biography of Camilla Belle

Camilla Belle Routh : 

 (born October 2, 1986), known professionally as Camilla Belle, is an American actress. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Belle began her acting career with appearances in numerous television commercials before landing her first lead role in NBC's thriller, Trapped Beneath the Earth in 1992. She has since appeared in a variety of films and television shows, including The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Practical Magic (1998), Rip Girls (2000) and 10,000 BC (2008). Belle has also been recognized for her work in independent films such as The Quiet (2005) and The Mad Whale (2017).

In addition to her acting career, Belle has been the face of Vera Wang's "Princess" fragrance and has appeared in advertisements for brands such as Nespresso and Cotton. She is also known for her fashion choices, having been featured on the cover of numerous fashion magazines and being the recipient of Young Hollywood Style Icon award at the 2011 Young Hollywood Awards. Belle's personal life, including her relationships and her bilingual upbringing in English and Portuguese, has also garnered media attention.

Belle began her career as a child actor appearing in television commercials for brands such as Cabbage Patch Kids, Campbell's Soup, Public Broadcasting System and Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical. At age five, Belle landed her first lead role in a film, the NBC thriller film Trouble Shooter: Trapped Beneath the Earth (1993). In 1995, she appeared in A Little Princess based on the novel of the same name. In the science fiction film The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), she played Cathy Bowman, a young wealthy British girl attacked by a pack of Compsognathus. In 1998, she played Aubrey Shepard on the Focus on the Family radio drama Adventures in Odyssey. Following a turn as Steven Seagal's daughter in The Patriot (1998), she earned a 1999 Young Artist Award nomination for her portrayal of Sandra Bullock's character as a girl in Practical Magic (1998), as well as another nomination the same year for her guest appearance on the television series Walker: Texas Ranger.

She received her third and fourth Young Artist Award nominations respectively for the television film Replacing Dad (1999) and for her first lead role, in the Disney Channel television film Rip Girls (2000).  Belle played the lead role in the television film Back to the Secret Garden (2001), then took a break from acting before returning with a role in the independent film The Quiet (2005).  SFStation wrote that "performance-wise The Quiet belongs to Camilla Belle and Elisha Cuthbert".  In 2006, she signed a multi-year contract to become the face of Vera Wang's "Princess" fragrance, appearing in print advertisements and television commercials  Her contract ended in July 2009. 

She portrayed the lead role of sixteen-year-old Jill Johnson in the remake of When a Stranger Calls (2006).  Belle plays a babysitter who receives threatening phone calls from an unidentified stranger. The film grossed $67.1 million at the worldwide box office.^[16] In 2007, she appeared in coffee brand Nespresso's television commercial alongside actor George Clooney.^[17] She then played a lead role in the Roland Emmerich-directed action-adventure film 10,000 BC (2008)  that grossed $269 million at the worldwide box office. 

In April 2012, Belle signed on to appear in Cotton Incorporated's "The Fabric of My Life" campaign with actress Emmy Rossum.  Belle's advertisement was inspired by her hometown, Los Angeles and she also sang in it.^[21][22] In November 2016, Belle appeared as a guest judge on Bravo's television series Project Runway, in the episode "A Power Trip".  She played Isabel Wallace in the drama-thriller film The Mad Whale (2017), a student project produced by James Franco's Elysium Bandini Studios and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.  In 2022, she portrayed Pearl Serrano on the third season of NBC‘s crime drama series Law & Order: Organized Crime and played Agnes in the Netflix original film Carter (2022). 

Belle starred as Carina in Fox's streaming platform Tubi's original romantic comedy film 10 Truths About Love (2022), which anchored the platform's Valentine's Day programming event.  On September 9, 2023, the film was released by Great American Family channel and renamed as Love Can Surprise You. She appeared as the female lead in Ben Barnes' music video for the song "Beloved", released on November 1, 2024. 

Belle's appearance and fashion choices have been a subject of media attention. She has appeared on the cover of numerous fashion magazines, including Teen Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Tatler, Ocean Drive, Glamour, Nylon, Vanidades, Lucky, ES Magazine and Genlux She is a frequent guest star at New York Fashion Week, among other fashion events. She has also been a runway model for Alberta Ferretti^[37][38] and The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection. 

Her style has received noteworthy praise from periodicals such as Cosmopolitan, InStyle and People. In 2007, People magazine named her "Fashionista of the Week" during Mercedes-Benz Fall Fashion Week in New York City. People wrote that Belle "managed to look appropriate and fashion-forward at every event she went to this week, including Max Azria, Oscar de la Renta and Miss Sixty."  Belle has never worked with a professional stylist and credits her mother as her stylist instead. In her fashion choices, Belle and her mother are inspired by Elizabeth Taylor and Old Hollywood. She received the Young Hollywood Style Icon award at the Young Hollywood Awards in May 2011. 

Mini bio : 

• Speaks fluent English and Portuguese.
• She is an aspiring classical pianist. She played a few pieces for The Quiet (2005) and From Prada to Nada (2011), films in which she also starred.
• Her father is from Kingman, a small town in Kansas, and has English, German, and French ancestry. Her mother is Brazilian, and has Portuguese, and possibly some Italian, ancestry.
• One of People magazine's Most Beautiful People in the world 2011.
• She has also been involved in various charities and is an international spokesperson for "Kids With A Cause", created to provide a helping hand to children suffering from poverty, hunger, lack of education, neglect or abuse.
• Likes to watch Brazilian soap operas with her grandmother Deborah and used to visit her mother's family in São Paulo.
• Friends with actors Justin Chatwin and Jamie Bell, whom she met on the set of The Chumscrubber (2005).
• It took a lot of negotiating to get her to star in the remake When a Stranger Calls (2006) after Evan Rachel Wood turned it down. She is not a fan of horror movies and nearly turned down the role of Jill Johnson as a result until director Simon West told her he was going more for a psychological thriller which is when she accepted. She had to turn down the role of Kelli Presley in the Black Christmas (2006) to take on the role, which starred her co-star from the former film Katie Cassidy.
• Likes Brazilian food: feijoada (typical plate made with pork and beans), pão-de-queijo (typical bread made with cheese) and brigadeiro (sweet made with chocolate).
• Camilla Belle was ranked #1 in TC Candler's Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2010. She has been ranked in the Top 100 of that annual list for 13 consecutive years... including inside the Top 10 for 10 consecutive years (2008 to 2017).

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