CAMILLA BELLE

Camilla Belle Routh was born on 2 October 1986, in Los Angeles, CA to an American father and Brazilian mother. She was named after actress Renata Sorrah's character, Camila, in the Brazilian soap opera "Cavalo de Aço" (1973).

Camilla Belle began appearing in print ads at the age of nine months.. The ambitious youngster segued smoothly into acting, appearing in minor roles in network and cable television movies such as “Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth” (NBC, 1993), “Empty Cradle” (ABC, 1993) and “Deconstructing Sarah” (USA Network, 1994). She went on to appear in several more made-for-TV movies and direct-to-video movies, including “Annie: A Royal Adventure” (ABC, 1995), “Poison Ivy 2” (1996) and the Jimmy Smits’ vehicle,“Marshal Law” (Showtime, 1996).

She segued to the big screen as one of the orphans in Alfonso Cuaron’s exquisite 1995 remake of “A Little Princess,” which led to small roles in major studio films, including Steven Spielberg’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” (1997) and the Nicole Kidman/Sandra Bullock chick-flick “Practical Magic” (1998), in which she portrayed a young Bullock – all before the age of twelve. While attending Marlborough, an elite, all-girls high school, Belle hit a bit of a dry spell work-wise, finding time to appeared in a few forgettable films in the late 1990s. Her only semi high-profile project was the HBO thriller “The Patriot” (1998) in which she played Steven Seagal’s daughter. In her downtime, Camilla Belle found time to study classical piano (with aspirations of going pro) and modern language (with the University of Edinburgh offering her a chance to study their modern language program). She also became actively involved in various charities, including becoming an international spokesperson for “Kids With a Cause,” a program created to provide help for children suffering from poverty, hunger, neglect and abuse.

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Quote: "I want to make a psychological thriller. I don't want to make a horror film...And we really want to make it like Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn."

"I've kept up kind of the gym stuff, but not the protein diet."

Camilla Belle's Latest Films:

10,000 B.C. (2007) as Evolet

When a Stranger Calls (2006) as Jill Johnson - aka Bell Ringer (Philippines: English title)

The Quiet (2005) as Dot

The Chumscrubber (2005) as Crystal

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) as Rose Slavin

Mini Info: 5 things you should know about Camilla Belle:

Though she started modeling for print ads at nine months old and acting in films at 5, 19-year-old Camilla Belle really had her Hollywood coming-out party last year at Sundance with fine performances in both The Ballad of Jack and Rose and The Chumscrubber. Now the LA. native with the killer brows (credit her Brazilian mom) stars in the update of the 1979 horror flick When a Stranger Calls as a babysitter terrorized by a voice that's closer than she thinks.

She loves to cook: "Every Oscars and Golden Globes, I always make a big, fancy meal and all my friends come over. My mom is a really amazing cook, but I kinda take it to the next level because I go the Martha Stewart way and I love decorating the plate and making it look very beautiful. I love being the hostess."

You're probably saying her name wrong:

"It's 'Ca-mee-la.' Every English person I know is like, 'I can't say it. I only know how to say "Camilla,"' like Camilla Parker-Bowles."

Jack Nicholson scares her: "I don't like scary movies-I don't really like being scared, it's just not a nice feeling. But I wanted to see some scary movies to get myself in the mood [for When a Stranger Calls']. I saw The Shining and Jack Nicholson really became my stranger. Whenever I pictured the stranger, I pictured him."

She was a tomboy: "In elementary school I was always playing basketball and football with the guys and I never really got along with girls that well. Then I went to an all-girls private high school that was really strict. In the beginning, I didn't want to go there at all, but I made a great group of friends and started to really love it. The focus was on female empowerment and participating in class- plus it's uniforms, so you're not worrying about clothes and guys."

She adores Elizabeth Taylor: "I think the first film I saw that made me become completely infatuated with her was National Velvet. And I still love that movie. It's just a really beautiful story of innocence that's lost."

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