Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Maria Bello studied Pre-Law/Political Science at Villanova University and fell in love with acting when she chose a drama class as an elective. After graduation she headed to New York to pursue an acting career. Landing spots in commercials and plays, she made her film debut in the 1992 film Maintenance. In 1995 she began guesting on such series as Misery Loves Company, Nowhere Man, The Commish and the TV movie 77 Sunset Strip.
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BEEF (2023)
Guest starring as Jordan Forster
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: The Great Fabricator (Apr 6, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: I Am a Cage (Apr 6, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Just Not All at the Same Time (Apr 6, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: I Am Inhabited by a Cry (Apr 6, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: The Rapture of Being Alive (Apr 6, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: The Birds Don't Sing, They Screech in Pain (Apr 6, 2023)
Explained (2018)
Guest starring as Narrator
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Why Diets Fail (Jun 13, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Monogamy (May 23, 2018)
Goliath (2016)
Starring as Michelle McBride
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Citizens United (Oct 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: Beauty and the Beast (Oct 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Line of Fire (Oct 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Cover Your Ass (Oct 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: It's Donald (Oct 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Game On (Oct 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Pride and Prejudice (Oct 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Of Mice and Men (Oct 14, 2016)
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson (2016)
Guest starring as Maria Bello
- Episode 1x09: The Drug That Changed the World (Apr 7, 2016)
Touch (2012)
Starring as Lucy Robbins
(13 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Leviathan (May 10, 2013)
- Episode 2x12: Fight or Flight (May 3, 2013)
- Episode 2x11: Accused (Apr 26, 2013)
- Episode 2x10: Two of a Kind (Apr 5, 2013)
- Episode 2x09: Clockwork (Mar 29, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Reunions (Mar 22, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: Ghosts (Mar 15, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: Broken (Mar 8, 2013)
- Episode 2x05: Eye to Eye (Mar 1, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: Perfect Storm (Feb 22, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Enemy of My Enemy (Feb 15, 2013)
- Episode 2x02: Closer (Feb 8, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: Event Horizon (Feb 8, 2013)
Guest starring as Lucy Robbins
(2 episodes)
Prime Suspect (2011)
Starring as Detective Jane Timoney
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Stuck in the Middle with You (Jan 22, 2012)
- Episode 1x12: Ain't No Sunshine (Jan 22, 2012)
- Episode 1x11: The Great Wall of Silence (Dec 22, 2011)
- Episode 1x10: A Gorgeous Mosaic (Dec 15, 2011)
- Episode 1x09: Gone to Pieces (Dec 1, 2011)
- Episode 1x08: Underwater (Nov 17, 2011)
- Episode 1x07: Wednesday's Child (Nov 10, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: Shame (Nov 3, 2011)
- Episode 1x05: Regrets, I've Had a Few (Oct 27, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: Great Guy, Yet: Dead (Oct 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x03: Bitch (Oct 6, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: Carnivorous Sheep (Sep 29, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 22, 2011)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Maria Bello
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2019-02-25: Maria Bello, Marie Osmond, Kevin Frazier (Feb 25, 2019)
- Episode 2017-09-11: Mark Harmon, Maria Bello, Nancy O'Dell, guest co-host Wayne Brady (Sep 11, 2017)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
Guest starring as Maria Bello
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2014-06-20: Maria Bello, Bradley Trevor Greive (Jun 20, 2014)
- Episode 2009-12-15: Craig's 1000th Show with host Wavy the puppet, Kristen Bell, Maria Bello, Jason Schwartzman, Jason Segel & his puppet Dracula, the Broken West (Dec 15, 2009)
- Episode 2005-01-20: Maria Bello, Collective Soul, Samuel L. Jackson (Jan 20, 2005)
NCIS (2003)
Starring as Special Agent Jacqueline "Jack" Sloane
(72 episodes)
- Episode 18x08: True Believer (Mar 2, 2021)
- Episode 18x07: The First Day (Feb 9, 2021)
- Episode 18x06: 1mm (Jan 26, 2021)
- Episode 18x05: Head of the Snake (Jan 19, 2021)
- Episode 18x04: Sunburn (Jan 19, 2021)
- Episode 18x03: Blood and Treasure (Dec 8, 2020)
- Episode 18x02: Everything Starts Somewhere (Nov 24, 2020)
- Episode 18x01: Sturgeon Season (Nov 17, 2020)
- Episode 17x20: The Arizona (Apr 14, 2020)
- Episode 17x19: Blarney (Mar 31, 2020)
- Episode 17x18: Schooled (Mar 24, 2020)
- Episode 17x17: In a Nutshell (Mar 10, 2020)
- Episode 17x16: Ephemera (Feb 18, 2020)
- Episode 17x15: Lonely Hearts (Feb 11, 2020)
- Episode 17x14: On Fire (Jan 28, 2020)
- Episode 17x13: Sound Off (Jan 21, 2020)
- Episode 17x12: Flight Plan (Jan 14, 2020)
- Episode 17x11: In the Wind (Jan 7, 2020)
- Episode 17x10: The North Pole (Dec 17, 2019)
- Episode 17x09: IRL (Nov 26, 2019)
- Episode 17x08: Musical Chairs (Nov 19, 2019)
- Episode 17x07: No Vacancy (Nov 12, 2019)
- Episode 17x06: Institutionalized (Nov 5, 2019)
- Episode 17x05: Wide Awake (Oct 22, 2019)
- Episode 17x04: Someone Else's Shoes (Oct 15, 2019)
- Episode 17x03: Going Mobile (Oct 8, 2019)
- Episode 17x02: Into the Light (Oct 1, 2019)
- Episode 17x01: Out of the Darkness (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 16x24: Daughters (May 21, 2019)
- Episode 16x23: Lost Time (May 14, 2019)
- Episode 16x22: ...and Executioner (May 7, 2019)
- Episode 16x21: Judge, Jury… (Apr 30, 2019)
- Episode 16x20: Hail & Farewell (Apr 16, 2019)
- Episode 16x19: Perennial (Apr 9, 2019)
- Episode 16x18: Mona Lisa (Apr 2, 2019)
- Episode 16x17: Silent Service (Mar 26, 2019)
- Episode 16x16: Bears and Cubs (Mar 12, 2019)
- Episode 16x15: Crossing the Line (Feb 26, 2019)
- Episode 16x14: Once Upon a Tim (Feb 19, 2019)
- Episode 16x13: She (Feb 12, 2019)
- Episode 16x12: The Last Link (Jan 15, 2019)
- Episode 16x11: Toil and Trouble (Jan 8, 2019)
- Episode 16x10: What Child Is This? (Dec 11, 2018)
- Episode 16x09: Tailing Angie (Dec 4, 2018)
- Episode 16x08: Friendly Fire (Nov 20, 2018)
- Episode 16x07: A Thousand Words (Nov 13, 2018)
- Episode 16x06: Beneath the Surface (Oct 30, 2018)
- Episode 16x05: Fragments (Oct 23, 2018)
- Episode 16x04: Third Wheel (Oct 16, 2018)
- Episode 16x03: Boom (Oct 9, 2018)
- Episode 16x02: Love Thy Neighbor (Oct 2, 2018)
- Episode 16x01: Destiny's Child (Sep 25, 2018)
- Episode 15x24: Date with Destiny (May 22, 2018)
- Episode 15x23: Fallout (May 15, 2018)
- Episode 15x22: Two Steps Back (May 8, 2018)
- Episode 15x21: One Step Forward (May 1, 2018)
- Episode 15x20: Sight Unseen (Apr 17, 2018)
- Episode 15x19: The Numerical Limit (Apr 3, 2018)
- Episode 15x18: Death from Above (Mar 27, 2018)
- Episode 15x17: One Man's Trash (Mar 13, 2018)
- Episode 15x16: Handle with Care (Mar 6, 2018)
- Episode 15x15: Keep Your Enemies Closer (Feb 27, 2018)
- Episode 15x14: Keep Your Friends Close (Feb 6, 2018)
- Episode 15x13: Family Ties (Jan 23, 2018)
- Episode 15x12: Dark Secrets (Jan 9, 2018)
- Episode 15x11: High Tide (Jan 2, 2018)
- Episode 15x10: Double Down (Dec 12, 2017)
- Episode 15x09: Ready or Not (Nov 21, 2017)
- Episode 15x08: Voices (Nov 14, 2017)
- Episode 15x07: Burden of Proof (Nov 7, 2017)
- Episode 15x06: Trapped (Oct 31, 2017)
- Episode 15x05: Fake It 'Til You Make It (Oct 24, 2017)
Guest starring as Special Agent Jacqueline "Jack" Sloane
- Episode 15x04: Skeleton Crew (Oct 17, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Maria Bello
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2005-03-11: Barry Manilow/Maria Bello (Mar 11, 2005)
- Episode 2005-01-20: Barry Manilow/Maria Bello (Jan 20, 2005)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996)
Starring as Mrs. Smith
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: The Sins of the Father Episode (Jan 1, 1997)
- Episode 1x12: The Bob Episode (Dec 8, 1996)
- Episode 1x11: The Impossible Mission (Dec 1, 1996)
- Episode 1x10: The Big Easy Episode (Nov 28, 1996)
- Episode 1x09: The Space Flight Episode (Nov 8, 1996)
- Episode 1x08: The Kidnapping Episode (Nov 1, 1996)
- Episode 1x07: The Coma Episode (Oct 28, 1996)
- Episode 1x06: The Publishing Episode (Oct 25, 1996)
- Episode 1x05: The Grape Escape (Oct 18, 1996)
- Episode 1x04: The Poor Pitiful Put-Upon Singer Episode (Oct 11, 1996)
- Episode 1x03: The Second Episode (Oct 4, 1996)
- Episode 1x02: The Suburban Episode (Sep 27, 1996)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 20, 1996)