An actress and writer, by profession, Maria Bello made her acting debut with the television series Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1996), after which she appeared in another television series called ER (1997-1998). Some of her notable films are Permanent Midnight (1998), Coyote Ugly (2000), Duets (2000), The Cooler (2003), A History of Violence (2005), Thank You for Smoking (2006), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Grown Ups 2 (2013) and Demonic (2015), to name a few. Bello's films The Late Bloomer, Wait Till Helen Comes and The 5th Wave are scheduled to release in January 2016.