Maria Bello

Maria Bello is an American actress, producer and writer, who was born in Pennsylvania. Her parents are Kathy and Joe Bello. While her mother, Kathy, was a school nurse and teacher of Polish American origin, her father was an Italian American contractor from Italy. Bello was born in a Roman Catholic family.

She graduated from Archbishop John Carroll High School in Pennsylvania and majored in Political Science at Villanova University. Post graduation, Bello polished and improved her acting skills in some New York Click to look into! >> Read More... theater productions. Various episodes of TV shows such The Commish, Due South, Nowhere Man, Misery Loves Company and ER featured Bello making early TV appearances through the years of 1991 to 1998.

Being cast in the TV spy series Mr. and Mrs. Smith was her breakthrough on the small (Silver screen is for films) screen. Then she appeared as Dr. Anna Del Amico, a pediatrician, in the final few episodes of the third season of the medical drama show ER and was a regular cast member during its fourth season. In the year 2000, Bello moved on to movies.

She starred in a hit movie titled Coyote Ugly, where she delivered a spectacular performance. She was a nominee for the Golden Globe Awards twice; in the category of Best Supporting Actress in The Cooler (2003) as well as for the category of Best Actress in the movie, 'A History of Violence' (2005). In 2007, she starred in The Jane Austen Book Club as Jocelyn. In 2008, she played the character of Evelyn O'Connell in The Mummy Click to look into! >> Read More... : Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. In the year 2009, she starred in a movie by Samuel Goldwyn Films entitled ' The Yellow Handkerchief Click to look into! >> Read More... '. In 2010, Bello guest starred in 2 episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; and the next year she starred in the TV series, Prime Suspect. In 2014, she co-starred in the James Wan-produced thriller ' Demonic Click to look into! >> Read More... '. Bello is a wonderful human being and a true humanitarian.

Her compassion and helpful nature was brought to light in 2010 during the Haiti earthquake, where she founded an organization by the name of 'We Advance', which encouraged Haitian women to make health a priority. It also focused on ending domestic violence within communities. Bello is also an active board member of Darfur Women Action Group (DWAG), an NGO that undertakes activism on behalf of genocide victims of the Darfur Conflict. Bello has a son with her former boyfriend Dan McDermott. She has also written about having a same-sex relationship with her partner and friend Clare Munn. She also published a book, Whatever Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves (Dey Street Books, April 28, 2015).