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Catherine Lisa Bell (born August 14, 1968 in
London, England) is a British born American actress & model who was, until
recently, the co-star of the CBS television show JAG.
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Biography
Bell is the daughter of a British father of
Scottish descent and an Iranian mother. Her parents divorced when she was a
toddler and she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California when she was
three years old. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States at age
12. She acted in various television advertisements as a child. She attended the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with an interest in becoming a
biomedical engineer or a medical doctor but dropped out to become a model. One
of her first modeling jobs was an extended assignment in Japan.
Her first appearance in a film was as a body double
for Isabella Rossellini in Death Becomes Her (1992). In 2003, Bell played a
supporting role in the comedy Bruce Almighty, which starred Jim Carrey. From
1996 until April 29, 2005, Bell's long-running role was Marine Major, and then
Lt. Colonel, Sarah McKenzie on the American CBS-TV television show JAG.
Bell has been acting (2005) in the new thriller
miniseries "The Triangle" on the Sci-Fi channel.
Bell is fluent in Persian and is a member of the
Church of Scientology. Bell is married to Adam Beason and has a daughter, Gemma
who was born on April 16, 2003.
Bell is a survivor of thyroid cancer and had to
have her thyroid removed in her 20s. She has a surgical scar on her neck.
Bell is renowned in NFL football history as being
the only person ever to have correctly predicted, in a major publication, the
participants in, winner, and final score of a Super Bowl before the regular
season. Before the 2001 NFL regular season began, "The Sporting News" reported
that Bell predicted the outcome of Super Bowl XXXVI would be: New England
Patriots 20, St. Louis Rams 17.
In late 2005, she joined the cast of the science
fiction series Threshold, however the series was cancelled before any of her
episodes were broadcast. (It remains to be seen if her appearances will be
televised, webcast (several Threshold episodes were presented online), or
released to DVD in the future).
Facts &
Stats
Height: 5' 10"
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Ethnicity: Persian/Scottish
Made two great appearances as a swimsuit model in
FHM magazine.
Filmed JAG episodes in several locations in the
USA, in South America, in the Middle East, in Europe, and in Australia, where
she took advantage of the beach scenery to perform in an attractive bikini.
Took advantage of her own pregnancy to portray the
pregnant wife of a CIA agent in JAG.
Voted #20 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World
(2004)
Has a pierced navel
Quote
"This huge life-changing moment of going from zero
to ninety in two seconds!" (Catherine on her reaction to getting a lead role on
JAG)
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