Maria Bello
Born 1967 · American actress
Maria Bello is an American actress. Her first major film role was in 1998's Permanent Midnight. She followed this with a range of supporting and leading parts in films such as Payback (1999), Coyote Ugly (2000), The Cooler (2003), Secret Window (2004), Assault on Precinct 13, A History of Violence, Thank You for Smoking, World Trade Center (2006), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Grown Ups (2010), Prisoners (2013), and Lights Out (2016).
Maria Bello, in order
- 1994 ER (TV series): acted · directed by Christopher Chulack and Jonathan Kaplan · audiences 87% · streaming on Hulu, HBO Max
- 1995 The Commish: In the Shadow of the Gallows: acted · directed by Scott Brazil
- 1996 Mr. & Mrs. Smith (TV series): acted · directed by Dan Attias and David Jackson
- 1998 Permanent Midnight: acted · directed by David Veloz
- 1999 Payback: acted · directed by Brian Helgeland · critics 54%, audiences 69% · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Roku Channel
- 2000 Coyote Ugly: acted · directed by David McNally · critics 23%, audiences 71%
- 2000 Duets: acted · directed by Bruce Paltrow
- 2001 China: The Panda Adventure: acted · directed by Robert Milton Young
- 2002 100 Mile Rule: acted · directed by Brent Huff
- 2002 Auto Focus: acted · directed by Paul Schrader
- 2003 The Cooler: acted · directed by Wayne Kramer · critics 77%, audiences 69% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
- 2004 Nobody's Perfect (short film): acted · directed by Hank Azaria
- 2004 Secret Window: acted · directed by David Koepp
- 2004 Silver City: acted · directed by John Sayles
- 2005 A History of Violence: acted · directed by David Cronenberg · critics 88%, audiences 76% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2005 Assault on Precinct 13: acted · directed by Jean-François Richet · critics 59%, audiences 48% · streaming on Starz
- 2005 Thank You for Smoking: acted · directed by Jason Reitman · critics 86%, audiences 87%
- 2005 The Dark: acted · directed by John Fawcett
- 2005 The Sisters: acted · directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
- 2006 Flicka: acted · directed by Michael Mayer
- 2006 This Film Is Not Yet Rated: acted · directed by Kirby Dick · critics 84%, audiences 81%
- 2006 World Trade Center: acted · directed by Oliver Stone · critics 66%, audiences 60% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2007 Butterfly on a Wheel: acted · directed by Mike Barker
- 2007 The Jane Austen Book Club: acted · directed by Robin Swicord
- 2007 Towelhead: acted · directed by Alan Ball
- 2008 Downloading Nancy: acted · directed by Johan Renck
- 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: acted · directed by Rob Cohen
- 2008 The Yellow Handkerchief: acted · directed by Udayan Prasad
- 2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee: acted · directed by Rebecca Miller
- 2010 Beautiful Boy: acted · directed by Shawn Ku
- 2010 Grown Ups: acted · directed by Dennis Dugan
- 2010 The Company Men: acted · directed by John Wells
- 2011 Abduction: acted · directed by John Singleton
- 2011 Carjacked: acted · directed by John Bonito
- 2011 Prime Suspect (TV series): acted
- 2012 Touch (TV series): acted · directed by Adam Kane and Francis Lawrence
- 2013 Grown Ups 2: acted · directed by Dennis Dugan
- 2013 Prisoners: acted · directed by Denis Villeneuve · critics 82%, audiences 87% · streaming on Apple TV
- 2013 Third Person: acted · directed by Paul Haggis · critics 25%, audiences 34% · streaming on Fawesome
- 2014 Big Driver (TV movie): acted · directed by Mikael Salomon
- 2015 Bravetown: acted · directed by Daniel Duran
- 2015 Demonic: acted · directed by Will Canon
- 2015 McFarland, USA: acted · directed by Niki Caro
- 2016 Goliath (TV series): acted
- 2016 Lights Out: acted · directed by David F. Sandberg
- 2016 Max Steel: acted · directed by Stewart Hendler
- 2016 The 5th Wave: acted · directed by J Blakeson
- 2016 The Confirmation: acted · directed by Bob Nelson
- 2016 The Journey Is the Destination: acted · directed by Bronwen Hughes
- 2016 Wait Till Helen Comes: acted · directed by Dominic James
- 2018 Every Day: acted · directed by Michael Sucsy
- 2018 Giant Little Ones: acted · directed by Keith Behrman
- 2018–19 NCIS (TV series): acted
- 2022 The Woman King: produced · directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
- 2025 Hell in Paradise: acted · directed by Leïla Sy
- 2025 The Waterfront (TV series): acted · directed by Erica Dunton and Jann Turner
- Grown Ups 3: acted · directed by Kyle Newacheck
- Payback: Straight Up: acted · directed by Brian Helgeland