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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Maria Bello was born on 18th April 1967 and raised in a Polish/Italian household in working class Norristown, PA, where she attended a Catholic school which did not have a theater department. In fact, acting was not even on Bello's radar until she took a drama class at Villanova University as an elective in a schedule otherwise filled with political science and pre-law courses.
In 1992, she combined her dedication to the arts with a passion for social causes that had previously informed her law career, by co-founding Harlem's Dreamyard Drama Project. The Dreamyard was a nonprofit arts and education program that paired working artists with at-risk kids, eventually giving a voice and a better chance at academic achievement to thousands of kids across the city.
She subsequently began getting better offers, playing complicated women who were typically hard-as-nails on the outside but warm and vulnerable on the inside. She went mainstream with two memorable roles in quick succession: starring as a hooker with ties to Mel Gibson in Payback.
Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones in a timely examination of the lives of downsized executives, "The Company Men" (2010). Bello also had the chance to flex her comedic muscles as Kevin James' long-breastfeeding wife in the crowd-pleasing comedy "Grown Ups" with Adam Sandler and Salma Hayek.
While no additional details were immediately available, Colin Firth - Bridget Jones plays the lovably noble Mark Darcy in the hit movies -- spilled plot details to Access Hollywood guest correspondent Dave Karger last year.
I can tell you that Bridget and Mark can't have children, I think that's the way it goes on," Colin said at the time.
So then she makes the huge mistake of going back to Daniel Cleaver [played by Hugh Grant] for long enough to get pregnant.
I think he dumps her, and she's left stranded, and guess who comes back to rescue her?"
Additionally, back in March, the London Evening Standard reported that Helen Fielding (author of the wildly popular "Bridget Jones" novels on which the films are based) had begun working on a third book.
"I will be working on both the book and the film but I don't know if they are the same thing yet. It's not been decided," Helen said.
The first film, "Bridget Jones's Diary," released in 2001, grossed $281 million internationally, while 2004's sequel.
"Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," took in $262 million, according to EW.
