Lake Bell facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lake Bell
Bell at the 2013 Montclair Film Festival
Born	Lake Siegel Bell (1979-03-24) March 24, 1979 (age 46) New York City, U.S.
Education	Skidmore College Rose Bruford College (BA)
Occupation	Actress, director, screenwriter
Years active	1997–present
Spouse(s)	Scott Campbell ​ ​ (m. 2013; sep. 2020)​
Children	2

Lake Siegel Bell (born March 24, 1979) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She is known for her roles in many movies and TV shows. You might know her as the voice of Chloe the cat in The Secret Life of Pets movies. She also voiced Poison Ivy in the Harley Quinn animated series.

Bell has also been part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She voiced Black Widow in the Disney+ series What If...?. She also had a role in the movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Besides acting, Bell has written and directed her own movies, including the award-winning film In a World....

Early Life and Education

Lake Bell was born in New York City. Her mother, Robin Bell, is a designer. Her father, Harvey Siegel, is a real estate developer who owned racetracks. Bell has said she grew up in a "comically dysfunctional" family.

She went to schools in New York and Connecticut. As a teenager, she also studied for a year in Rennes, France. She later lived in Vero Beach, Florida.

Bell started college at Skidmore College in New York. However, she wanted to focus on acting. She moved to London to study at Rose Bruford College. There, she performed in many plays like The Seagull and The Children's Hour.

Acting Career

First Roles on TV and in Movies

Bell started her acting career in 2002. She appeared in the movie Speakeasy and had a guest role on the TV show ER. Soon after, she was in the TV movie War Stories.

In 2004, she joined the cast of the legal drama The Practice. Her character, Sally Heep, was so popular that she became a main character in the spinoff show Boston Legal. She starred in the show from 2004 to 2006. From 2005 to 2006, she also had a lead role in the science fiction series Surface.

Success in Comedy and Drama

Bell in June 2009

In 2008, Bell starred in several movies. She was in the romantic comedies Over Her Dead Body and What Happens in Vegas. She also appeared in the crime drama Pride and Glory with Colin Farrell.

From 2008 to 2016, she played Dr. Cat Black in the comedy series Childrens Hospital. She also starred in the HBO show How to Make It in America from 2010 to 2011. In 2009, she played Alec Baldwin's wife in the movie It's Complicated.

Voice Acting and Recent Work

Bell is a talented voice actress. She voiced a witch in Shrek Forever After (2010). She is well-known as the voice of Chloe, a lazy cat, in The Secret Life of Pets (2016) and its sequel in 2019.

Since 2019, she has voiced Poison Ivy in the popular animated series Harley Quinn. She also voiced Black Widow for the Marvel series What If...? on Disney+. In 2022, she appeared in the major film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Writing and Directing

Bell is also a successful filmmaker. In 2010, she wrote and directed a short film called Worst Enemy. It was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and won awards.

Her first full-length movie as a director was In a World... (2013). She also wrote and starred in it. The movie is a comedy about a woman who wants to be a voice-over artist. It won a screenwriting award at Sundance.

In 2017, she released her second movie, I Do... Until I Don't. She also wrote, directed, and starred in this film. Bell has directed episodes for several TV shows, including Bless This Mess, which she also co-created and starred in.

Personal Life

Bell in July 2011

In 2011, Bell started dating artist and tattoo artist Scott Campbell. They met when he appeared on her show How to Make It in America. They got married in June 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The couple has two children, a daughter born in 2014 and a son born in 2017. Bell and Campbell announced their separation in October 2020.

Selected Filmography

Here are some of Lake Bell's most well-known roles.

Film

Television

See also

In Spanish: Lake Bell para niños