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Home/People/Courtney Bell
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Born
Jun 4, 1978
Age 47
Place of Birth
Maryland, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

4
Movies
1
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Courtney Bell

Acting

Biography
Courtney Bell is an American actress, born on June 4, 1978, in Maryland, USA. She graduated from Towson University in 2001 with dual degrees in Acting and English Secondary Education. Bell is best known for her work in the horror films of director Mike Flanagan. She starred as the lead, Tricia Riley, in Flanagan's 2011 debut feature Absentia, a role which earned her a Best Actress award from the Tabloid Witch Awards. She also appeared in his subsequent films Oculus (2013) and Before I Wake (2016).
Before I Wake poster

Before I Wake

as Andrea
2016
Absentia: A Retrospective poster

Absentia: A Retrospective

as Self
2014
Oculus poster

Oculus

as Auctioneer
2014
Absentia poster

Absentia

as Tricia
2011