Maria Howell

Wanda Maria Howell is an American actress and also a singer Maria was born in Gastonia North Carolina and graduated from WinstonSalem State University in WinstonSalem North Carolina Howell worked as a jazz singer and made her film debut in The Color Purple She lived in Okinawa Japan from 19952001 She made guest appearances on the television series Drop Dead Diva Army Wives The Game Necessary Roughness and The Vampire Diaries and as well as costarred in films that include Daddys Little Girls Mississippi Damned The Blind Side and What to Expect When Youre Expecting In 2013 Howell played Seeder in The Hunger Games Catching Fire Also in 2012 she was cast in the recurring NBC television series Revolution as Grace Beaumont and in 2013 she plays Ida Hayes in the m comedydrama Devious Maids