Camilla Belle Routh (born October 2, 1986) is a Brazilian-American
actress, director and producer.Belle was born to Cristina Gould, a
Brazilian fashion designer and Jack Wesley Routh, a construction
company owner and former country music composer. Belle was raised in a
Catholic household. She attended the Católica Elementary School of
São Paulo and then the Marlborough School, an all-girl high school in
Los Angeles.[citation needed] She grew up speaking Portuguese. During
her childhood, Belle would spend seasons in Santos, Brazil, where
Cristina was born. She adopted many Brazilian habits, such as the
taste for Brazilian telenovelas.In 1992, 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). In The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), she played
Cathy Bowman, a young wealthy British girl 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.
actress, director and producer.Belle was born to Cristina Gould, a
Brazilian fashion designer and Jack Wesley Routh, a construction
company owner and former country music composer. Belle was raised in a
Catholic household. She attended the Católica Elementary School of
São Paulo and then the Marlborough School, an all-girl high school in
Los Angeles.[citation needed] She grew up speaking Portuguese. During
her childhood, Belle would spend seasons in Santos, Brazil, where
Cristina was born. She adopted many Brazilian habits, such as the
taste for Brazilian telenovelas.In 1992, 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). In The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), she played
Cathy Bowman, a young wealthy British girl 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.
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