Actor · Producer

Maria Bello

66 credited titles on WatchWise

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.

Maria Bello in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$212M · 43% hit rate

Biggest hit

Thank You for Smoking

$25M

Standout efficiency

3.8x

Thank You for Smoking · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$398M

Combined reported budget

$184M

Gross / budget

2.2x

Bankability Index

35 / 100

All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.