Maria Bello's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) ER Dr. Anna De… Prime Suspect Det. Jane T… Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996) Mrs. Smith Misery Loves Company Joe's Forme…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - The Company Men 2010 - Grown Ups 2009 - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee 2008 - Downloading Nancy 2008 - The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2007 - Butterfly On A Wheel 2007 - The Jane Austen Book Club 2006 - Flicka 2006 - This Film Is Not Yet Rated 2006 - World Trade Center 2005 - The Dark 2005 - Thank You for Smoking 2005 - A History of Violence 2005 - Assault on Precinct 13 2004 - Secret Window 2003 - The Cooler 2002 - Auto Focus 2000 - Coyote Ugly 1999 - Payback 1998 - Permanent Midnight

BIOGRAPHY:

Maria Bello was born on 18 April, 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She went to Villanova University, majoring in political science. She had every intention of becoming a lawyer, but she took an acting class during her senior year, just for fun. She discovered she was very good at it, and 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). She got her big break when producers Kenny Lenhart and John J. Sakmar cast her in the spy show "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (1996) as "Mrs. Smith" (they remembered her from her performance in a failed pilot that was a remake of the classic TV series "77 Sunset Strip" (1958)). The show was canceled after eight weeks on the air. Then came a spot on "ER" (1994) as "Dr. Anna Del Amico", in which she guest-starred on the final three episodes of the third season. The show's producers were so impressed with her that they asked her back as a regular on the series.


TRIVIA:

• (5 March 2001) Maria and her TV exec boyfriend, 'Dan McDermott (II)' (qv), welcomed their first child, Jackson Blue McDermott.
• Works with "Save the Children", nurturing kids in need.
• Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.
• Was a bridesmaid at 'Andrea Bendewald' (qv)'s wedding, the same one in which 'Jennifer Aniston' (qv) was the matron of honor.
• Father, Joe, was a contractor and mother, Kathy, was a teacher and school nurse.
• Had always wanted to be an action heroine, but gave up her dream two weeks before she turned 40, because she thought there would be no action roles for a lady her age. However, 'Rob Cohen (I)' (qv) called her up on her birthday and offered her the role in _The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)_ (qv).
• Flirted with a waiter at a family birthday party. The waiter became her fiance [July 26, 2008].
• Practices Muay Thai (lethal) kickboxing.