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Full Name:Maria Bello
Birth Name:Maria Elana Bello
Famous As: Actress
Date of Birth: April 18, 1967
Place of Birth: Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 5' 5
Nationality: American
Hair Color: Blonde
Relationships: Dan McDermott
Father: Joe
Mother: Kath
Brother(s): Chris Bello (younger)
Son(s): Jackson Blue McDermott (b. March 5, 2001)
Education: Graduated from Villanova University in Pennsylvania with BA in political science in 1989
Claim to Fame: As Dr. Anna Del Amico in TV series ER (1994)

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Maria Bello

Bello signing an autograph at the premiere of A History of Violence at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival, photo by Tony Shek
Born Maria Elana Bello
April 18, 1967 (1967-04-18) (age 41)
Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation Film, television actress

Maria Elana Bello (born April 18, 1967) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress.

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Biography

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 is Italian American and her mother Polish American.234 She grew up in a working-class Roman Catholic family and graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School (Radnor, Pennsylvania). 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).

Career

Bello's breakthrough came when the 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 three 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). In 2008 Bello starred in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor as Eve O'Connell.

Personal life

Bello has a son named Jackson Blue, born in 2001, with former long-time boyfriend Dan McDermott. Bello is also a Muay Thai practitioner. In July 2008 she became engaged to musician Bryn Mooser; a date for the wedding has not been announced.5 Bello and Carrie-Anne Moss of "The Matrix" are best friends, and they are godmother to each others first born children.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Permanent Midnight Kitty
1999 Payback Rosie
2000 Coyote Ugly Lil Lovell
Duets Suzi Loomis
2002 Auto Focus Patricia Olson/Patrica Crane/Sigrid Valdis
2003 The Cooler Natalie Belisario
2004 Silver City Nora Allardyce
Secret Window Amy Rainey
2005 Assault on Precinct 13 Alex Sabian
A History of Violence Edie Stall
The Dark Adele
2006 Thank You For Smoking Polly Bailey
The Sisters Marcia Prior Glass
Flicka Nell McLaughlin
World Trade Center Donna McLoughlin
2007 The Jane Austen Book Club Jocelyn
Towelhead Gail
Butterfly on a Wheel Abby Warner
2008 Downloading Nancy Nancy
Yellow Handkerchief TBA
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell
2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Suky in post-production

References

  1. ^ eMatrimony - Supporting, Encouraging and Challenging the WWME Community
  2. ^ "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)
  3. ^ Bello epoque - interview with actress Maria Bello from FindArticles.com (originally published in Interview magazine)
  4. ^ McCarthy, Ellen. Maria Bello, 'Getting Better and Better', The Washington Post, August 11, 2006. Accessed May 24, 2008.
  5. ^ Actress Maria Bello Engaged, Us Magazine, July 28, 2008. Accessed September 10, 2008. During interview while promoting The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Bello voiced her support for Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.[5]

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