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Maria Bello
	Date of Birth: Apr 18, 1967 Country: USA Biography: Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress best known for her appearances in the movies Coyote Ugly, The Jane Austen Book Club, Thank You for Smoking, A History of Violence, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. For television she is best known for her role as Dr. Anna Del Amico on the NBC medical drama ER...(wikipedia) Total Films at Criticker: 31 - You've Seen 0
Biography last updated by hellboy76 Find more information about Maria Bello at The Internet Movie Database

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Abduction (2011)

Summary: When teenager Nathan comes across his own childhood picture while scrolling through a missing persons website, he begins to question everything he ever took for granted -- including the people he always assumed were his parents.

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Carjacked (2011)

Summary: A single mom and her child are carjacked by a bank robber. (imdb)

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The Company Men (2010)

Summary: Bobby Walker is living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward and Gene McClary jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers.

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Grown Ups (2010)

Summary: After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend. (imdb)

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Beautiful Boy (2010)

Summary: A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life. (imdb)

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)

Summary: After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown. (imdb)

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Towelhead (2008)

Summary: A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War. Based on Alicia Erian's novel "Towelhead".

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Summary: In the Far East, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick (Fraser) and Alex O'Connell (Ford) unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin (Li) -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard (Yeoh) centuries ago.

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Downloading Nancy (2008)

Summary: Sick of her life, housewife Nancy (Bello) just wants it to be over and done with, but rather than kill herself, she hires a stranger from the Internet to do the job for her. But fate takes a strange turn when she meets her killer (Patric) and the two fall in love. Of course, Nancy realizes that love and murder do not naturally go hand in hand. (imdb)

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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

Summary: William Hurt stars as a recently released convict who grows close to a young couple while journeying back home to his wife (Maria Bello). Set in Louisiana, the romantic road trip drama.

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The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

Summary: Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships -- both old and new -- begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels. (imdb)

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Shattered (2007)

Summary: Neil and Abby Warner have the perfect life and a perfect marriage. With their beautiful young daughter, Sophie, they are living the American dream... until today. When Sophie is suddenly kidnapped, they have no choice but to comply with the abductors demands... (imdb)

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This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)

Summary: Kirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board. (imdb)

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Flicka (2006)

Summary: In this contemporary adaptation of Mary O'Hara's beloved novel "My Friend Flicka," 16-year-old Katy McLaughlin dreams of fulfilling her family legacy by working on her father's ranch in modern-day Wyoming. But Katy's father wants more for her, insisting that Katy go to college. Katy finds a wild mustang, which she names Flicka, and sets out to make her a riding horse. But Flicka and Katy are more alike than she could have imagined. Like Katy, Flicka has a disdain for authority and is not about to give up her freedom without a fight. (20th Century Fox)

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Payback: Straight Up (2006)

Summary: Porter is shot by his wife and best friend and is left to die. When he survives he plots revenge.

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Thank You for Smoking (2006)

Summary: Thank You for Smoking is a fiercely satirical look at today's "culture of spin." The hero of the film is Nick Naylor (Eckhart), chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, who makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. (Fox Searchlight)

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World Trade Center (2006)

Summary: September 11, 2001 was an unusually warm day in New York. Will Jimeno, an officer with the Port Authority Police Department, was tempted to take a personal day to enjoy his hobby of bow hunting, but ultimately decided that he would go to work. Sergeant John McLoughlin, a respected veteran of the PAPD, had been up for hours â€“ a requirement of his daily, 1½-hour trek to the city. They and their colleagues made their way to midtown Manhattan, just like they did any other day. Only this wasn't any other day. (Paramount)

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The Dark (2005)

Summary: While in Wales visiting her husband James (Sean Bean), Adele (Maria Bello) tries to fix her relationship with her teenager daughter Sarah (Sophie Stuckey). They see a weird memorial without the plate and with the name "Annwyn" marked, and the local Dafydd (Maurice Roëves) explains that this would be the place where people go after dying... (imdb)

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A History of Violence (2005)

Summary: Tom Stall (Mortensen) is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife (Bello) and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, until one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. (New Line Cinema)

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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

Summary: To survive the night, cops and criminals alike will have to unite and fight. A classic head-to-head showdown ignites in this all-new update of the 1976 action thriller of the same name. (Rogue Pictures)

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The Sisters (2005)

Summary: Using a college on New York's Upper East Side as their surrogate home and sanctuary, four siblings struggle to banish the ghost of their dead father and create some semblance of harmony as adults. Suggested by Chekhov's "The Three Sisters," this unflinchingly honest drama explores and explodes the myths surrounding family and friendship. (Arclight Films)

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Silver City (2004)

Summary: Set against the backdrop of a mythic "New West," this film that is equal parts scathing political lampoon and sun-stunned neo-noir detective story. (Newmarket Films)

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Secret Window (2004)

Summary: Mort Rainey is a best selling author whose imagination thrills his reader to the core. But one of his stories holds a secret that comes to life. A secret that even he can't imagine. (Sony Pictures)

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The Cooler (2003)

Summary: In an old school Las Vegas casino, its top gambling jinx breaks his curse when he falls in love, much to his boss' consternation.

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Auto Focus (2002)

Summary: Biography of Bob Crane, star of the television series "Hogan's Heroes," from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Crane befriends John Carpenter, who works for Sony and has access to video equipment, and the pair become increasingly involved in picking up girls and recording the results on videotape.

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China: The Panda Adventure (2001)

Summary: Maria Bello stars in this IMAX film inspired by the true-life story of widowed New York socialite Ruth Harkness, a fiercely independent woman who dared to take up her late husband's expedition, journeying deep into the mysterious forests of China, following his passionate quest to study the Giant Panda. (IMAX Corp.)

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Coyote Ugly (2000)

Summary: Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford (Perabo) heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. (Touchstone Pictures)

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Sam the Man (2000)

Summary: Sam Manning (Fisher Stevens) wants nothing more than to make it big as a writer and finally see his novel published. But he's not getting anywhere, so to deal with the threat of complete failure, he lets himself get roped into one sexual relationship after another, even as his devoted girlfriend, Cass (Annabella Sciorra), waits in vain for him to get his act together and finally commit to her. When he does, however, it may just be too late.

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Duets (2000)

Summary: Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. There's the struggling singer who dreams of making it to the big time, a frustrated salesman who ends up on an unexpected road trip, the dysfunctional family performers which includes a con-artist (Huey Lewis) and his long lost daughter, and an escaped convict (Andre Braugher) with the voice of an angel. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off. (imdb)

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Payback (1999)

Summary: Val Resnick and Porter, two small time bandits, hit a Chinese gang together and manage to get $140,000. But Val Resnick needs 130 grand alone to buy himself back into his syndication. So, Val turns on Porter together with Porter's wife Lynn, who shoots him twice in the back. But Porter survives and half a year later, he is back, seeking his share of $70,000... (imdb)

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Permanent Midnight (1998)

Summary: Comedy writer Jerry Stahl (Ben Stiller), whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences (imdb)

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