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Maria Bello
We Advance - Actress and Activist
http://www.weadvance.org
United States of America (Los Angeles)
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Maria Bello is an internationally renowned actor and women’s rights activist and the co-founder of We Advance (www.weadvance.org). We Advance is a women’s movement and NGO based in Cite Soleil, Haiti. The organization advocates for women throughout the country to have full political, economic, and social participation. Having starred in over 30 movies (including “Coyote Ugly,” “A History of Violence,” and “The Cooler”), Bello has had several nominations and wins for her acting, including the Golden Globe Awards and the NY Film Critic’s Awards. She was most recently seen playing Det. Jane Timoney on the critically acclaimed NBC drama “Prime Suspect,”” as well as Adam Sandler’s “Grown Ups Two,” slated for a summer online store release. She began her career as an activist at Villanova University, where she majored in Peace and Justice Education and worked at the Women’s Law Project in Philadelphia. In 2009 she was voted one of Variety magazine’s most powerful women in Hollywood for her activism with women in Darfur. Since 2008, she has worked in Haiti with Artists for Peace and Justice and Femmes en Democratie. She raised funds and produced a women’s media campaign for the elections in November. She spearheaded the opening of the women’s clinic in the Petionville Camp immediately following the earthquake. She is a member of CGI and works on gender policy within the Haiti Network. She was named a Vital Voices Global Ambassador for women and participated in the first ever Vital Voices / Bank of America International Women’s Conference in Haiti. She speaks around the world on social impact investing, Haiti, and women’s rights. In 2012, she was a keynote speaker at the State Department’s Forum on Impact Investing and also awarded with the Starkey Foundation’s “So the World May Hear Award’. She was named the Goodwill Ambassador for Women in Haiti and leads President Martelly's Council for Investments In Haiti on a committee for women's empowerment, social business and poverty alleviation with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus.
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