Lake Bell was born on March 24, 1979 in New York City, New York, USA as Lake Caroline Siegel Bell. She is an actress and writer, known for In a World… (2013), No Escape (2015) and No Strings Attached (2011). She was previously married to Scott Campbell.
Lake Bell
Movies
Jackpot
Set in Sin City, story revolves around two people who discover they’ve gotten married following a night of debauchery, with one of them winning a huge jackpot after playing the other’s quarter. Unhappy pair try to undermine each other and get their hands on the money — falling in love…
Fun Facts
2002 graduate of Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London, England.
Has a Blue-Nosed Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Margaret.
Enjoys painting and drawing.
Lived in Vero Beach, Florida, as a teen.
Is an animal-rights activist.
She has an older brother named Luke Bell Siegel, who owns a sliding wall and door company called Raydoor in New York City, New York. She also has two half-sisters, Courtney and Mackenzie.
Ranked #32 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Was supposed to act in Scream 4 (2011) as Deputy Judy Hicks, but canceled due to scheduling conflicts. Marley Shelton was her replacement.
Posed nude on the cover of the August 2013 "Fall Fashion"" of New York Magazine
Quotes
[re Boston Legal (2004) audition] I completely bombed the audition...I was insecure, stopping and starting. I went to the bathroom and cried.
You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, it's sad.
My dad's a Jew and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up. I'm passionate about the sexy-baby vocal virus affecting a generation of women. The two things that hit you when you meet someone are, first, how they're visually put together and then, what they tell you with the tone of their voice - whether or not they're to be taken seriously.
[as writer-producer-director of In a World... (2013)] Being willing to outsource all of your creative decisions, especially to a first-timer like me, is very ballsy. I had no other choice than to make it the way I made it. And I felt very supported in that. When you write and direct your own film you basically know exactly what you want. Or you hope to. For the studio, it actually can make life a little easier, because if you have a bunch of questions they only need to call one person.