American actress, Maria Elena Bello, has an estimated net worth of $8 million. Born in Pennsylvania c. 1967, Maria Bello attended Villanova University as a political science main, however appearing means – evident from an early drama class – altered her profession plans. Following commencement, Bello honed her appearing abilities in quite a few New York theater productions earlier than she broke by to the general public as one of many leads within the short-lived TV spy comedy Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1996). Bello gained broader primetime publicity as Dr. Anna Del Amico on NBC’s blockbuster ER in the course of the 1997 season and segued into movies along with her efficiency as recovering junkie Ben Stiller’s confidante within the film-a-clef Permanent Midnight (1998), tailored from Jerry Stahl’s harrowing e book.
Bello scored her first pop hit as Mel Gibson’s stunning cohort within the harsh crime drama Payback (1999). In addition to her tv work, she has appeared in such movies as “Payback”, “Coyote Ugly”, “The Cooler”, “A History of Violence”, “Thank You for Smoking”, “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”, “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee”, “Grown Up”, and the upcoming movie, “Abduction”. She is subsequent slated to star as Detective Jane Timony within the American reboot of the British sequence, “Prime Suspect” which she earns $125,000 per episode.