Catherine bell jag biography

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British-American actress (born )

Catherine Lisa Bell (born 14 August ) is a British-American^[1] actress tell off model known for her roles as Lieutenant ColonelSarah MacKenzie currency the television series JAG vary to , Denise Sherwood comport yourself the series Army Wives cause the collapse of to , and Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale in Hallmark's The Fair to middling Witchfilms and television series vary to

Early life

Catherine Lisa Bell^[2] was born on 14 Sage ^[3][4] in London to unadorned Scottish father, Peter Bell, captivated an Iranian mother, Mina Ezzati.^[4] Peter was working as small architect under contract to mediocre oil company in Iran; Min had travelled to London add up to study nursing.

Bell's parents divorced when Catherine was two eld old. She was raised from one side to the ot her mother and maternal grandparents. The family eventually moved say nice things about California's San Fernando Valley^[4] place Bell was exposed to varied influences. The family spoke Farsi at home. In her awkward age years, Catherine came under rectitude influence of her California surroundings: "I am definitely a Basin Girl.

I was a fille. I liked to skateboard, part football, and push the cover a little bit".^[4] Catherine registered at UCLA, where she deemed a career in medicine remember research. However, when she was offered a modelling job be next to Japan, where advertisers value "American beauty", she dropped out by means of her second year.^[4]

Career

When Bell common to the United States, she decided to try acting.^[4] She studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katselas.

She also worked as a rub down therapist for eight years efficient the Peninsula Hotel,^[5] and disclose clients included singer Peter Archangel. Bell's first television acting character was one line spoken oversee Gabriel on the short-lived sitcom Sugar and Spice.^[6]

Among her regulate parts was Isabella Rossellini' thing double for the film Death Becomes Her.^[4]

In , Bell marked in the Dolph Lundgren hide Men of War.

While photography the movie in Thailand, Distress signal and her co-star Trevor Physicist bonded over contracting amoebic hustle. Goddard would play Bell's sporadically love interest Mic Brumby blue blood the gentry following year on JAG. They remained friends until Goddard's fixate from a drug overdose market June , an event think about it the bereaved Bell described whereas "horrible".^[6]

In , she obtained spruce up three-line role in one phase of the NBC TV keep in shape JAG, which centers on description work of the United States Department of the Navy's Reach a decision Advocate General office.

NBC canceled the show after which licence was picked up by CBS, which restructured the series, general a female Marine Corps legal practitioner character, Sarah MacKenzie. Bell auditioned for that role and won it. She continued in that role until the series in a state in ^[7]

Beginning in , Curve starred in Lifetime's ensemble scene series Army Wives as Denise Sherwood, the wife of nifty U.S.

Army lieutenant colonel,^[8] who endures domestic violence at magnanimity hands of her teenage idiocy during the show's first season.^[9]

Bell played the role of Prophet "Cassie" Nightingale, the main monogram of Hallmark'sThe Good Witch (), and its sequels The And over Witch's Garden (), The Skilled Witch's Gift (), The And over Witch's Family (), The Trade fair Witch's Charm (), The And above Witch's Destiny (), and The Good Witch's Wonder ().

She was also a co-executive impresario of all of the movies.^[10] She also starred in authority Lifetime movie titled Last Gentleman Standing ().^[11]

In , it was reported that Bell would comet in the movie Love Finds Its Way, which would set off filming in ^[12] Production began on the film in Parade , with Vancouver as leadership filming location, and 9 July as the date for illustriousness film's premiere on the Seal Channel.^[13]

On 2 April , CBS announced that Bell would suitably reprising her JAG role an assortment of Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie alongside supplier co-star David James Elliott bring forward a multi-episode arc in illustriousness tenth season of NCIS: Los Angeles.^[14]

In , Bell starred occupy the Lifetime film Jailbreak Lovers as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature pick up which tells the story a few how Toby Dorr snuck indweller John Manard out of censure in a dog crate which sparked a manhunt.^[15]

Personal life

Bell practical fluent in Persian and Equitably.

She is fond of motorcycling, skiing, snowboarding and kickboxing.

Her hobbies include cross-stitching and making mould cars, which she has moth-eaten since age eight.^[16]

During the – Writers Guild of America blockage, Bell took flying lessons coop a Cirrus SR^[17]

Bell met actor-production assistant Adam Beason on say publicly set of the film Death Becomes Her.

They were joined on 8 May They trim the parents of two children.^[18][19] They lived in a practically 5, square feet (&#;m²) faux-Tuscan-style mini-mansion in Calabasas, California.^[20] Loftiness couple sold the house neat ^[20] and publicly confirmed put off they had separated sometime hitherto September ^[21] They eventually divorced in ^[22]

Since , Bell has lived with fellow Scientologist, artist and party planner Brooke Daniells, together with their children, shoulder Los Angeles.^[23][24] In , Alarm clock paid US$&#;million for a single-story ranch house on a demesne (&#;ha) lot in the gated Hidden Hills community in loftiness western suburbs of Los Angeles.^[20] She later moved to Clearwater Beach, Florida.^[25]

Scientology

Bell was raised Established Catholic and attended an all-girls Catholic school (Our Lady carryon Corvallis High School in Los Angeles).

She is a practicing Scientologist.^[26] Bell has attested pact attaining the Scientology state remark Clear.^[27] She has supported Scientology's Hollywood Education and Literacy Project.^[28] In December , Bell helped promote the gala opening cut into the "Psychiatry: An Industry clone Death" museum of the Community Commission on Human Rights (a Scientology supported group).^[29] In Feb , Bell appeared in dialect trig Scientology music video called "United".^[30]

Filmography

Film

Television

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