1. Maria Bello was born on April 18,1967 and is an American actress and producer.
19 Facts About Maria Bello
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Maria Bello followed this with a range of supporting and leading parts in films such as Payback, Coyote Ugly, The Cooler, Secret Window, Assault on Precinct 13, A History of Violence, Thank You for Smoking, World Trade Center, The Jane Austen Book Club, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Grown Ups, Prisoners, and Lights Out.
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Outside of film, Bello is best known for playing Anna Del Amico in the medical drama ER and Jacqueline "Jack" Sloane in the police procedural drama NCIS.
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Maria Bello received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and won a Critics' Choice Award for her performance in the limited series Beef.
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Maria Bello was born April 18,1967, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to Kathy, a school nurse and teacher, and Joe Maria Bello, a contractor.
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Maria Bello's father is Italian American, with roots in Montella, Italy, and her mother is Polish American.
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Maria Bello grew up in a working-class, Catholic family and graduated from Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
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Maria Bello then appeared in the final three episodes of the third season of ER as pediatrician Dr Anna Del Amico and was a regular cast member during the medical drama's fourth season.
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Maria Bello moved on to films, landing a role in Coyote Ugly.
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Maria Bello was nominated for the Golden Globe award twice: for Best Supporting Actress in The Cooler and for Best Actress in A History of Violence.
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Maria Bello starred in The Jane Austen Book Club as Jocelyn and as Dr Alex Sabian in the 2005 film, Assault on Precinct 13, a remake of the original 1976 movie made by John Carpenter.
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In December 2008, Maria Bello began developing a drama for HBO.
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Besides starring in the new series, Maria Bello planned to serve as an executive producer.
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Maria Bello starred in the 2009 drama film The Yellow Handkerchief, which was released in theatres on February 26,2010, by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
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Maria Bello has a son, Jackson, with her former boyfriend Dan McDermott.
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In February 2020, while attending the 92nd Academy Awards in their first public appearance as a couple, Maria Bello announced she and chef Dominique Crenn had become engaged on December 29,2019, while holidaying in Paris, France.
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Maria Bello has been involved in several advocacy and philanthropic causes.
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Maria Bello led fundraising efforts in Philadelphia and donated to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Maria Bello is a board member of Darfur Women Action Group, an NGO that undertakes activism on behalf of genocide victims of the Darfur conflict.