Camilla Belle

Early life

An only child, Belle was born on October 2, 1986 to Deborah Cristina Gould of a Brazilian background and Jack Wesley Routh, a country music performer and composer. She attended Marlborough School, an all-girl high school in Los Angeles. She grew up speaking English and Portuguese. During her childhood, she frequently visited her mother's family in Brazil. She was raised in her mother's devout Roman Catholic faith.

Career

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.[[File:Camilla Belle 2009.jpg|thumb|Belle at the premiere of [[Push (2009 film)|Push]] in Los Angeles in January 2009]]

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. In 2007, she appeared in coffee brand Nespresso's television commercial alongside actor George Clooney. 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. 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.

Public image

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 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.

Personal life

Belle dated singer Joe Jonas from September 2008 to July 2009. They met during filming the Jonas Brothers music video "Lovebug" in which she appears as the lead actress. Belle briefly dated American footballer Tim Tebow from October to December 2012.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Other credits

Awards and nominations

References

References

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