Grace (Revolution Cast)
Maria Howell stars as Grace in NBC’s “Revolution.” Howell is an actor, singer and voiceover artist. She is best known as the choir soloist from the movie “The Color Purple.”
Life and career
mariahowell.com: Some may be inspired to call her best kept secret, but anyone who leaves an imprint on every medium from radio, stage and television to the Hollywood screen is hardly incognito. Howell’s talent has been featured as a nightclub singer “Goldie”, in “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles“, produced by George Lucas (Chicago and NY episodes, which also features veteran actor Keith David). Other roles on the small screen include “Linda”, where she plays alongside master performers Richard Thomas (The Waltons) and Virginia Madsen (Sideways) and in “Scattered Dreams” with Tyne Daly (Judging Amy) and Alicia Silverstone (Clueless and Beauty Shop).
Her credibility as a true thespian flourished when she nailed a coveted role as the daughter of Maya Angelou’s character in Langston Hughes’ “Tambourines to Glory” stage play. She has worked with famed actor, director and producer, Tyler Perry in film, “Daddy’s Little Girls” and in his TV sitcoms “Meet the Browns” and “House of Payne” (TBS).
She has appeared alongside actress Regina King, as her best friend in Lifetime Television’s “Living Proof”, starring Harry Connick, Jr. More credits she adds to her resume are, “Drop Dead Diva” (Lifetime), “Past Life” (FOX), “Vampire Diaries” (CW) and “The Blind Side”, starring Sandra Bullock, “Detroit 1-8-7″ (ABC), “The Game” (BET). “Field of Vision” (NBC), “Single Ladies” (VH1), “Necessary Roughness” (USA). “What To Expect When You’re Expecting”, starring Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock and Dennis Quaid (theatrical release May 2012). Also in May 2012, she will appear in the Hallmark Hall of Fame’s TV release of “Firelight”, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., where she plays the part of Mrs. Easle.
Filmography
- 2012 What to Expect When You’re Expecting
- 2012 Firelight (TV movie)
- 2011 It’s Supernatural (TV series)
- 2009-2011 The Vampire Diaries (TV series)
- 2011 Single Ladies (TV series)
- 2011 Necessary Roughness (TV series)
- 2011 Field of Vision (TV movie)
- 2011 The Game (TV series)
- 2010 Detroit 1-8-7 (TV series)
- 2010 Past Life (TV series)
- 2009 The Blind Side
- 2008-2009 Army Wives (TV series)
- 2009 Drop Dead Diva (TV series)
- 2009 Mississippi Damned
- 2009 A Peacock-Feathered Blue (short)
- 2008 Living Proof (TV movie)
- 2008/I Reverie (short)
- 2007 K-Ville (TV series)
- 2007 Daddy’s Little Girls
- 2006 Barbed Wire (short)
- 1996 The Closest Thing to Heaven
- 1995 American Gothic (TV series)
- 1993 Scattered Dreams (TV movie)
- 1993 Linda (TV movie)
- 1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
