Lake Bell
{{Short description|American actress (born 1979)}}
{{about|the actress|the building|Lake-Bell House}}
{{distinguish|Bell Lake (disambiguation){{!}}Bell Lake|Belle Lake}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lake Bell
| image = Lake Bell MFF 2013.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Bell at the 2013 Montclair Film Festival
| birth_name = Lake Siegel Bell
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|24}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| othername =
| occupation = Actress, director, screenwriter
| education = Skidmore College
Rose Bruford College (BA)
| yearsactive = 1997–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Scott Campbell|2013|2020|end={{abbr|sep.|separated}}}}
| children = 2
}}
Lake Siegel Bell{{cite news|last=Gross|first=Terry|title=In 'A World,' All Voice-Overs Are Not Created Equal|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/08/08/210135579/in-a-world-all-voice-overs-are-not-created-equal|access-date=February 11, 2014|work=All Things Considered, NPR|date=August 8, 2013|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222182854/http://www.npr.org/2013/08/08/210135579/in-a-world-all-voice-overs-are-not-created-equal|url-status=live}} (born March 24, 1979){{cite magazine | url = https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lake-bell/190374 | title= Lake Bell | magazine= TVGuide.com | access-date= April 13, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920125509/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lake-bell/190374/ | archive-date=September 20, 2016 | url-status=live}} is an American actress, screenwriter, and director. She has appeared in various television series, including Boston Legal (2004–2006), Surface (2005–2006), How to Make It in America (2010–2011), Childrens Hospital (2008–2016), and Bless This Mess (2019–2020) and in films including Over Her Dead Body (2008), What Happens in Vegas (2008), It's Complicated (2009), No Strings Attached (2011), Million Dollar Arm (2014), No Escape (2015), Man Up (2015), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), Shot Caller (2017), Home Again (2017), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
She wrote and directed the short film Worst Enemy, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, followed by her 2013 feature film directing debut, In a World..., in which she also starred. In 2017, she directed, wrote, co-produced, and starred in I Do... Until I Don't. Bell has also voiced Poison Ivy in the Max series Harley Quinn (2019–present) and Black Widow in the Disney+ series What If...? (2021–2024).
Early life
Bell was born in New York City. Her mother, Robin Bell, owns the design firm Robin Bell Design in New York.{{cite web|url=http://www.robinbelldesign.com/portfolio.html|title=Robin Bell Portfolio|website=Robin Bell Design|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414172252/http://www.robinbelldesign.com/portfolio.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.gettyimages.ca/event/airbnb-presents-hello-la-with-celebrity-designed-pop-ups-lake-bell-robin-bell-181962788|title= Airbnb Presents Hello LA With Celebrity-Designed Pop-Ups - Lake Bell & Robin Bell|website= gettyimages.ca|access-date= April 14, 2018|archive-date= April 14, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180414233931/https://www.gettyimages.ca/event/airbnb-presents-hello-la-with-celebrity-designed-pop-ups-lake-bell-robin-bell-181962788|url-status= live}}{{cite journal| last= Pittel |first=Christine|title=Star Quality: Robin Bell Designs A Camera-Ready Apartment For Her Actress Daughter In Record Time |journal=House Beautiful | via=Academic Search Premier, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals |date=February 1, 2004| volume= 146| issue=2}}{{cite web|url= https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/robin-bell|title= Robin Bell Stock Photos and Pictures|publisher= Getty Images|website= gettyimages.com|access-date= April 14, 2018|archive-date= April 14, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220414090844/https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/robin-bell|url-status= live}}{{cite web|title=APT with LSD: Lake Bell|url=https://www.vogue.com/culture/article/apt-with-lsd-lake-bell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901062959/https://www.vogue.com/culture/article/apt-with-lsd-lake-bell|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2012|work=Vogue|access-date= February 11, 2014| quote=I attribute my home's eclectic cohesiveness to my mother, Robin Bell.}} Requires click on "Read Caption" Her father is real estate developer Harvey Siegel.{{cite news|first=Johanna|last=Schneller|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/how-lake-bell-cultivated-the-voice-of-reason/article13813767/|title=How Lake Bell is single-handedly changing the way Hollywood listens to women|date=August 14, 2013|access-date=April 14, 2018|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128154852/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/how-lake-bell-cultivated-the-voice-of-reason/article13813767/|url-status=live}} He bought the Virginia International Raceway after it had closed, and converted it to a racetrack country club. He also owned New Jersey Motorsports Park.{{cite news|last=Ivry|first=Sara|title=Driving; Where the Backyard Is Circular, And Loud|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/29/travel/driving-where-the-backyard-is-circular-and-loud.html|access-date=February 11, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 29, 2002|archive-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114074146/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/29/travel/driving-where-the-backyard-is-circular-and-loud.html|url-status=live}}
Bell's father is Jewish and her mother is Protestant. Bell has stated that she was raised in a "comically dysfunctional" family.{{cite news|last=Kirby|first=Mark|title=You Can Ring My Bell|url=https://www.gq.com/women/photos/200712/lake-bell-colin-farrell-cameron-diaz-pride-and-glory|access-date= February 11, 2014|work=GQ|date=December 2007| archive-date= November 5, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105062928/http://www.gq.com/women/photos/200712/lake-bell-colin-farrell-cameron-diaz-pride-and-glory | url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hotz|first=Amy|title='Old Fashioned' actress Lake Bell ditches sea monsters for sex parties in return to Port City|url=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080629/ARTICLES/806290304?p=2&tc=pg|work=Star News |publisher=Halifax Media Group| location=Wilmington, North Carolina|access-date=February 11, 2014|date=June 29, 2008|archive-date= October 28, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141028061743/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080629/ARTICLES/806290304?p=2&tc=pg| url-status=live}}
Bell attended The Chapin School in New York and Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut. As a high school junior, Bell attended School Year Abroad (SYA) at its school located in Rennes, France. For part of her teenage years, she lived in Vero Beach, Florida and attended Saint Edwards School.{{Cite web|url=http://veronews.com/2017/09/07/amazing-star-studded-movie-set-vero/|title=Amazing! Star-studded movie is set in Vero – Vero News|website=veronews.com|date=September 7, 2017|access-date=May 2, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502163052/http://veronews.com/2017/09/07/amazing-star-studded-movie-set-vero/|url-status=live}} She attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, but decided to focus on acting and transferred to Rose Bruford College in London, which emphasized theater and the arts.{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/fashion/spotlight/ralph-lauren-lake-bell |title=American Pastoral |work=Elle |date=February 4, 2011|access-date=April 18, 2014 | archive-date = January 9, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150109030434/http://www.elle.com/fashion/a11528/ralph-lauren-lake-bell/ | url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/lake-bell-a-female-filmmaker-makes-her-mark-in-the-male-world-of-the-hollywood-voiceover-8798341.html |title=Lake Bell: A female filmmaker makes her mark in the male world of the Hollywood voiceover |work=The Independent| publisher=Independent Print Ltd.|location = London, England|date=September 7, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150108233715/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/lake-bell-a-female-filmmaker-makes-her-mark-in-the-male-world-of-the-hollywood-voiceover-8798341.html | archive-date= January 8, 2015| url-status=live}}
At Rose Bruford, she acted in theatrical productions including The Seagull, The Children's Hour, Six Degrees of Separation, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire and The Pentecost.{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_300/302_lake_bell.html |title=Lake Bell |work=AskMen |access-date=April 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405015514/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_300/302_lake_bell.html |archive-date=April 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Career
=Actress=
After returning to the United States, Bell began her career in 2002 with roles in the film Speakeasy, a film about two men who become unlikely friends after a minor traffic accident, and in two episodes of the medical TV drama ER. Her first significant roles came in 2003. After appearing in the psychological thriller I Love Your Work, she was cast alongside Jeff Goldblum as the female lead in the NBC television film War Stories. She next played Alicia Silverstone's wisecracking best friend, Victoria Carlson, in NBC's comedy-drama series Miss Match. In 2004, Bell appeared in the wrestling film Slammed and made her debut as Sally Heep in the final four episodes of the series The Practice. Her character was carried over into the spinoff Boston Legal, where she was a regular cast member until she left the series in 2005. She also appeared alongside Dustin Hoffman in an Audi commercial that spoofed his well-known film The Graduate.
Bell played the lead role in the science fiction series Surface, which aired between September 2005 and May 2006. She also starred in the film Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (2006) about the Hillside Strangler of the late 1970s; and returned to Boston Legal for two episodes, reprising her role as Sally Heep, opposing counsel to Alan Shore (portrayed by James Spader). In 2008, she played the female lead in the thriller Under Still Waters, for which she won the Newport Beach Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance in Acting.{{cite web |title = Lake Bell Bio |url = http://www.hbo.com/how-to-make-it-in-america/cast-and-crew/rachel-chapman/bio/lake-bell.html |publisher = HBO |access-date = January 21, 2012 |archive-date = December 9, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111209133025/http://www.hbo.com/how-to-make-it-in-america/cast-and-crew/rachel-chapman/bio/lake-bell.html |url-status = live }} She also starred alongside Paul Rudd and Eva Longoria in the romantic comedy Over Her Dead Body, played the best friend of Cameron Diaz's character in the romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas; and played the wife of Colin Farrell's character in the crime drama Pride and Glory.
She was cast as the lead female role, Dr. Cat Black, in Rob Corddry's satirical comedy Childrens Hospital.[http://www.bumpworthy.com/bumps/4078 "2011–2012 Premiere Schedule"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313113017/http://www.bumpworthy.com/bumps/4078 |date=March 13, 2016 }} on BumpWorthy.com The fourth season began airing in August 2012 and featured two episodes that were directed by Bell: the season premiere, "The Boy with the Pancakes Tattoo", a parody of the film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; and the ninth episode, "A Kid Walks in to a Hospital".{{cite web |last = Slattery |first = Jill |work = Zimbio |title = Exclusive Interview: Lake Bell Talks Fast Cars and Making Henry Winkler Fight a 13-Year-Old |url = http://www.zimbio.com/Lake+Bell/articles/vtl-UgjMPHS/Exclusive+Interview+Lake+Bell+Talks+Fast+Cars |date = August 15, 2012 |access-date = August 24, 2012 |archive-date = August 24, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120824232356/http://www.zimbio.com/Lake+Bell/articles/vtl-UgjMPHS/Exclusive+Interview+Lake+Bell+Talks+Fast+Cars |url-status = live }}
In 2009, Bell voiced the role of Dana Mercer in the video game Prototype. That year she also played Alec Baldwin's wife in the romantic comedy It's Complicated and guest starred in an episode of the fourth season of the series Wainy Days. In 2010 Bell voiced a supporting role in Shrek Forever After, starred in the satirical film Burning Palms, guest starred in an episode of the second season of the sitcom The League, and was cast as a lead character in the HBO series How to Make It in America, which aired for two seasons from February 2010 to November 2011. Bell was to play Deputy Judy Hicks in Scream 4, but dropped out four days before filming due to scheduling conflicts, with the role going to Marley Shelton.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a233183/cravens-scream-4-loses-cast-member.html |title=Craven's 'Scream 4' loses cast member |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |work=Digital Spy |publisher=Hachette Filipacchi UK |date=June 25, 2010 |access-date=June 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913154739/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a233183/cravens-scream-4-loses-cast-member.html |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |url-status=live }}
In 2011, Bell starred alongside Josh Lucas and Terrence Howard in the supernatural thriller Little Murder, played Ashton Kutcher's boss in the romantic comedy No Strings Attached, a performance that won her critical praise and was called "scene-stealing";{{cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/01/lake_bell.html|title=Lake Bell on Her Scene-Stealing Performance in No Strings Attached|work=Vulture|date=January 25, 2011|access-date=April 9, 2012|archive-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628114451/http://www.vulture.com/2011/01/lake_bell.html|url-status=live}} starred in the ensemble comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy; and guest starred in an episode of the first season of New Girl.
Bell had a lead role alongside Kate Bosworth in the 2012 thriller Black Rock.{{cite web |last = Rich |first = Katy |work = Cinema Blend |title = Sundance Video Interview: Black Rock's Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell And Katie Aselton |url = https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Sundance-Video-Interview-Black-Rock-Kate-Bosworth-Lake-Bell-Katie-Aselton-29097.html |date = January 28, 2012 |access-date = February 2, 2012 |archive-date = February 2, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120202123505/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/sundance-video-interview-black-rock-kate-bosworth-lake-bell-katie-aselton-29097.html |url-status = live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/body-of-work-lake-bell|title=Body of Work: Lake Bell - The House Next Door - Slant Magazine|website=slantmagazine.com|date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928082920/https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/body-of-work-lake-bell|url-status=live}}
In 2021, Bell lent her voice to the adult animated film Cryptozoo.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/cryptozoo-first-clip-lake-bell-michael-cera-voice-cast-feature-animation/|title='Cryptozoo' First Clip: Lake Bell & Michael Cera Among Voice Cast Of Feature Animation|first=Tom|last=Grater|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 29, 2021|access-date=August 20, 2021|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820173503/https://deadline.com/video/cryptozoo-first-clip-lake-bell-michael-cera-voice-cast-feature-animation/|url-status=live}}
=Writer and director=
In 2010, Bell{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/lakebell/status/765972089366978560?lang=en|title=Lake Bell on Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414090845/https://twitter.com/lakebell/status/765972089366978560?lang=en|url-status=live}} made her writing and directing début with the short film Worst Enemy,{{Cite web|url=https://caly-film.pl/v/1IQSCi|title=video|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414090842/https://vimeo.com/17698877|url-status=live}} which starred Michaela Watkins,{{cite web|url=http://cargocollective.com/iamlakebell/WORST-ENEMY|title=WORST ENEMY - Lake Bell|website=cargocollective.com|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414090846/http://cargocollective.com/iamlakebell/WORST-ENEMY|url-status=live}} Matt Walsh and Lindsay Sloane. Her film débuted at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival{{cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |work=L.A. Times |title=Sundance: Lake Bell explores body work in 'Worst Enemy' |date=January 26, 2011 |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/01/lake-bell-worst-enemy-sundance.html |access-date=January 21, 2012 |archive-date=March 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306134005/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/01/lake-bell-worst-enemy-sundance.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/filmmaking-tips-lake-bell/|title=6 Filmmaking Tips from Lake Bell|date=August 29, 2017|website=filmschoolrejects.com|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414233830/https://filmschoolrejects.com/filmmaking-tips-lake-bell/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a5682/in-lake-bell-we-trust-14202/|title=In Lake Bell We Trust|date=February 1, 2011|website=elle.com|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414233909/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a5682/in-lake-bell-we-trust-14202/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/lake-bell-reaches-higher-at-sundance/|title=Lake Bell Reaches Higher at Sundance|first=Brooks|last=Barnes|date=April 14, 2018|website=The New York Times|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414172354/https://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/lake-bell-reaches-higher-at-sundance/|url-status=live}} and has also played at the Nantucket Film Festival, the Dallas International Film Festival, the Gen Art Film Festival and Aspen Shortsfest, winning the Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting in a Short Film from Nantucket and receiving a Shorts Jury Special Mention from Dallas. Her film led to her being named one of the "2012 Inspiring Filmmakers" by LUNAFEST.{{cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = Lake Bell |url = http://www.lunafest.org/submit-a-film/filmmaker/lake-bell |access-date = January 21, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929165730/http://www.lunafest.org/submit-a-film/filmmaker/lake-bell |archive-date = September 29, 2011 |url-status = dead }} Speaking on the film, Bell stated:
The film is about a milk-drinking, lactose-intolerant misanthrope on a quest for real human connection. Being an ordinary, unoriginal and unloved woman, she instead becomes so wrapped up in her own quiet neurosis that she finds herself physically stuck in a full body girdle. I wrote and directed Worst Enemy in 2010 as an experiment to see if I could take on being a filmmaker{{cite web|url=https://www.nowness.com/series/directors-cuts/worst-enemy|title=Worst Enemy|website=nowness.com|access-date=14 April 2018|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414233933/https://www.nowness.com/series/directors-cuts/worst-enemy|url-status=live}}
Bell made her writing and directing feature film debut at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with In a World....{{cite news |date=July 25, 2013 |title=In 'A World,' All Voice-Overs Are Not Created Equal |work=All Things Considered, NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/07/25/204510672/in-a-world-is-a-comedy-about-you-guessed-it-voice-over-artists |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206055402/http://www.npr.org/2013/07/25/204510672/in-a-world-is-a-comedy-about-you-guessed-it-voice-over-artists |archive-date=February 6, 2014}}{{cite news|last=Silverstein|first=Melissa and Kerensa Cadenas|title=Lake Bell On Women Directors: If You Happen to Have a Vagina, That's Okay|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/lake-bell-on-women-directors-if-you-happen-to-have-a-vagina-thats-okay|access-date=February 11, 2014|publisher=Indiewire.com|date=May 23, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221210119/http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/lake-bell-on-women-directors-if-you-happen-to-have-a-vagina-thats-okay|url-status=dead}} which she wrote and directed and in which she starred. She describes the film as "a comedy about a female voice-over artist and family dysfunction and relationships. I’m obsessed with the voice-over world, so it makes sense for me."{{cite news|last=Leydon|first=Joe|title=Watch: Triple Threat Lake Bell Talks Feminist Comedy 'In a World'|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/watch-triple-threat-lake-bell-talks-feminist-comedy-in-a-world|access-date=February 11, 2014|publisher=Indiewire.com|date=August 20, 2013|format=video Q&A|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221210116/http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/watch-triple-threat-lake-bell-talks-feminist-comedy-in-a-world|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Lacher|first=Irene|title=Lake Bell speaks out on voice-over work|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-aug-10-la-et-mn-lake-bell-in-a-world-conversation-20130810-story.html|access-date=February 11, 2014|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=August 10, 2013|archive-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314233019/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/10/entertainment/la-et-mn-lake-bell-in-a-world-conversation-20130810|url-status=live}} The film was picked up by Roadside Attractions and Sony.{{cite news|last=Silverstein|first=Melissa and Kerensa Cadenas|title=Lake Bell's In A World Gets Post-Sundance Pick Up|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/lake-bells-in-a-world-gets-post-sundance-pick-up|access-date=February 11, 2014|publisher=Indiewire.com|date=February 25, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221210229/http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/lake-bells-in-a-world-gets-post-sundance-pick-up|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/05/interview-lake-bell-on-her-love-of-movie-trailers-her-directorial-debut-in-a-world-98630/|title=Interview: Lake Bell On Her Love Of Movie Trailers & Her Directorial Debut 'In A World…'|first=Oliver|last=Lyttelton|date=May 2, 2013|website=indiewire.com|access-date=April 14, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414233927/http://www.indiewire.com/2013/05/interview-lake-bell-on-her-love-of-movie-trailers-her-directorial-debut-in-a-world-98630/|url-status=live}} In February 2014 she said her next project would be What's the Point? (And Other Fair Questions About Marriage), a film she would write and direct, which was eventually renamed I Do... Until I Don't and released in 2017 to mixed reviews.{{cite web|last=Schmidlin|first=Charlie|title=Exclusive: Lake Bell Reveals Her Next Directorial Effort, The "Unromantic" Romance 'What's The Point'|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/lake-bell-talks-marriage-themed-directorial-effort-whats-the-point-call-ensemble-film-an-unromantic-romance-20130726|work=Indiewire|access-date=February 11, 2014|date=July 26, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221210113/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/lake-bell-talks-marriage-themed-directorial-effort-whats-the-point-call-ensemble-film-an-unromantic-romance-20130726|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|title=Lake Bell To Write, Direct, Produce and Star in 'What's the Point?'|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/03/lake-bell-to-direct-and-star-in-whats-the-point-102846/|work=Indiewire|access-date=August 23, 2016|date=March 23, 2016|archive-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826063801/http://www.indiewire.com/2016/03/lake-bell-to-direct-and-star-in-whats-the-point-102846/|url-status=live}}
Bell also has a number of television directing credits, including two 2017 episodes of the Hulu comedy-drama series Casual, two 2019 episodes of the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess (a show in which she co-created and starred), and two episodes of the 2022 Hulu biographical miniseries Pam & Tommy.
=Modeling=
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Bell was listed as number 45 on Femme Fatales' list of the 50 Sexiest Women of 2003; 6th on British Vogue's list of the 10 Best Dressed Women of 2007, 32nd on Maxim's Hot 100 of 2008, 44th on Maxim's Hot 100 of 2012 and 89th on AskMen's 99 Most Desirable Women of 2012.
In 2007, Bell appeared in a photo shoot for GQ; in 2008 she appeared in a photo shoot for Marie Claire;{{cite web |work = Marie Claire |title = BELL du Jour |url = http://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/trends/lake-bell-swimsuit |date = May 29, 2008 |access-date = January 21, 2012 |archive-date = October 15, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141015033344/http://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/trends/lake-bell-swimsuit |url-status = live }} in 2009 she modeled for Scott Caan, for his first book, Scott Caan Photographs, Vol. 1;{{cite web|last=Caan |first=Scott |title=Scott Caan Photography |url=http://www.scaanphoto.com |access-date=May 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507184808/http://www.scaanphoto.com/ |archive-date= May 7, 2011 }} and in 2011 she appeared in photo shoots for Elle,{{cite web |last=Vargas |first=Whitney |work=Elle |title=American Pastoral |url=http://www.elle.com/Fashion/Fashion-Spotlight/Ralph-Lauren-Lake-Bell |date=February 4, 2011 |access-date=January 21, 2012 |archive-date=November 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124073309/http://www.elle.com/Fashion/Fashion-Spotlight/Ralph-Lauren-Lake-Bell |url-status=dead }} Los Angeles,{{cite web |last = Greenberg |first = Jill |work = Los Angeles |title = The Lady in the Lake |url = http://www.lamag.com/play/slideshows/story.aspx?ID=1516068 |date = September 1, 2011 |access-date = January 21, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111203074312/http://www.lamag.com/play/slideshows/story.aspx?ID=1516068 |archive-date = December 3, 2011 |url-status = dead }} Maxim{{cite web |work = Maxim |title = Lake Bell's "Year of Nudity" |url = http://www.maxim.com/girls-of-maxim/lake-bell |date = July 29, 2011 |access-date = January 21, 2012 |archive-date = January 23, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120123180204/http://www.maxim.com/girls-of-maxim/lake-bell |url-status = live }} and Esquire,{{cite web | last=Mikin | first=Mark | work=Esquire | title=Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Lake Bell | date=November 14, 2011 | url=http://www.esquire.com/women/me-in-my-place/lake-bell-photos-1211#fbIndex1 | access-date=January 21, 2012 | archive-date=January 21, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121101142/http://www.esquire.com/women/me-in-my-place/lake-bell-photos-1211#fbIndex1 | url-status=live }} the latter in conjunction with the website Me In My Place.{{cite web |work = Me In My Place |title = Lake Bell |url = http://meinmyplace.com/tagged/lake+bell |access-date = January 21, 2012 |archive-date = November 1, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151101043525/http://meinmyplace.com/tagged/lake+bell |url-status = live }} In September 2011, Bell modeled at Pirelli's Fashion Week in Milan, Italy.{{cite web| last=Yoon| first=Joy| url=http://www.papermag.com/2011/09/pirelli_milan_fashion_week.php| title=Pretty Pretties at Pirelli's Milan Fashion Week Party| work=Paper| date=September 23, 2011| access-date=April 12, 2013| archive-date=August 20, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820082856/http://www.papermag.com/2011/09/pirelli_milan_fashion_week.php| url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.puretrend.com/rubrique/stars_r21/naomi-campbell-bianca-balti-lake-bell-rendez-vous-chez-pirelli_a57042/1 |title=Rendez-vous chez Pirelli |work=Pure Trend |date=September 23, 2011 |access-date=April 12, 2013 |archive-date=August 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821114604/http://www.puretrend.com/rubrique/stars_r21/naomi-campbell-bianca-balti-lake-bell-rendez-vous-chez-pirelli_a57042/1 |url-status=live }} For New York Fashion Week 2013, Bell modeled nude with strategic body painting (done by her husband) on the cover of New York shot by Mark Seliger.{{cite web|title='New York' Fashion Issue Cover Preview: Lake Bell Wears a Tattoo|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2013/08/new-york-cover-lake-bell-rose-tattoo.html|work=New York|access-date=February 11, 2014|date=August 10, 2013|archive-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114002915/http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/08/new-york-cover-lake-bell-rose-tattoo.html|url-status=live}} In April 2014, Bell appeared in Esquire for the second time.{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Peter|title=Women We Love: The Many Talents of Lake Bell|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a32857/lake-bell-photos-interview-0514/|access-date=November 11, 2015|work=Esquire|date=May 2014|archive-date=November 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108031733/http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a32857/lake-bell-photos-interview-0514/|url-status=live}}
=Other activities=
Bell has an automotive column in The Hollywood Reporter called "Test Drive" and is the magazine's automotive contributing editor.{{cite web|work = The Hollywood Reporter|title = Actress Lake Bell Joins The Hollywood Reporter as Automotive Critic|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-lake-bell-joins-hollywood-240020|date = September 26, 2011|access-date = January 21, 2012|archive-date = May 22, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180522095219/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-lake-bell-joins-hollywood-240020|url-status = live}} In 2022, her book Inside Voice—on the topic of the human voice—was published.{{Cite web |url=https://slate.com/podcasts/the-waves/2022/11/actress-and-director-lake-bell-talks-audiobook-inside-voice |lang=en-US |date=November 10, 2022 |accessdate=November 10, 2022 |work=Slate |last=Rosario |first=Daisy |title=Oprah Has The Best Voice (and Other Vocal Thoughts)}}
Personal life
In 2011, Bell began dating Scott Campbell, an artist and tattoo artist. The two met when he played himself in an episode of the second season of How to Make It in America. The couple became engaged on Bell's birthday in March 2012{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Joyce|title=Lake Bell engaged to Scott Campbell: 'How to Make It in America' star is 'beaming'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/lake-bell-engaged-scott-campbell-america-star-beaming-article-1.1054144|access-date=February 11, 2014|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York City|date=April 1, 2012|archive-date=February 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224012259/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/lake-bell-engaged-scott-campbell-america-star-beaming-article-1.1054144|url-status=live}} and were married on June 1, 2013, at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, Louisiana.{{cite web|last=Rizzo|first=Monica|title=Lake Bell Marries Scott Campbell|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20704809,00.html|work=People|access-date=February 11, 2014|date=June 1, 2013|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016111523/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20704809,00.html|url-status=dead}} In late October 2014, her representative confirmed that Bell had given birth to their daughter, Nova.{{cite news| url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/lake-bell-gives-birth-welcomes-baby-girl-with-scott-campbell-20142510| title=Lake Bell Gives Birth, Welcomes Baby Girl With Husband Scott Campbell| work=Us Weekly| date=October 25, 2014| access-date=November 1, 2014| first=Stephanie| last=Webber| archive-date=October 27, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027164716/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/lake-bell-gives-birth-welcomes-baby-girl-with-scott-campbell-20142510| url-status=live}} In May 2017, Bell gave birth to their second child, a son named Ozgood.{{cite news| url=http://people.com/babies/lake-bell-first-red-carpet-appearance-after-welcoming-son/| title=Lake Bell First Red Carpet Appearance After Welcoming Son| work=People| date=June 14, 2017| access-date=June 20, 2017| first=Jen| last=Juneau| archive-date=June 18, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618081805/http://people.com/babies/lake-bell-first-red-carpet-appearance-after-welcoming-son/| url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/babies/lake-bell-son-name-ozzi-daughter-nova-cell-phone/|title=Lake Bell Reveals Her Son's Name|magazine=People|author=Kimble, Lindsay|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=September 3, 2017|archive-date=September 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903121649/http://people.com/babies/lake-bell-son-name-ozzi-daughter-nova-cell-phone/|url-status=live}} In October 2020, the couple announced that they were separating, with Bell filing for divorce on October 28, 2020.{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Kaitlin |date=October 22, 2020 |title=Lake Bell and Husband Scott Campbell Break up After 9 Years Together |url=https://www.eonline.com/au/news/1201109/lake-bell-and-husband-scott-campbell-break-up-after-9-years-together |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030164008/https://www.eonline.com/au/news/1201109/lake-bell-and-husband-scott-campbell-break-up-after-9-years-together |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=October 27, 2020 |website=E! Online}}{{cite magazine|last=Crabtree|first=Erin|title=Lake Bell and Husband Scott Campbell Split After 7 Years of Marriage|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/lake-bell-husband-scott-campbell-split-after-7-years-of-marriage/|date=November 2, 2020|access-date=December 6, 2021|magazine=Us Weekly|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206231709/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/lake-bell-husband-scott-campbell-split-after-7-years-of-marriage/|url-status=live}} On July 7, 2022, it was reported that Bell started dating comedian and actor Chris Rock.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/chris-rock-lake-bell-have-been-dating-for-a-few-weeks-exclusive/?amp=true|title=Chris Rock, Lake Bell Have Been Dating a 'Few Weeks,' Are 'Getting to Know Each Other': Source|first=Jen|last=Juneau|work=People|date=July 7, 2022|accessdate=July 12, 2022}} Rock later confirmed in his 2023 Netflix special that he was single.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Lake Bell film work |
| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2002
|scope="row"|Speakeasy |Sara Marnikov | |
| rowspan=2| 2003
|scope="row"|War Stories |Nora Stone | |
| scope="row"|I Love Your Work
|Felicia | |
| rowspan=2| 2004
|scope="row"|Fresh out of Tears |Leila |Short film |
| scope="row"|Slammed
|Gina Micelli | |
| 2006
|scope="row"|Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders |Jillian Dunne | |
| rowspan=5| 2008
|scope="row"|Under Still Waters |Charlie |Newport Beach Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance in Acting |
| scope="row"|Over Her Dead Body
|Ashley | |
| scope="row"|What Happens in Vegas
|Tipper | |
| scope="row"|Pride and Glory
|Megan Egan | |
| scope="row"|Prop 8: The Musical
|Scary Catholic School Girls From Hell |Short for Funny or Die |
| 2009
|scope="row"|It's Complicated |Agness Adler |National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble |
| rowspan=5| 2010
|scope="row"|Shrek Forever After |Patrol Witch / Wagon Witch #2 (voice) |
| scope="row"|Burning Palms
|Mary Jane | |
| scope="row"|The Doctors of Childrens Hospital Answer Your Medical Questions
|Dr. Blake Black |Short for Funny or Die |
| scope="row"|10 Minutes
|Herself |Short for Funny or Die |
| scope="row"|Worst Enemy
| |Writer and director |
| rowspan=4| 2011
|scope="row"|Little Murder |Corey Little |Distributed in US in 2017 as Ghost of New Orleans |
| scope="row"|No Strings Attached
|Lucy | |
| scope="row"|A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
|Alison Cohen | |
| scope="row"|Home for Actresses
|Lake |Short for Funny or Die |
| rowspan="2"|2012
|scope="row"|Black Rock |Louise | |
| scope="row"|El Tonto
| |Writer and director |
| 2013
|scope="row"|In a World... |Carol Solomon |Also writer, director, and producer |
| rowspan="2"|2014
|scope="row"| Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Mona Lisa (voice) |
| scope="row"|Million Dollar Arm
|Brenda Paauwe Bernstein | |
| rowspan="2"|2015
|scope="row"| Man Up | Nancy Patterson | |
| scope="row"|No Escape{{cite news|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3334963/crazy-intense-violent-escape-trailer-explodes-online/|title=Crazy Intense and Violent 'No Escape' Trailer Explodes Online|publisher=BloodyDisgusting.com|date=March 5, 2015|access-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305215246/http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3334963/crazy-intense-violent-escape-trailer-explodes-online/|archive-date=March 5, 2015|url-status=live}}
| Annie Dwyer | |
| 2016
|scope="row"| The Secret Life of Pets | Chloe (voice) |
| rowspan="3"|2017
|scope="row"| Shot Caller | Kate Harlon | |
| scope="row"| Home Again
| Zoey Bell | |
| scope="row"| I Do... Until I Don't
| Alice Brewing | Also writer, director, and producer |
| rowspan="2"| 2018
|scope="row"| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Vanessa Fisk (voice) |
| scope="row"| Time of Day
| Herself | Short film |
| 2019
|scope="row"| The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Chloe (voice) |
| 2021
|scope="row"| Cryptozoo | Lauren Grey (voice) | |
| rowspan=2| 2022
|scope="row"| Summering | Laura | |
| scope="row"| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
| Dr. Graham | |
| 2023
|scope="row"| Mother, Couch | Anne | |
=Television=
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Lake Bell video game work |
| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2009
|scope="row"| Prototype | Dana Mercer (voice) |
References
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