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 major, but acting ability - evident from an early drama class - altered her career plans. Following graduation, Bello honed her acting skills in a number of New York theater productions before she broke through to the public as one of the leads in the short-lived TV spy comedy Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1996). Bello gained broader primetime exposure as Dr. Anna Del Amico on NBC's blockbuster ER during the 1997 season and segued into films with her performance as recovering junkie Ben Stiller's confidante in the film-a-clef Permanent Midnight (1998), adapted from Jerry Stahl's harrowing book.

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.