- Source of Wealth: Film, Television
- Age: 52
- Birth Place: Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Weight: N/A
- Marital Status: Single
- Full Name: Maria Elena Bello
- Nationality: United States
- Date of Birth: April 18, 1967
- Ethnicity: Italian, Polish
- Occupation: Actress
- Education: Villanova University
- Children: 1 (Jackson Blue)
Bello scored her first pop hit as Mel Gibson’s beautiful cohort in the harsh crime drama Payback (1999). In addition to her television work, she has appeared in such films 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 film, “Abduction”. She is next slated to star as Detective Jane Timony in the American reboot of the British series, “Prime Suspect” which she earns $125,000 per episode.