Emma Jean Bell (born December 17, 1986) is an American actress, best known for her roles in films '' Frozen'' (2010) and '' Final Destination 5'' (2011), and for playing Amy in the first and third season of '' The Walking Dead'' (2010; 2012), and Emma Judith Ryland Brown on the

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drama series ''

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'' (2013–2014).

Early life and family

Emma Bell, who was born in

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. She moved to

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at the age of 16. She attended Talent Unlimited High School

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on the

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. Her mother, Tessa Horan, was a producer for '' 60 Minutes'', and her father, Robert M. "Rob" Bell, owns Green Birdie Productions, a full-service video production company in

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. Her brother, Chase Sterling Bell, is a musician. Her paternal grandparents are

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Charles Robert Bell and Elise Emma Stone, a

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, both graduates of Swarthmore College in 1939 and he also from the Naval Supply School,

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in 1941, married in

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on a Sunday, September 14, 1941, and her aunt is Jean Elise Bell. Her great-grandparents were

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Mead Wilmer Stone, who fought in the

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and was a co-owner of George Malvese and Company of Garden City Park, in Long Island, and Lillie Seamann.

Career

Bell began her acting career in an Off-Broadway cabaret show in New York at the age of 12. She made her screen debut in 2004, in the episode of

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drama series ''

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''. She later appeared on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and in 2006 starred in the short-lived

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television series ''

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''. She also appeared on such other shows as '' Supernatural'', '' Law & Order'', and ''

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''. She made her film debut in the 2007 sports drama film '' Gracie'' and also appeared in '' New York City Serenade'', ', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2010, Bell starred as Parker O'Neill, one of the main characters in the film '' Frozen''. The film has received positive reviews from critics and in same year she named one of the "55 Faces of the Future" in

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's young Hollywood issue. She appeared in ''

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'', in which she reprised her ''Frozen'' role in an uncredited cameo. Also in 2010, Bell portrayed the role of Amy, the younger sister of Andrea (

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) in Season 1 of the

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drama series '' The Walking Dead''. In 2011, Bell starred as Molly Harper, the female lead character, in the 2011 thriller-horror film '' Final Destination 5''. Bell starred in two television pilots through NBC but neither resulted in becoming full series, ''Reconstruction'' in 2011 and ''Midnight Sun'' in 2012. In September 2012, it was announced that Bell had signed on as a series regular on the second season of

's drama series ''

''. She played the role of Emma Judith Ryland Brown, Ann Ewing's (

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) and Harris Ryland's (

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) daughter, and Judith Brown Ryland's (

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) granddaughter. In 2013, Bell also starred in independent films ''

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'', ''Bipolar'', and '' See You in Valhalla''. In 2016, Bell played young

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in the drama film '' A Quiet Passion'' starring

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. She made her directing debut with short film ''Scratch'' (2016), receiving multiple Festival Awards. She later directed and wrote short film ''Between the Pines''. On television, she has appeared on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' American Horror Story: Roanoke'' and '' NCIS''. She starred alongside

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in the upcoming drama film ''

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'' directed by

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Personal life

On October 6, 2018, Bell married fellow actor Camron Robertson. On October 28, 2020, she gave birth to their first child, a daughter.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Award and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Emma 1986 births Living people 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New Jersey American child actresses American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses Hunterdon Central Regional High School alumni People from Flemington, New Jersey People from Readington Township, New Jersey People from Woodstown, New Jersey