Maria Elena Bello is an American actress and writer. Her film roles include Permanent Midnight, Payback, Coyote Ugly, The Cooler, A History of Violence, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Grown Ups, Prisoners, and Lights Out.

Bello has a son Jackson with her former boyfriend Dan McDermott. She published a book, Whatever Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves.

In February 2020, while attending the 92nd Academy Awards in their first public appearance as a couple, Bello announced she and chef Dominique Crenn had become engaged on December 29, 2019, while holidaying in Paris, France.

Is Maria Bello lesbian?

Actress Maria Bello revealed that she is in a lesbian relationship, In her final paragraph, Bello declares herself not a gay woman or lesbian or bisexual but, instead, “whatever.”

That lack of a label, she decides, is what “modern” love looks like. And, if this morning’s other celeb coming-out news is any indication, she may be right, in a YouTube video posted by Olympian Tom Daley, the diver spent five minutes discussing his announcement that he’s in a relationship with a guy, all without suggesting a new label for his sexuality.