Maria Bello
Actor | Producer
Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and singer. 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”.
She is best known for her appearances in the movies “Coyote Ugly”, “The Jane Austen Book Club”, “Thank You for Smoking”, ”A History of Violence”, and “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”. For television she is best known for her role as Dr. Anna Del Amico on the NBC medical drama ER. Bello has a son named Jackson Blue (born 2001) with former long-time boyfriend Dan McDermott. In July 2008, she became engaged to musician Bryn Mooser; As of 2010 Maria Bello and Bryn Mooser are no longer together.
Filmography - Acting
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The Water Man (2020)
A boy sets out to save his dying mother by searching for a man who is said to have magical healing powers.
Directed by: David Oyelowo
Stars: Rosario Dawson | Alfred Molina | Maria Bello
Giant Little Ones (2019)
As: Carly Winter
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Keith Behrman
Stars: Maria Bello | Kyle MacLachlan | Josh Wiggins | Taylor Hickson | Darren Mann
Exit (2018)
As: Kim
Runtime: 13 min.
Directed by: Claire Edmondson
Stars: Maria Bello | Natasha Bassett | Gayla Johnson | Allen Kepler
Better Start Running (2018)
As: Agent McFadden
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 who want them dead or alive - preferably dead.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Brett Simon
Stars: Maria Bello | Jeremy Irons | Alex Sharp | Edi Gathegi | Analeigh Tipton
Every Day (2018)
As: Lindsey
16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the next day will bring.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Michael Sucsy
Stars: Maria Bello | Debby Ryan | Justice Smith | Angourie Rice | Lucas Jade Zumann
In Search of Fellini (2017)
As: Claire
Lucy, a small-town girl from Ohio, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini and sets off on a journey across Italy to find him.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Taron Lexton
Stars: Maria Bello | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Beth Riesgraf | Ksenia Solo | Isabel Gravitt
Wait Till Helen Comes (2016)
As: Jean
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 relationship with the desperate ghost of a young girl. Based on the best selling novel by Mary Downing Hahn.
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Dominic James
Stars: Maria Bello | Callum Keith Rennie | Isabelle Nélisse | Sophie Nélisse | Abigail Pniowsky
Max Steel (2016)
As: Molly McGrath
The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Stewart Hendler
Stars: Maria Bello | Josh Brener | Andy García | Ana Villafañe | Ben Winchell
The Late Bloomer (2016)
As: Brenda Newmans
A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the changes and effects of puberty over a three-week period.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Kevin Pollak
Stars: J.K. Simmons | Johnny Simmons | Jane Lynch | Maria Bello | Brittany Snow
The Journey is the Destination (2016)
As: Kathy
The inspiring life story of the late photojournalist, artist and activist Dan Eldon, who abandoned a comfortable life in London to document the struggle, heartbreak and hope of a war-torn and famine-ridden region of Africa.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Bronwen Hughes
Stars: Ella Purnell | Maria Bello | Kelly Macdonald | Ben Schnetzer | Abby Quinn
Lights Out (2016)
As: Sophie
When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn’t real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin, is experiencing the same unexplained and terrifying events that had once tested her sanity and threatened her safety. A frightening entity with a mysterious attachment ...
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: David F. Sandberg
Stars: Maria Bello | Teresa Palmer | Alicia Vela-Bailey | Alexander DiPersia | Gabriel Bateman
The Confirmation (2016)
As: Bonnie
Eight year old Anthony is somewhat uneasy about spending the weekend with his alcoholic, down-on-his-luck carpenter dad Walt while his mom Bonnie and her new husband Kyle go to a Catholic retreat together. Walt is just as uneasy about spending time with Anthony, especially since their first day together is a series of characteristically unfortunate events, including his truck breaking down, his ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Bob Nelson
Stars: Maria Bello | Clive Owen | Patton Oswalt | Tim Blake Nelson | Jaeden Lieberher
The 5th Wave (2016)
As: Sergeant Reznik
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 knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: J Blakeson
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz | Maika Monroe | Nick Robinson | Alex Roe | Zackary Arthur
Bravetown (2015)
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 his own pain and learns empathy for others.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Daniel Duran
Stars: Josh Duhamel | Maria Bello | Lucas Till | Laura Dern | Katrina Norman
McFarland USA (2015)
As: Cheryl White
A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Niki Caro
Stars: Kevin Costner | Carlos Pratts | Johnny Ortiz | Ramiro Rodriguez | Rafael Martinez
Demonic (2015)
As: Dr. Elizabeth Klein
A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Will Canon
Stars: Frank Grillo | Dustin Milligan | Maria Bello | Cody Horn | Megan Park
Big Driver (2014)
As: Tess Thorne
Based on a novella from Stephen King, A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Stars: Joan Jett | Maria Bello | Olympia Dukakis | Ann Dowd | Will Harris
Prisoners (2013)
As: Grace Dover
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Runtime: 153 min.
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Paul Dano | Melissa Leo | Maria Bello | Hugh Jackman
Femme (2013)
As: Herself
A documentary featuring interviews with 100 influential women from around the world.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Emmanuel Itier
Stars: Sharon Stone | Joanna Angel | María Conchita Alonso | Gloria Steinem | Mira Nair
Third Person (2013)
As: Theresa
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 and end of a relationship.
Runtime: 137 min.
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Stars: Adrien Brody | James Franco | Olivia Wilde | Liam Neeson | Mila Kunis
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
As: Sally Lamonsoff
The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) 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 from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Stars: Salma Hayek | Adam Sandler | David Spade | Chris Rock | Kevin James
Carjacked (2011)
As: Lorraine Burton
A single mom and her child are carjacked by a bank robber who has no intention of letting them go.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: John Bonito
Stars: Stephen Dorff | Maria Bello | Catherine Dent | Joanna Cassidy | Kristen Kerr
Abduction (2011)
As: Mara Harper
A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: John Singleton
Stars: Alfred Molina | Jason Isaacs | Maria Bello | Taylor Lautner | Lily Collins
The Company Men (2010)
As: Sally Wilcox
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: John Wells
Stars: Chris Cooper | Ben Affleck | Tommy Lee Jones | Maria Bello | Kevin Costner
Beautiful Boy (2010)
As: Kate Carroll
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 life.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Shawn Ku
Stars: Michael Sheen | Maria Bello | Alan Tudyk | Kyle Gallner | Moon Bloodgood
Grown Ups (2010)
As: Sally Lamonsoff
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Stars: Rob Schneider | Adam Sandler | David Spade | Chris Rock | Kevin James
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
As: Suky Sarkissian
The life you love may be your own.... The wife of a much older man finds herself attracted to their neighbour's son, who is closer to her age.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Rebecca Miller
Stars: Keanu Reeves | Robin Wright | Julianne Moore | Alan Arkin | Winona Ryder
The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
As: May
A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Udayan Prasad
Stars: William Hurt | Maria Bello | Kristen Stewart | Eddie Redmayne | Veronica Russell
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
As: Evelyn O’Connell
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 pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Stars: Jet Li | Maria Bello | John Hannah | Brendan Fraser | Luke Ford
Downloading Nancy (2008)
As: Nancy Stockwell
Sick of her life, housewife Nancy just wants it to be over and done with, but rather than kill herself, she hires a stranger from the Internet to do the job for her. But fate takes a strange turn when she meets her killer and the two fall in love. Of course, Nancy realizes that love and murder do not naturally go hand in hand.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Johan Renck
Stars: Maria Bello | Jason Patric | Rufus Sewell | Michael Nyqvist | Amy Brenneman
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
As: Jocelyn
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 with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Robin Swicord
Stars: Kathy Baker | Maria Bello | Emily Blunt | Hugh Dancy | Amy Brenneman
Towelhead (2007)
As: Gail Monahan
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Alan Ball
Stars: Aaron Eckhart | Summer Bishil | Maria Bello | Peter Macdissi | Toni Collette
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
As: Abby Randall
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Mike Barker
Stars: Pierce Brosnan | Gerard Butler | Maria Bello | Claudette Mink | Emma Karwandy
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
As: Rosie
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 leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Stars: Mel Gibson | Gregg Henry | Maria Bello | David Paymer | Bill Duke
Flicka (2006)
As: Nell McLaughlin
A headstrong 16 year old Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. Katy then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Michael Mayer
Stars: Ryan Kwanten | Maria Bello | Armie Hammer | Alison Lohman | Tim McGraw
World Trade Center (2006)
As: Donna McLoughlin
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nicolas Cage | Jay Hernandez | Maria Bello | Michael Peña
The Dark (2006)
As: Adèle
Adèle and her daughter Sarah are traveling on the Welsh coastline to see her husband James when Sarah disappears. A different but similar looking girl appears who says she died in a past time. Adèle tries to discover what happened to her daughter as she is tormented by Celtic mythology from the past.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: John Fawcett
Stars: Sean Bean | Maria Bello | Richard Elfyn | Abigail Stone | Maurice Roeves
Too Commercial for Cannes (2006)
As: herself
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 public screening.
Runtime: 9 min.
Directed by: Carolyn Zeifman
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | William Hurt | Maria Bello | David Cronenberg | Josh Olson
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
As: Herself - Actress in 'The Cooler'
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Kirby Dick
Stars: Kimberly Peirce | Jon Lewis | David Ansen | Martin Garbus | Wayne Kramer
A History of Violence (2005)
As: Edie Stall
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | William Hurt | Maria Bello | Ashton Holmes | Heidi Hayes
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
As: Polly Bailey
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 remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Jason Reitman
Stars: Aaron Eckhart | Sam Elliott | Maria Bello | Adam Brody | Cameron Bright
The Sisters (2005)
As: Marcia Prior Glass
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 relationships in their own lives.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Stars: Maria Bello | Elizabeth Banks | Erika Christensen | Eric McCormack | Chris O'Donnell
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
As: Dr Alex Sabian
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 criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Stars: Laurence Fishburne | Maria Bello | Ethan Hawke | Gabriel Byrne | Drea de Matteo
Silver City (2004)
As: Nora Allardyce
The discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: John Sayles
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss | Chris Cooper | Maria Bello | Thora Birch | Miguel Ferrer
Secret Window (2004)
As: Amy Rainey
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 scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: David Koepp
Stars: Charles S. Dutton | Timothy Hutton | John Turturro | Maria Bello | Johnny Depp
The Cooler (2003)
As: Natalie Belisario
(William H. Macy) 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 imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin), is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario (Maria Bello).
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Wayne Kramer
Stars: William H. Macy | Maria Bello | Alec Baldwin | Paul Sorvino | Shawn Hatosy
Auto Focus (2002)
As: Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane / Sigrid Valdis
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 as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Maria Bello | Greg Kinnear | Rita Wilson | Ron Leibman
100 Mile Rule (2002)
As: Monica
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Runtime: 98 min.
Stars: Michael McKean | Nick Chinlund | Maria Bello | David Thornton | Jake Weber
China: The Panda Adventure (2001)
As: Ruth Harkness
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 1936 China. Inspired by the true-life story of widowed New York socialite Ruth Harkness, a fiercely independent woman who dared to take up her late husband's expedition, journeying deep into the forests of China to study the Giant Panda.
Runtime: 48 min.
Directed by: Robert M. Young
Stars: Xander Berkeley | Paul Pape | Maria Bello | Bill Hayes | Xia Yu
Duets (2000)
As: Suzi Loomis
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 Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Bruce Paltrow
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Paul Giamatti | Andre Braugher | Maria Bello | Scott Speedman
Coyote Ugly (2000)
As: Lil
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 sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: David McNally
Stars: Izabella Miko | John Goodman | Piper Perabo | Tyra Banks | Adam Garcia
Payback (1999)
As: Rosie
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 leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Stars: Mel Gibson | Gregg Henry | Maria Bello | Kris Kristofferson | David Paymer
Permanent Midnight (1998)
As: Kitty
Ben Stiller plays comedy writer Jerry Stahl, whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences. Departing detox, Stahl explores memories with survivor Kitty, who listens patiently to Stahl's flashback. Other women in Stahl's life are his British wife Sandra and his agent Vola.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: David Veloz
Stars: Elizabeth Hurley | Owen Wilson | Ben Stiller | Maria Bello | Jay Paulson