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.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2010
NCIS
2017
The View
2003
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
ER
1997
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2005
The Talk
2011
The Tony Danza Show
2005
Due South
1996
Goliath
2016
BEEF
2023
Grown Ups
2010

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
77
Writing
1
Producing
4
2025
Hell in Paradise
as Sam, mère Nina
2025
The Waterfront
as Mae Buckley
2023
BEEF
as Jordan
2020
The Water Man
as Sheriff Goodwin
2019
Giant Little Ones
as Carly Winter
2018
The Sun Ladies
as Xate Shingali (voice)
2018
Every Day
as Lindsey
2018
Better Start Running
as Agent McFadden
2018
Exit
as Kim
2018
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
2017
In Search of Fellini
as Claire
2017
NCIS
as Jack Sloane
2016
Max Steel
as Molly McGrath
2016
The Confirmation
as Bonnie
2016
The 5th Wave
as Sergeant Reznik
2016
Lights Out
as Sophie
2016
The Journey Is the Destination
as Kathy
2016
The Late Bloomer
as Brenda Newmans
2016
Wait Till Helen Comes
as Jean
2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2016
Goliath
as Michelle McBride
2015
McFarland, USA
as Cheryl White
2015
Demonic
as Dr. Elizabeth Klein
2015
Bravetown
as Martha
2014
Third Person
as Theresa
2014
Big Driver
as Tess Thorne
2013
Grown Ups 2
as Sally Lamonsoff
2013
Prisoners
as Grace Dover
2013
Femme
as Self
2012
Touch
as Lucy Robbins
2011
Carjacked
as Lorraine Burton
2011
Beautiful Boy
as Kate Carroll
2011
Abduction
as Mara Harper
2011
Prime Suspect
as Jane Timoney
2011
The Talk
as Self
2010
The Company Men
as Sally Wilcox
2010
Grown Ups
as Sally Lamonsoff
2010
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Vivian Arliss
2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Suky Sarkissian
2009
The Yellow Handkerchief
as May
2008
Towelhead
as Gail Monahan
2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
as Evelyn O'Connell
2008
Downloading Nancy
as Nancy Stockwell
2007
The Jane Austen Book Club
as Jocelyn
2007
Butterfly on a Wheel
as Abby Randall
2006
World Trade Center
as Donna McLoughlin
2006
Flicka
as Nell McLaughlin
2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'
2006
Too Commercial for Cannes
as Self
2006
Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'
as Self
2005
The Dark
as Adèlle
2005
A History of Violence
as Edie Stall
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
as Dr. Alex Sabian
2005
Thank You for Smoking
as Polly Bailey
2005
The Sisters
as Marcia Prior Glass
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Silver City
as Nora Allardyce
2004
Secret Window
as Amy Rainey
2003
The Cooler
as Natalie Belisario
2003
The View
as Self
2002
Auto Focus
as Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane
2002
100 Mile Rule
as Monica
2001
China: The Panda Adventure
as Ruth Harkness
2001
Sam the Man
as Anastasia Powell
2000
Coyote Ugly
as Lil
2000
Duets
as Suzi Loomis
1999
Payback
as Rosie
1998
Permanent Midnight
as Kitty
1997
ER
as Anna Del Amico
1996
Due South
as Mackenzie King
1996
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Mrs. Smith
1995
The Commish
1995
Nowhere Man
as Emily Noonan
1995
Misery Loves Company
as Joe's Former Film Student
Grown Ups 3
as Sally Lamonsoff