Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967)  is an American actress and singer. She started her acting career in small off-Broadway plays, such as The Killer Inside Me, Small Town Gals with Big Problems, and Urban Planning.  Bello's big break came when producers Kerry Lenhart and John J. Sakmar cast her as Mrs. Smith in the spy show Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Filmography

• 2025Hell in Paradise — Sam, mère Nina
• The Waterfront — Mae Buckley
• BEEF — Jordan
• 2022The Woman King — Story, Producer
• 2020The Water Man — Sheriff Goodwin
• 2019Giant Little Ones — Carly Winter, Executive Producer
• 2018Better Start Running — Agent McFadden
• 2018Every Day — Lindsey
• 2018Exit — Kim
• Explained — Narrator (voice)
• 2018The Sun Ladies — Xate Shingali (voice)
• 2017In Search of Fellini — Claire, Executive Producer
• Goliath — Michelle McBride
• 2016Lights Out — Sophie
• 2016Max Steel — Molly McGrath
• 2016The 5th Wave — Sergeant Reznik
• 2016The Confirmation — Bonnie
• 2016The Journey Is the Destination — Kathy, Executive Producer
• 2016The Late Bloomer — Brenda Newmans
• 2016Wait Till Helen Comes — Jean
• 2015Bravetown — Martha
• 2015Demonic — Dr. Elizabeth Klein
• 2015McFarland, USA — Cheryl White
• 2014Big Driver — Tess Thorne
• 2014Third Person — Theresa
• 2013Grown Ups 2 — Sally Lamonsoff
• 2013Prisoners — Grace Dover
• Touch — Lucy Robbins
• 2011Abduction — Mara Harper
• 2011Beautiful Boy — Kate Carroll
• 2011Carjacked — Lorraine Burton
• Prime Suspect — Jane Timoney
• 2010Grown Ups — Sally Lamonsoff
• 2010The Company Men — Sally Wilcox
• 2009The Private Lives of Pippa Lee — Suky Sarkissian
• 2009The Yellow Handkerchief — May
• 2008Downloading Nancy — Nancy Stockwell
• 2008The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor — Evelyn O'Connell
• 2008Towelhead — Gail Monahan
• 2007Butterfly on a Wheel — Abby Randall
• 2007The Jane Austen Book Club — Jocelyn
• 2006Flicka — Nell McLaughlin
• 2006World Trade Center — Donna McLoughlin
• 2005A History of Violence — Edie Stall
• 2005Assault on Precinct 13 — Dr. Alex Sabian
• 2005Thank You for Smoking — Polly Bailey
• 2005The Dark — Adèlle
• 2005The Sisters — Marcia Prior Glass
• 2004Secret Window — Amy Rainey
• 2004Silver City — Nora Allardyce
• The Tony Danza Show
• NCIS — Jack Sloane
• 2003The Cooler — Natalie Belisario
• 2002100 Mile Rule — Monica
• 2002Auto Focus — Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane
• 2001China: The Panda Adventure — Ruth Harkness
• 2001Sam the Man — Anastasia Powell
• 2000Coyote Ugly — Lil
• 2000Duets — Suzi Loomis
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Vivian Arliss
• 1999Payback — Rosie
• 1998Permanent Midnight — Kitty
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith — Mrs. Smith
• Misery Loves Company — Joe's Former Film Student
• Nowhere Man — Emily Noonan
• Due South — Mackenzie King
• ER — Anna Del Amico
• The Commish
• Grown Ups 3 — Sally Lamonsoff

Appearances as themselves (9)

• Join or Die with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2013Femme — Self
• The Talk — Self
• 2006This Film Is Not Yet Rated — Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'
• 2006Too Commercial for Cannes — Self
• 2006Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking' — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self