In 1992 at the age of eleven, Bell went to her first audition and won a dual role as a banana and a tree in a suburban Detroit theater's production of Raggedy Ann and Andy. Her mother had established her with an agent before Bell was thirteen, which allowed her to appear in newspaper advertisements for several Detroit retailers and television commercials. She also began private acting lessons. In Read more...

In 2004, Bell performed in the stage production of Reefer Madness in Los Angeles, allowing her to work with writers Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney. Later, she appeared in the Lifetime television movie Gracie's Choice, which received one of the network's highest ratings. She made her debut in a theatrically released film, with David Mamet's Spartan, as Laura Newton, the kidnapped daughter of a high-ranking Read more...

Veronica Mars continued on UPN until the third season, in which the show was renewed and returned on the newly created The CW. On January 19, 2007 CW Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff announced that, while she was pleased with the gradual improvement of Veronica Mars's ratings, the series would be put on hiatus after February sweeps to air a new reality series, Pussycat Dolls Present. On May Read more...