Biography
Maria Bello was born on April 18. She was born and raised in
Norristown, Pennsylvania. She went to Villanova University, where
she majored 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 acting, 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,
Misery Loves Company, Simon, Nowhere Man, and Due South. She got
her big break when producers Kenny Lenhart and John Sakmar cast her
in the spy show "Mr. and Mrs. Smith, " as Mrs. Smith. Kenny and
John had remembered her brilliant performance from a remake of "77
Sunset Strip", that never got on its feet. Mr. And Mrs. Smith was
abruptly cancelled, after 8 weeks on the air. Then came a guest
role on ER as Dr. Anna Del Amino where Maria guest starred on the
final three episodes of the third season, making such a good
performance that the producers asked her back as a regular for the
series.
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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