver as Tess Thorne
2014		Third Person as Theresa

2013		Femme as Self
2013		Prisoners as Grace Dover
2013		Grown Ups 2 as Sally Lamonsoff

2012

Touch as Lucy Robbins

2011		Carjacked as Lorraine Burton
2011		Abduction as Mara Harper
2011		Prime Suspect as Jane Timoney
2011		Beautiful Boy as Kate Carroll

2010		The Company Men as Sally Wilcox
2010		Grown Ups as Sally Lamonsoff

2009		The Yellow Handkerchief as May
2009		The Private Lives of Pippa Lee as Suky Sarkissian

2008		Towelhead as Gail Monahan
2008		The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor as Evelyn O'Connell
2008		Downloading Nancy as Nancy Stockwell

2007		The Jane Austen Book Club as Jocelyn
2007		Butterfly on a Wheel as Abby Randall

2006		Flicka as Nell McLaughlin
2006		Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking' as Self
2006		World Trade Center as Donna McLoughlin
2006		Too Commercial for Cannes as Self
2006		This Film Is Not Yet Rated as Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'

2005		The Dark as Adèlle
2005		A History of Violence as Edie Stall
2005		Thank You for Smoking as Polly Bailey
2005		The Sisters as Marcia Prior Glass
2005		Assault on Precinct 13 as Dr. Alex Sabian
2005		The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self

2004		Silver City as Nora Allardyce
2004		Secret Window as Amy Rainey

2003		The Cooler as Natalie Belisario
2003		NCIS as Jack Sloane
2003		The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self

2002		100 Mile Rule as Monica
2002		Auto Focus as Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane

2001		China: The Panda Adventure as Ruth Harkness
2001		Sam the Man as Anastasia Powell

2000		Duets as Suzi Loomis
2000		Coyote Ugly as Lil

1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Vivian Arliss
1999		Payback as Rosie

1998

Permanent Midnight as Kitty

1997

The View as Self

1996

Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Mrs. Smith

1995		Misery Loves Company as Joe's Former Film Student
1995		Nowhere Man as Emily Noonan

1994		Due South as Mackenzie King
1994		ER as Anna Del Amico

1991

The Commish

Production

2022

The Woman King as Producer

2017

In Search of Fellini as Executive Producer

Writing

2022

The Woman King as Story