An attractive brunette child performer, Camilla Belle began her career before her first birthday, landing a gig in a national advertising campaign at age nine months. By the time she was in school, she had begun to land roles in TV-movies like the 1993 NBC drama “Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth”, about the rescue of earthquake survivors. Belle segued to the big screen as one of the orphans in Alfonso Cuaron’s exquisite 1995 remake of “A Little Princess”. The busy youngster subsequently racked up a string of impressive credits, including a turn as another orphan in the ABC movie “Annie: A Royal Adventure” (1995) and as Jimmy Smits’ plucky daughter in “Martial Law” (Showtime, 1996). After an appearance in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” (1997), Belle played the young Sally Owens (enacted by Sandra Bullock as an adult) in “Practical Magic” (1998) before being cast as Steven Segal’s child in the thriller “The Patriot” (HBO, 1999).
- Also Credited As:
Camilla Belle Routh
- Born:
on 10/02/86 in Los Angeles, California
- Job Titles:
Actor
Family
- Mother: Christina Routh. manages daughter’s career
Milestones
- 1987 Made debut at age nine months in a national print commercial
- 1993 TV acting debut in “Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth”
- 1995 Cast as the orphan Molly in the ABC TV-movie “AnnieL A Royal Adventure”
- 1995 Feature film debut, “A Little Princess”
- 1996 Portrayed Jimmy Smits’ young daughter in the Showtime movie “Martial Law”
- 1997 Appeared in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”
- 1998 Played the youthful incarnation of Sandra Bullock’s character in the feature “Practical Magic”
- 1999 Appeared alongside Mary McDonnell in “Replacing Dad” (CBS)
- 1999 Co-starred as Steven Seagal’s daughter in the thriller “The Patriot”; aired on HBO before its release on video
- 2001 Garnered glowing reviews for work in the Showtime film “Back to the Secret Garden”
- 2001 Played the young incarnation of Phoebe (who grows up to be Jordana Brewster) in “The Invisible Circus”
- 2005 Co-starred in Arie Posin’s ensemble “The Chumscrubber,” a darkly satiric story about life crumbling in the midst of a seemingly idyllic suburbia
- 2005 Portrayed Daniel Day-Lewis’ daughter in “The Ballad of Jack and Rose”
