Catherine Bell Biography
Catherine Bell : Catherine Bell's Biography
Catherine Bell ,born August 14, 1968 in London, England, is a British-born Iranian-American actress who was David James Elliott's co-star as wife and best friend Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the hit television show JAG from 1997 to 2005.
Catherine Bell is the daughter of a Scottish father and Iranian mother. Catherine Bell's parents divorced, and then Catherine Bell and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California when Catherine Bell was three years old. Catherine Bell became a naturalized citizen of the United States at the age of 12. Catherine Bell acted in various television advertisements as a child. Catherine Bell 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. One of her first modeling jobs was an extended assignment in Japan.
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Catherine Bell's first appearance in a film was as a body double for Isabella
Rossellini in Death Becomes Her (1992). In 2003, Catherine Bell played a
supporting role in the comedy Bruce Almighty, which starred Jim Carrey.
From 1997 to 2005, Catherine Bell played U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie
on the television series JAG, as a practicing attorney in the U.S.
Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps of legal experts.
Catherine Bell is fluent in Persian (Farsi) and English.
Catherine Bell married Adam Beason on 8 May, 1994. They have a daughter, Gemma,
who was born on 16 April, 2003.
Catherine Bell is a survivor of thyroid cancer. Catherine Bell had to have her thyroid gland
removed from her neck in her 20s. Catherine Bell has a small surgical scar on her
neck. At one time, she used to have a message board on her website but
this has been removed citing the inability to constantly monitor it.
While the message board was running, Ms. Catherine Bell noted that she has had
thyroid surgery and LASIK done in the past.
On September 14, 2006, Reuters/Hollywood Reporter announced that
Catherine Bell had joined the cast of Lifetime's ensemble drama pilot
"Army Wives". In the projected series, Sally Pressman stars as a sassy
woman from the wrong side of the tracks who marries a soldier, moves her
kids to a military base and becomes friends with a diverse group of Army
wives, three of them played by Catherine Bell, Kim Delaney, and Brigid
Brannagh. Catherine Bell will play the wife of a US Army major, a devoted
homemaker who is enduring physical abuse at the hands of her teenage
son. In December, Lifetime announced it would produce 13 episodes of the
series for 2007.
Catherine Bell has also acted in the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries, The Triangle,
presented in December 2005, where Catherine Bell played the role of an ocean
engineer.
In 2006, Catherine Bell was nominated in Saturn Award of Academy of Science
Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Supporting Actress on
Television (The Triangle)
Catherine Bell has been affiliated with Scientology/Dianetics since 1990 and has
achieved what they call "the state of Clear". Catherine Bell has supported
Scientology's Hollywood Education and Literacy Project . In December
2005, Catherine Bell helped promote the gala opening of Scientology's
controversial "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" Museum, which puts
forth a conspiracy theory connecting Adolf Hitler to the psychiatric
profession.
In February 2006, Catherine Bell appeared in a Scientology music video called
"United". Fox News reporter Roger Friedman said of the video,
Catherine Bell and
other celebrities such as Jenna Elfman and Isaac Hayes were "all sort of
nodding in a trance and clapping".