Maria Bello
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 Bello signing an autograph at the premiere of A History of Violence at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival, photo by Tony Shek |
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| Born | Maria Elana Bello April 18, 1967 Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Film, television actress | ||||||
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Maria Elana Bello (born April 18, 1967) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Bello was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Kathy, a teacher and school nurse, and Joe Bello, a contractor.[1] Her father was Italian and her mother Polish.[2][3][4] She grew up in a working-class Roman Catholic family and graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School (Radnor, PA). Later she attended Villanova University, majoring in political science. She intended to become a lawyer, but took an acting class during her senior year, just for fun. She was soon cast in small off-Broadway plays, such as The Killer Inside Me, Small Town Gals With Big Problems and Urban Planning. She later guest-starred on episodes of The Commish (1991), Nowhere Man (1995), Misery Loves Company (1995) and Due South (1994).
[edit] Career
Bello's breakthrough came when producers Kerry Lenhart and John J. Sakmar cast her as Mrs. Smith in the spy show Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The show was cancelled after just eight weeks on the air. Then came a guest stint on ER as the feisty pediatrician Dr. Anna Del Amico, in which she guest-starred in the final four episodes of the third season. Bello remained on the show for one season, departing after the medical drama's 4th season. The actress went on into movies landing a role in Coyote Ugly. She has been nominated for the Golden Globe award twice: for Best Supporting Actress in The Cooler (2003) and for Best Actress in A History of Violence (2005).
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Suky | filming; [5] |
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell | post-production; [6] |
| Yellow Handkerchief | TBA | ||
| Downloading Nancy | Nancy | ||
| 2007 | Butterfly on a Wheel | Abby Warner | |
| Towelhead | Gail | ||
| The Jane Austen Book Club | Jocelyn | ||
| 2006 | World Trade Center | Donna McLoughlin | |
| Flicka | Nell McLaughlin | ||
| The Sisters | Marcia Prior Glass | ||
| Thank You For Smoking | Polly Bailey | ||
| 2005 | The Dark | Adele | |
| A History of Violence | Edie Stall | ||
| Assault on Precinct 13 | Alex Sabian | ||
| 2004 | Secret Window | Amy Rainey | |
| Silver City | Nora Allardyce | ||
| 2003 | The Cooler | Natalie Belisario | |
| 2002 | Auto Focus | Patricia Olson/Patrica Crane/Sigrid Valdis | |
| 2000 | Duets | Suzi Loomis | |
| Coyote Ugly | Lil Lovell | ||
| 1999 | Payback | Rosie | |
| 1998 | Permanent Midnight | Kitty |
[edit] References
- ^ eMatrimony - Supporting, Encouraging and Challenging the WWME Community
- ^ "Maria Bello: after more than a decade of not being the one, suddenly she's well on her way" from FindArticles.com (originally published in Interview magazine)
- ^ Bello epoque - interview with actress Maria Bello from FindArticles.com (originally published in Interview magazine)
- ^ McCarthy, Ellen. Maria Bello, 'Getting Better and Better', The Washington Post, August 11, 2006. Accessed May 24, 2008.
- ^ "Maria Bello steps in for 'Pippa'".
- ^ "Maria Bello to Face the Mummy" from ComingSoon.net
[edit] External links
- Maria Bello at the Internet Movie Database
- Maria Bello at Allmovie
- Maria-Bello.org Fansite
- Maria Bello at Yahoo! Movies
- Bello interview, 2004, LookSmart
- Bello interview, 2004, Brentwood Magazine
- Bello interview, 1999, LookSmart
