Catherine Bell Biography, Filmography, Pictures

24 January

Catherine Bell Biography, Filmography, Pictures

Author: Sami / Category: B, Celebrity Biography

Catherine Bell Biography, Filmography, Pictures Catherine Lisa Bell (born on August 14, 1968) is a British-born American actress, mostly known as Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the TV series JAG from 1997 to 2005. Presently she stars in the successful TV series Army Wives, playing the role of Denise Sherwood.

Bell was born in London, United Kingdom and as her parents divorced she moved to Los Angeles, California with her mother when she was three. At twelve she became naturalized citizen of the United States.

Bell appeared in several TV advertisements as a child. She attended University of California, Los Angeles, wanting to be a biomedical engineer or a physician, but she quitted school for her modeling career.

Bell fluently speaks Persian and English. She likes skiing, snowboarding and kick-boxing. She even practiced kick-boxing for more than ten years. Bell met actor and production assistant Adam Beason on the filming set of Death Becomes Her in 1992 and they got married in 1994. Bell and Beason have a daughter, Gemma born on April 16, 2003.

On June 3, 2007 she was the grand marshal of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held at Dover International Speedway.

Catherine Bell Biography, Filmography, Pictures In August 2007, Bell and Beason sold their home in Calabasas, California and moved to South Carolina.

She had thyroid cancer at the age of 20 and her thyroid was surgically removed. Bell grew up as Roman Catholic attending an all-girls Catholic School but later she become a Scientologist. She was a supporter of Scientology’s Hollywood Education and Literacy Project.

Bell appeared in a Scientology music video “United” in February 2006.

One of Bell’s first modeling jobs was an extended project in Japan. On her return to California, she began studying acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katselas.

She got her first TV acting role on line on the sitcom Sugar and Spice in 1990. Bell debuted on film as a body double for Isabella Rossellini in Death Becomes Her (1992). Among her first TV roles was on the sitcom Dream On in 1994.

Starting from 1997, she starred as U.S. Marine Corps Major Sarah MacKenzie on the successful TV series JAG. Previously she also appeared in a late nightadult series Hot line.

In 2003, Bell was a supporting actress in the comedy Bruce Almighty, reprising the role with a cameo appearance in the 2007 sequel Evan Almighty. She starred in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Triangle, presented in December 2005. Her performance earned her a Saturn Award nomination of Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in the Best Supporting Actress on Television category.

In 2007, Bell appeared in the ensemble drama series Army Wives in the role of Denise Sherwood. Recently, she got the main role in Hallmark’s The Good Witch (2008) as well as in its sequel, The Good Witch Garden (2009). Bell was also the co-executive producer of both movies.

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