Catherine Bell

Name :	Catherine Bell
Full Name :	Catherine Lisa Bell
Date of Birth :	14 August 1968
Place of Birth :	London, England
Sign :	Leo
Height :	5' 10''
Ancestry :	Iranian and English
Education :	Studied for awhile at UCLA, and wanted to be either a surgeon or a biomedical engineer.
Occupation :	Actress Model
Marital Status :	Married on 8th of May, 1994
Debut :	Mother of the Bride, 1993 (TV)
Husband :	Adam Beason
Fan Mail :	c/o JAG Productions 5555 Melrose Ave. Mae West Bldg. 152 Los Angeles , Ca 90038 USA

Catherine Lisa Bell is a British-born American actress known for her role of Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the television show JAG from 1997 to 2005.

Catherine was born in London, England, on August 14, 1968. She is the daughter of Mina, a personal assistant and nurse, and Peter Bell, an architect. Her father Peter was born in Britain and her mother, Mina, born in Iran. . When she was only three years old her parents divorced and she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California. After divorced she and her mother emigrated from England to the United States. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States at the age of twelve. Catherine and her mother lived in Los Angeles, where they stayed, at first, with her mother's parents.

She acted in various television advertisements as a child. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with an interest in becoming either a biomedical engineer or a physician but dropped out to become a full-time model.

Personal life

Bell is fluent in Farsi and English. She is fond of skiing, snowboarding and kick-boxing, which she has been practicing for over 10 years. Her hobbies include cross-stitching and making model cars, which she has done since age 8. She met actor/production assistant Adam Beason on the set of Death Becomes Her in 1992 (where she was the body-double for Isabella Rossellini), and they were married on May 8, 1994They have a daughter, Gemma, who was born on April 16, 2003.

Bell was the grand marshal of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway on June 3, 2007.

In a survey of 70 celebrities by The Sporting News, she correctly predicted that the New England Patriots would beat the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI 20 to 17.

In August 2007, Bell and her husband put their Calabasas, California, home on the market for $3.25 million and moved to South Carolina.

During the Hollywood writers strike, Bell took flying lessons in a Cirrus SR22.

When she was in her 20s, she had thyroid cancer and had to have her thyroid removed. She doesn't cover the scar on her neck because she "thinks it's kind of cool".

Career

One of Bell's first modeling jobs was an extended assignment in Japan. When she returned to California, she studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katselas. She was a free lance masseuse whose clientele included singer Peter Gabriel. She was on the game show To Tell the Truth in 1990 where she mentioned that she was a massage therapist, (she was one of the imposters on the show, she was playing an imposter of a body double named Shelly Michelle). Her first television acting role was one line on the sitcom Sugar and Spice (1990). Her first appearance in a film was as a body double for Isabella Rossellini in Death Becomes Her (1992). One of her first TV roles was on the HBO sitcom Dream On in 1994.

From 1997 to 2005, Bell starred as U.S. Marine Corps Major Sarah MacKenzie on the hit television series JAG as a practicing attorney in the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps. Her earlier TV work also included an appearance in a late night adult series called Hot line. Bell was featured in "The Brunch Club" episode.

In 2003, she had a supporting role as a television news anchor, Susan Ortega, in the comedy Bruce Almighty, starring Jim Carrey. She reprised the role with a cameo in the 2007 sequel Evan Almighty, starring Steve Carell.

Bell appeared in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Triangle, presented in December 2005, playing an ocean engineer. In 2006, she was nominated in Saturn Award of Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Supporting Actress on Television (The Triangle).

In 2007, Bell starred in Lifetime's ensemble drama series Army Wives as Denise Sherwood, the wife of a US Army major, who is enduring domestic violence at the hands of her teenage son.

Bell has also recently played the main role in Hallmark's The Good Witch (2008) and its sequel, The Good Witch's Garden (2009). She co-executive produced both movies.

Filmography

Actress

Title	Date	Role	Notes
The Good Witch's Garden	2009	Cassandra Nightingale	co-executive producer
The Good Witch	2008	Cassandra Nightingale
Evan Almighty	2007	Susan Ortega	cameo
Army Wives	2007-present	Denise Sherwood
Still Small Voices	2006	Michael Summer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	2006	Naomi Cheales	Episode #8.09 - Choreographed
Company Town	2006	Maggie Shaunessy
Threshold	2006	Dr. Daphne Larson	Episode #1.11 - Outbreak
The Triangle	2005	Emily Patterson
Babak & Friends: A First Norooz	2005	Layla	Voice
JAG	1996-2005	Maj./Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie	Episode #1.22 - Skeleton Crew(1996) as Lieutenant Junior Grade Diane Schonke, Episode #3.19 - Death Watch as Lieutenant Junior Grade Diane Schonke (archive footage), Episode #5.11 - Ghosts of Christmas Past(1999) as Jenny Lake, Episode #6.23 - Mutiny(2001) as Mrs. Alexander MacKenzie, Episode #8.14 - Each of Us Angels(2003) as Ensign Beverly Tromatore
Waking the Dead	2003	Sam James	Episode #3.4 - Final Cut
Bruce Almighty	2003	Susan Ortega
Thrill Seekers	1999	Elizabeth Wintern
Cab to Canada	1998	Sandy
Black Thunder	1998	Lisa
Sin City Spectacular	1998-1999		Episode #1.10 and #1.16
Crash Dive	1997	Lt. Cmdr. Lisa Stark
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	1997	Cynea	Episode #3.10 - The Lady and the Dragon
Hotline Volume 3	1996
Hot Line: The Brunch Club	1996	Cat
The Naked Truth	1995		Episode #1.11 - Comet Nails Star and Vice Versa!
Friends	1995	Robin	Episode #2.06 - The One with the Baby on the Bus
Alien Nation: Body and Soul	1995	Cop
Vanishing Son	1995		Episode #2.06 - Miracle Under 34th Street as Kelly, Episode #2.12 - Long Ago and Far Away as Rachel
Men of War	1994	Grace Lashield
Dream On	1994	Kay Meadows	Episode #5.09 - Those Who Can't, Edit
Mother of the Bride	1993	Chastity
Death Becomes Her	1992	Lisle's Body Double	Isabella Rossellini