Maria Elena Bello

 Maria Elena Bello was born on the 18th of April, 1967. She is an American actress and producer. Permanent Midnight (1998), Payback (1999) Coyote Ugly(2000) and The Cooler(2003) The History of Violence(2005), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor2008 Grown Ups2010, Prisoners2013 and Lights Out (2016) are some of her film roles. Bello has appeared on television in roles including Dr. Anna Del Amico (1997), Payback (1999) and Coyote Ugly (2000), The Cooler (2003) The Cooler (2003), A History of Violence (2005), Michelle McBride (2016) as well as Special Agent Jacqueline Sloane (2021-2021). Bello was born April 18, 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania,[2] to Kathy Bello, a nurse at school and teacher as well as 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. Bello studied political science at Villanova University. Bello continued her acting training by participating in numerous New York theatre productions. Bello is the mother of Jackson and Dan McDermott, her ex-boyfriend. Bello admitted in November of 2013 that she was having a same-sex affair with Clare Munn, her former partner. She released a book titled Whatever...Love Is love: Questioning the labels we assign to ourselves (Dey Street Books, April 28 in 2015).