Camilla Belle
Encyclopedia
Camilla Belle is an American actress. Her works include The Lost World: Jurassic Park
, When a Stranger Calls
, 10,000 BC
, The Quiet
, Push
and Speedy Singhs.
ian-born fashion designer, and her father, Jack Wesley Routh, owns a construction company and was a composer of country music
. Belle was raised in a strict Catholic household. She attended St. Paul's Catholic Elementary School and then the Marlborough School
, an all-girl high school in Los Angeles.
She is a fluent speaker of Spanish and Portuguese
.
starring Liesel Matthews
. Her first lead role was in Rip Girls
in 2000, a Disney Channel original movie. She returned to performing after a short break with the lead role in the remake of When A Stranger Calls
. Her next role was in the feature film 10,000 BC
, directed by Roland Emmerich
, a film about prehistoric humans. Belle's next big release was playing the role of Kira Hollis in Push, a sci-fi thriller involving a group of super-powered youths, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency.
Following a turn as Steven Seagal
's daughter in The Patriot
(1998), she earned a 1999 Youth in Film 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 TV series Walker: Texas Ranger. She received her third and fourth Young Artist Award nominations respectively for the telefilm Replacing Dad
(1999) and for her role in the Disney Channel TV Movie Rip Girls
(2000). In 2010, she has teamed up with Akshay Kumar
's Speedy Singhs earlier known by the International title, Breakaway
directed by Robert Lieberman
set to release on this September 23.
She was ranked #3 on the list of "Most Beautiful Faces 2009" and #1 on "Most Beautiful Faces 2010".
In 2011, she was ranked #5 on People
s "25 Beauties (and Hotties) at 25" list.
after starring in his band's
music video for the song "Lovebug
". In late July 2009, Belle and Jonas ended their relationship.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 science fiction thriller film, directed by Steven Spielberg. The film was produced by Bonnie Curtis, Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen and Colin Wilson...
, When a Stranger Calls
When a Stranger Calls (2006 film)
When a Stranger Calls is a 2006 American horror film and a remake of the 1979 horror film of the same name based on the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs"...
, 10,000 BC
10,000 BC (film)
10,000 BC is a 2008 American fantasy film from Warner Bros. Pictures set in the prehistoric era. It was directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Steven Strait and Camilla Belle. The world premiere was held on February 10, 2008 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin...
, The Quiet
The Quiet
The Quiet is a 2005 American drama and thriller film directed by Jamie Babbit, and starring Camilla Belle and Elisha Cuthbert. It focuses on a mute teenage girl, Dot who goes to live with her godparents after her father dies, where she slowly learns the disturbing secrets of the family, primarily...
, Push
Push (2009 film)
Push is a 2009 American science fiction thriller film directed by Paul McGuigan. The film stars Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Joel Gretsch and Djimon Hounsou...
and Speedy Singhs.
Early life
Belle was born as Camilla Belle Routh in Los Angeles. Her mother, Cristina, is a BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian-born fashion designer, and her father, Jack Wesley Routh, owns a construction company and was a composer of country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
. Belle was raised in a strict Catholic household. She attended St. Paul's Catholic Elementary School and then the Marlborough School
Marlborough School (Los Angeles)
Marlborough School is a private, all-girls, college-preparatory secondary school for grades 7th through 12th located at 250 South Rossmore Avenue in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Marlborough was founded in 1889 by Mary Caswell and is the oldest independent...
, an all-girl high school in Los Angeles.
She is a fluent speaker of Spanish and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
.
Career
She made her professional debut in a print ad at nine months. At age five she was cast as a lead in her first film, NBC's thriller, Trapped Beneath the Earth. Belle began her career with a small role in the film production of the novel A Little PrincessA Little Princess (1995 film)
A Little Princess is a 1995 American children's film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, and Vanessa Lee Chester. Set during World War I, it focuses on a young girl who is relegated to a life of servitude in a New York City boarding school by the...
starring Liesel Matthews
Liesel Matthews
Liesel Anne Pritzker , stage name Liesel Matthews, is an American former child actress and heiress to the Hyatt Hotels fortune...
. Her first lead role was in Rip Girls
Rip Girls
Rip Girls is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Camilla Belle. This movie is about a teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island...
in 2000, a Disney Channel original movie. She returned to performing after a short break with the lead role in the remake of When A Stranger Calls
When a Stranger Calls (2006 film)
When a Stranger Calls is a 2006 American horror film and a remake of the 1979 horror film of the same name based on the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs"...
. Her next role was in the feature film 10,000 BC
10,000 BC (film)
10,000 BC is a 2008 American fantasy film from Warner Bros. Pictures set in the prehistoric era. It was directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Steven Strait and Camilla Belle. The world premiere was held on February 10, 2008 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin...
, directed by Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer.His films, most of which are Hollywood productions filmed in English, have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide, more than those of any other European director...
, a film about prehistoric humans. Belle's next big release was playing the role of Kira Hollis in Push, a sci-fi thriller involving a group of super-powered youths, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency.
Following a turn as Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
's daughter in The Patriot
The Patriot (1998 film)
The Patriot is a 1998 action film loosely based on the novel, The Last Canadian by William C. Heine. The film stars Steven Seagal, Gallard Sartain, L.Q. Jones, Whitney Yellow Robe, and Camilla Belle. It was directed by Dean Semler, written by M. Sussman, and produced by Patrick Choi, Nile Niami,...
(1998), she earned a 1999 Youth in Film Young Artist Award nomination for her portrayal of Sandra Bullock's character as a girl in Practical Magic
Practical Magic
Practical Magic is a 1998 American fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witches who carry on a family legacy of witchcraft and tragedy. The film is based on a book of the same name by Alice Hoffman...
(1998), as well as another nomination the same year for her guest appearance on the TV series Walker: Texas Ranger. She received her third and fourth Young Artist Award nominations respectively for the telefilm Replacing Dad
Replacing Dad
Replacing Dad is a 1999 television film directed by Joyce Chopra. Based on a Shelley Fraser Mickle novel, the film stars Mary McDonnell, William Russ, and Jack Coleman.- Plot :...
(1999) and for her role in the Disney Channel TV Movie Rip Girls
Rip Girls
Rip Girls is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Camilla Belle. This movie is about a teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island...
(2000). In 2010, she has teamed up with Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...
's Speedy Singhs earlier known by the International title, Breakaway
Breakaway (2011 film)
-International version:Breakaway is originally a Punjabi project. The international version, titled Breakaway released to theaters in Canada on 30 September 2011, a week after the global release of the alternately titled Speedy Singhs version. While the film is mostly in English, the Speedy Singh...
directed by Robert Lieberman
Robert Lieberman
Robert Lieberman is a Canadian director of movies and television series.-Biography:Lieberman was the founder of the legendary west coast commercial production company Harmony Pictures and has directed close to two thousand commercials, many of them winning awards. He has received countless Clio...
set to release on this September 23.
She was ranked #3 on the list of "Most Beautiful Faces 2009" and #1 on "Most Beautiful Faces 2010".
In 2011, she was ranked #5 on People
People
People is a plurality of human beings or other beings possessing enough qualities constituting personhood. It has two usages:* as the plural of person or a group of people People is a plurality of human beings or other beings possessing enough qualities constituting personhood. It has two usages:*...
s "25 Beauties (and Hotties) at 25" list.
Personal life
In October 2008, Belle began a relationship with Joe JonasJoe Jonas
Joseph Adam "Joe" Jonas is a Pop American singer, musician, actor, and dancer. He is a member of the Jonas Brothers, a pop-rock band made up of him and his two brothers, Nick and Kevin...
after starring in his band's
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
music video for the song "Lovebug
Lovebug (song)
"Lovebug" is the second official single by the American teen pop band the Jonas Brothers that was released from their third studio album, A Little Bit Longer, on September 30, 2008. LoveBug is featured on the album Now: The Hits of Autumn 2009 in Australia.-Music video:Disney Channel featured the...
". In late July 2009, Belle and Jonas ended their relationship.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Empty Cradle Empty Cradle Empty Cradle is a 1993 television film directed by Paul Schneider. The film is based on actual events, but the scenario has been fictionalized for entertainment purposes.- Plot :... |
Sally | Television |
| 1993 | Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth | Jennifer Gates | Television |
| 1994 | Deconstructing Sarah | Young Elizabeth | Television |
| 1995 | Jane | ||
| 1995 | Annie: A Royal Adventure! Annie: A Royal Adventure! Annie 2: A Royal Adventure! is a TV sequel to Annie . It was released in the United States in 1995 and internationally in 1996, and is approximately 93 minutes long... |
Molly | Television |
| 1996 | Poison Ivy II | Daphna Falk | |
| 1996 | Marshal Law | Boot Coleman | Television |
| 1997 | Cathy Bowman | ||
| 1998 | Holly McClaren | ||
| 1998 | Practical Magic Practical Magic Practical Magic is a 1998 American fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witches who carry on a family legacy of witchcraft and tragedy. The film is based on a book of the same name by Alice Hoffman... |
Sally Owens at age 11 | |
| 1998 | Walker Texas Ranger | Cindy Morgan | |
| 1999 | Replacing Dad Replacing Dad Replacing Dad is a 1999 television film directed by Joyce Chopra. Based on a Shelley Fraser Mickle novel, the film stars Mary McDonnell, William Russ, and Jack Coleman.- Plot :... |
Mandy | Television |
| 1999 | Secret of the Andes Secret of the Andes (film) Secret of the Andes is a 1999 Argentine family fantasy adventure film. Directed by Alejandro Azzano, it stars Roshan Seth as a powerful shaman, Camilla Belle as a young girl with unusual gifts, David Keith as her archaeologist father, Nancy Allen as her mother and John Rhys-Davies as a Catholic... |
Diana Willings | |
| 2000 | Rip Girls Rip Girls Rip Girls is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Camilla Belle. This movie is about a teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island... |
Sydney Miller | Television |
| 2001 | Phoebe at age 10–12 | ||
| 2001 | Back to the Secret Garden Back to the Secret Garden Back To The Secret Garden is a 2001 family fantasy film. Produced for television, the film serves as a sequel to Francis Hodgson Burnett's classic novel The Secret Garden... |
Lizzie Buscana | |
| 2005 | Rose Slavin | ||
| 2005 | Crystal | ||
| 2005 | Dot | ||
| 2006 | When a Stranger Calls When a Stranger Calls (2006 film) When a Stranger Calls is a 2006 American horror film and a remake of the 1979 horror film of the same name based on the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs"... |
Jill Johnson | "Bell Ringer" – Philippines (English title), "Stranger Call" – Japan (English title) |
| 2007 | Hermia | ||
| 2008 | 10,000 BC 10,000 BC (film) 10,000 BC is a 2008 American fantasy film from Warner Bros. Pictures set in the prehistoric era. It was directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Steven Strait and Camilla Belle. The world premiere was held on February 10, 2008 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin... |
Evolet | |
| 2009 | Push Push (2009 film) Push is a 2009 American science fiction thriller film directed by Paul McGuigan. The film stars Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Joel Gretsch and Djimon Hounsou... |
Kira Hollis | |
| 2009 | Ângela | "Adrift" – International (English title) | |
| 2010 | Father of Invention | Claire Elizabeth | "Robert Axle" – USA (informal title) |
| 2010 | After the Wedding | ||
| 2011 | From Prada to Nada From Prada to Nada From Prada to Nada is an American romantic comedy film directed by Angel Garcia and produced by Gary Gilbert, Linda McDonough, Gigi Pritzker and Chris Ranta. The plot was conceived from Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility... |
Nora | |
| 2011 | Speedy Singhs | Mellisa Winters | |
| 2011 | Zebras | Pre-production | |
| 2012 | Freaky Deaky | Pre-production | |
| 2013 | Paradise Lost | Eve | Pre-production |