Camilla Belle Biography

Camilla Belle Routh (born October 2, 1986) is an American actress. Her works include The Ballad of Jack and Rose, When a Stranger Calls, 10,000 BC, The Quiet, Push, and Breakaway. She is best known for her roles as Sydney Miller in Rip Girls and Lizzy Buscana in Back to the Secret Garden.

Early life

Belle was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Cristina Gould, is a Brazilian fashion designer and her father, Jack Wesley Routh, owns a construction company and was a composer of country music. Belle was raised in a Catholic household. She attended the Catlica Elementary School of So Paulo and then the Marlborough School, an all-girl high school in Los Angeles. She grew up speaking Portuguese.

Camilla used to spend, in childhood, seasons in Santos, Brazil, the hometown of her mother. She adopted many Brazilian habits, such as the taste for Brazilian telenovelas.

Career

She made her professional debut in a print ad at nine months. At age five she was cast as a lead in her first film, NBC's thriller, Trapped Beneath the Earth. Belle began her career with a small role in the film production of the novel A Little Princess (1995) starring Liesel Matthews. In The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), she played a girl who was attacked by a pack of Compsognathus.

In 1998, she played Aubrey Shepard on the Focus on the Family radio drama Adventures in Odyssey. Following a turn as Steven Seagal's daughter in The Patriot (1998), she earned a 1999 Youth in Film Young Artist Award nomination for her portrayal of Sandra Bullock's character as a girl in Practical Magic (1998), as well as another nomination the same year for her guest appearance on the TV series Walker: Texas Ranger. Her first lead role was in Rip Girls in 2000, a Disney Channel original movie. She received her third and fourth Young Artist Award nominations respectively for the telefilm Replacing Dad (1999) and for her role in the Disney Channel TV Movie Rip Girls (2000).

Belle's next film was the independent film The Quiet. SFStation wrote that "performance wise The Quiet belongs to Camilla Belle and Elisha Cuthbert"

She returned to performing after a short break with the lead role in the remake of When a Stranger Calls. Her next role was in the feature film 10,000 BC, directed by Roland Emmerich, a film about prehistoric humans. Belle's next big release was playing the role of Kira Hollis in Push, a sci-fi thriller involving a group of super-powered youths, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency.

In 2010, she appeared in Breakaway with Vinay Virmani directed by Robert Lieberman.

Personal life

In October 2008, Belle began a relationship with Joe Jonas after starring in his band's music video for the song "Lovebug". In late July 2009, Belle and Jonas ended their relationship.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	'	Jane
1996	Poison Ivy II: Lily	Daphna Falk	Direct to video
1997	'	Cathy Bowman
1998	Practical Magic	Young Sally Owens
1998	'	Holly McClaren
1999	'	Phoebe O'Connor, age 10-12
1999	Secret of the Andes	Diana Willings
1999	Back to the Secret Garden	Elizabeth "Lizzy" Buscana
2005	'	Rose Slavin
2005	'	Crystal Falls
2005	'	Dot
2006	When a Stranger Calls	Jill Johnson
2007	The Trap	Hermia	Short film
2008	10,000 BC	Evolet
2009	Push	Kira Hollis
2009	Adrift	ngela	Deriva (Brazilian title)
2010	Father of Invention	Claire Axle
2011	From Prada to Nada	Nora Dominguez
2011	Breakaway	Melissa Winters	Speedy Singhs (Hindi title)
2012	Lovelocked	Cyd	Short film
2013	Open Road	Angie
2013	Zero Hour	Paula	Short film
2014	Cavemen	Tess
2014	Amapola	Ama
2014	Bald	Linda	Short film
2015	Diablo	Alexsandra
2016	The American Side	Emily Chase
2016	Sundown	Gaby

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Empty Cradle	Sally	Television film
1993	Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth	Jennifer Gates	Television film
1994	Deconstructing Sarah	Young Elizabeth	Television film
1995	Annie: A Royal Adventure!	Molly	Television film
1996	Marshal Law	Boot Coleman	Television film
1998	Walker, Texas Ranger	Cindy Morgan	Episode: "Code of the West"
1999	Replacing Dad	Mandy	Television film
2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Calf (voice)	Episode: "Where the Gauchos Roam"
2000	Rip Girls	Sydney Miller	Television film
2001	Back to the Secret Garden	Lizzie Buscana	Television film

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title
2008	Jonas Brothers	"Lovebug"
2013	Enrique Iglesias	"Heart Attack"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1999	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress	Walker, Texas Ranger
1999	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress	Practical Magic
2000	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Supporting Young Actress	Replacing Dad
2001	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama) - Leading Young Actress	Rip Girls
2005	Gotham Awards	Breakthrough Award	The Ballad of Jack and Rose