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Camilla Belle

Birth Date: October 2, 1986.
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
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Trivia: Camilla Belle was named after actress Renata Sorrah's character, Camila, in the Brazilian soap opera "Cavalo de Aço" (1973).
Profile: Born in California, 17-year old Camilla Belle appeared in her first print ad at nine months. She progressed to commercials and began working in movies for network and cable television, beginning with "Trapped Beneath the Earth," starring Kris Kristofferson. She appeared in "The Empty cradles," "Deconstructing Sarah," and "Annie: A Royal Adventure!," before making her film debut in Alfonso Cuaron's critically-acclaimed retelling of the classic Shirley Temple Film "A Little Princess." Camilla completed "Poison IVY II" with Alyssa Milano and "Marshal Law" opposite Jimmy Smits before embarking on her biggest adventure yet--Steven Spielberg's "The Lost World: Jurassic Park." Camilla played the girl who discovers the "compys" in the film's opening scene.

Her next film was Griffin Dunne's "Practical Magic," starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. Her credits also include "The Patriot," The "Secret of the Andes," Back to Secret Garden," and "The Invisisble Circus," co-starring Cameron Diaz and Jordana Brewster.

She gave a dazzling performance in Rebecca Millers' "The Ballad of Jack and Rose." She also starred in the teen satire "The Chumbscrubber."

Camilla was next seen in the thriller "When A Stranger Calls." In 2007, she starred in Rita Wilson's short film "The Trap." She stars in Roland Emmerich's blockbuster epic "10,000 B.C." (2008) and has recently finished filming "Push," a sci-fi thriller about group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities.

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