Maria Elena Bello

 Maria Elena Bello, born April 18, 1967 in America, is an actress, producer, writer, and director. Permanent Midnight (1998), Payback (1999), Coyote Ugly ((2000), The Cooler (3), A History of Violence (2004), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2009), Grown Ups (2010) and Prisoners (2013) were just a few of her roles in films. Bello has appeared on television in roles like Dr. Anna Del Amico (1997), Payback (1999) and Coyote Ugly (2000) and The Cooler (2003) and A History of Violence (2005), Michelle McBride (2016), and Special Agent Jacqueline Sloane (2021-2021). Bello was born April 18 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania,[2] to Kathy, a school nurse and teacher, and Joe Bello, a contractor.Her father is Italian American, with roots in Montella, Italy, and her mother is Polish American.She grew up in a working-class, Catholic family and graduated from Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania. In the seventh grade at Villanova University, she majored in politics. Bello developed her acting skills in several New York theater productions following her graduation. Bello and Dan McDermott have a son, Jackson. Bello has written about her relationship with Clare Munn in November 2013. She released a book titled Whatever...Love Is love: Questioning the labels we assign to ourselves (Dey Street Books April 28 and 29, 2015).

                         

                          

                          

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