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Mar 24, 1979 (45 years old)
New York City
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Actor , Film director , Screenwriter , Voice Actor , Model , Television Director , Film Producer , Editor
Lake Bell is an American actress, screenwriter, and director with a net worth of $4 million. She started her career in the 2002 movie Speakeasy but gained recognition in War Stories a year later. Bell then became a recurring cast member on Boston Legal. Her notable works include Childrens Hospital, It's Complicated, No Strings Attached, and How to Make It in America. She debuted as a director with her short movie Worst Enemy in 2010 and her first feature film In A World… at Sundance in 2013. Bell was also featured in Maxim's Hot 100 list in 2008 and 2012.
Lake Siegel Bell was born on March 24, 1979, in New York City. Her mother, Robin Bell, is the owner of Robin Bell Design, and her father, Harvey Siegel, is a real estate developer. Bell has a diverse religious heritage, with a Jewish father and Protestant mother. She attended The Chapin School in New York and Westminster School in Connecticut. As a junior in high school, she studied abroad in Rennes, France. After high school, Bell attended Skidmore College but later transferred to Rose Bruford College in London to pursue theater. While in London, she acted in various productions such as The Seagull and Six Degrees of Separation.
After her studies, Bell landed a role in the 2002 film Speakeasy and appeared in two episodes of the medical drama ER. In 2003, she starred in the psychological thriller I Love Your Work and the NBC show War Stories with Jeff Goldblum. She joined the NBC comedy-drama Miss Match with Alicia Silverstone. In 2004, Bell featured in the wrestling film Slammed and joined The Practice, continuing her role in its spin-off Boston Legal. From 2005 to 2006, she starred in the sci-fi series Surface and the film Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders. She also appeared in the thriller Under Still Water, winning the Newport Beach Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance.
Bell was in the crime drama Pride and Glory with Colin Farrell, and the romantic comedies Over Her Dead Body and What Happens in Vegas. She gained fame as Dr. Cat Black in Childrens Hospital, directing two episodes. She remained on the show from 2008 to 2016. In 2009, Bell played Alec Baldwin's wife in It's Complicated and guest-starred in Wainy Days. She voiced a character in the animated film Shrek Ever After and appeared in Burning Palms and The League. She led the HBO series How to Make It in America from 2010 to 2011.
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In 2011, Bell appeared with Josh Lucas and Terrence Howard in Little Murder. She was also in No Strings Attached and the comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy. In 2012, Bell starred with Kate Bosworth in Black Rock. In 2017, she appeared in Shot Caller and Home Again. In 2021, she voiced a character in Cryptozoo and appeared in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in 2022.
As a writer, Bell created the short film Worst Enemy, which debuted at Sundance in 2011 and featured in several festivals. She made her feature film debut with In a World… in 2013 at Sundance. Bell's second film, I Do… Until I Don't, was released in 2017. She has also directed episodes for TV shows like Casual, Bless This Mess, and Pam & Tommy.
Bell began dating artist and tattoo artist Scott Campbell in 2011, meeting during the second season of How to Make It in America. They got engaged on Bell's birthday in March 2012 and married in June 2013 at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans. They have two children: Nova, born in October 2014, and Ozgood, born in May 2017. Bell and Campbell separated in October 2020, with Bell filing for divorce later that month. In July 2022, it was rumored that Bell was dating comedian and actor Chris Rock.
