Maria Elena Bello

 Maria Elena Bello, born on April 18, 1967, in America, is an actress and producer as well as writer and director. Permanent Midnight (1998), Payback (99), Coyote Ugly 2000, The Cooler 2003, A History of Violence 2005, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2008, Grown Ups (2011), Prisoners (2013) and Lights Out (2016) were only a few of her film roles. Bello was a major player on TV as Dr. Anna Del Amico in the medical drama ER (1997-1998) as well with other roles that were starring, like Michelle McBride in the first season (2016) of Goliath, and Jacqueline Sloane as a Special Agent on NCIS from 2017-2021. Bello was born on April 18 1967 in Norristown Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Kathy Bello, a nurse at school and teacher, and 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 middle-class, Catholic family and graduated from Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Bello was a student of the field of political science at Villanova University. Bello continued to train in acting through participation in numerous New York theatre productions. Bello has her son Jackson with her former partner Dan McDermott. [18] Bello wrote in November 2013 that she had an affair of the same kind with Clare Munn, her former partner. She released a book entitled Whatever...Love Is a Love: The Truth Behind the Labels We Place on Ourself. (Dey Street Books. April 28 and 29, 2015).