Maria Bello on Getting Work After Coming Out: ‘I Am Proud of Our Hollywood Community’

Actress and author talks show business response to evolving identities, working in major franchises

Maria Bello has been an indie movie queen, a shadowy TV detective, a charitable pioneer and now, she’s working full-time at being herself.

Bello’s “Whatever…Love Is Love,” a memoir currently on shelves, is a project that further clarifies her December 2013 revelation to the New York Time that she’s in a relationship with a woman — and permanently avoiding labels.

Toasting the book’s release at Ray Azoulay’s high-end furniture boutique Obsolete in Los Angeles, Bello welcomed friends like Marcia Gay Harden and manager John Carrabino, and spoke with TheWrap about her reception in the industry since coming out.

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