By Annabella Ramirez
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Lauralee Kristen Bell (born December 22, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Christine Blair in the CBS daytime soap operas, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. As a producer, she received the award for Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime at the 41st Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for the short film mI promise.
Bell was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended The Latin School of Chicago. The only daughter of soap opera creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, and sister to Bill Bell, Jr. and Bradley Bell as well as sister-in-law to Maria Arena Bell and Colleen Bell. She was offered a bit role as a model, Christine “Cricket” Blair, on her parents’ daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1983 and that became a contract role in 1986.
Over time, her character matured from a model into a legal aid lawyer. Her character also dropped the childish moniker “Cricket”, especially after her rival Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) turned it into an insult by calling her “the Bug.” In 2001, Bell asked to be moved to recurring status after maternity leave, though she returned to regular status the following year. In 2005, she returned to recurring for another year. In 2007, the character was brought over to The Bold and the Beautiful by executive producer Bradley Bell, the actress’ real-life brother, for a short-term stint, returning to The Young and the Restless in 2010, where she continues to make recurring appearances. Bell received Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series – Young Actress in 1989, the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1999, and Daytime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2016.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Giacomo Puccini (composer) –
- Edwin Arlington Robinson (poet) –
- Grote Reber (American astronomer) –
- Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson (U.S. First Lady) –
- Diane Sawyer (journalist) –
- Ralph Fiennes (actor) –
- Lauralee Bell (actress) –
- Jordin Sparks (singer; season 6 American Idol winner) –
Died
- George Eliot (writer) –
- Ferdinand V. Hayden (geologist) –
- Beatrix Potter (author) –
- Samuel Beckett (writer) –
- Joe Strummer (singer) –
Events
- Construction began for first schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mountains, in Schoenbrunn, Ohio –
- Continental Fleet was organized by the rebellious American colonies under the command of Esek Hopkins –
- American Bicycling Journal first published –
- Edward Johnson, an associate of Thomas Edison, created the first string of Christmas tree lights –
- A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the central California coast –
Weather
- Lake-effect snows brought a heavy storm to Turin, New York –
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