Catherine Bell Life Story

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Catherine Lisa Bell (born August 14, 1968 in London) is a British born American actress who was the co-star of the hit television show JAG from 1997 to 2005.

Bell is the daughter of a Scottish father and Persian mother. Her parents divorced and she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California when she was three years old. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States at age 12. 

She acted in various television advertisements as a child. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with an interest in becoming a biomedical engineer or doctor but dropped out to become a model. One of her first modelling jobs was an extended assignment in Japan.

Her first appearance in a film was as a body double for Isabella Rossellini in Death Becomes Her (1992). In 2003, Bell played a supporting role in the comedy Bruce Almighty, which starred Jim Carrey. Up until April 29, 2005, Bell also played Marine Lt Colonel Sarah McKenzie on the television show JAG.

Bell is fluent in Persian and English, Bell married Adam Beason on 1994-05-08. They have a daughter, Gemma, who was born on 2003-04-16. Bell is a survivor of thyroid cancer and had to have her thyroid removed in her 20s. She has a surgical scar on her neck.

Although Bell was raised Roman Catholic and attended an all-girls’ Catholic school (Our Lady of Corvallis High School in Los Angeles), she has since become a Scientologist. Bell has attested to attaining the Scientology state of Clear She has supported Scientology’s Hollywood Education and Literacy Project. In December 2005, Bell helped promote the gala opening of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death” museum.

In February 2006, Bell appeared in a Scientology music video called, “United.” The film includes cameo performances by Isaac Hayes, Erika Christensen, Jenna Elfman and Lynsey Bartilson and promotes human rights with a rap song. 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 just before the 2002 Super Bowl, 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.