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brian-mcgee - April 17, 2018
Maria Bello filled a nice niche that came open in the late 90s when Deborah Kara Unger effectively dropped off the face of the earth. While I'm not about to pick a favorite between these two blonde beauties with serious RBF, I must admit that I think the world is a slightly better place for siding with Maria Bello in this argument.
The first time I really took notice of Maria was in Auto Focus, which was just released on Blu-ray, incidentally. Then she popped up again in 2003's The Cooler, for which I think William H. Macy was robbed of a Best Actor nomination. Maria was robbed of an Oscar nomination as well, but at least she got a Golden Globe nom out of the deal. She was fantastic in that movie. 2 years later, her and Viggo Mortensen were showing off what a healthy sex life in a marriage looks like in A History of Violence, and I was sold on Maria for the rest of time.
Take a walk down memory lane and relive some of Maria's most skinsational roles in history, as well as some you may not have heard of before today like Downloading Nancy. Read up on that one, it's a DOOZY! We salute you Maria, you're truly doing the lord's work on film!