Early life and family

Emma Jean Bell, who was born in Woodstown, New Jersey, grew up in Flemington and the Stanton section of Readington Township and attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School. She moved to New York City at the age of 16. She attended Talent Unlimited High School Performing Arts High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Her mother, Theresa "Tessa" B./A. 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 Lambertville, New Jersey. Her father was also a reporter, videographer and writer-producer for WWOR-TV. Her brother, Chase Sterling Bell, is a musician. Her paternal grandparents are Ensign Charles Robert Bell and Elise Emma Stone, a Daughter of the American Revolution, both graduates of Swarthmore College in 1939 and he also from the Naval Supply School, Harvard University in 1941, married in Brooklyn on a Sunday, September 14, 1941, and her aunt is Jean Elise Bell. Her great-grandparents were Lieutenant Mead Wilmer Stone, who fought in the First World War 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 NBC drama series Third Watch. She later appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and in 2006 starred in the short-lived The WB television series The Bedford Diaries. She also appeared on such other shows as Supernatural, Law & Order, and CSI: Miami. She made her film debut in the 2007 sports drama film Gracie and also appeared in New York City Serenade, Favor, TheThe Favor, Death in Love, and Elektra Luxx.

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 Nylon's young Hollywood issue. She appeared in Hatchet II, 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 (Laurie Holden) in Season 1 of the AMC 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 NBC did not result in a 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 TNT's drama series Dallas. She played the role of Emma Judith Ryland Brown, Ann Ewing (Brenda Strong) and Harris Ryland (Mitch Pileggi)'s daughter, and Judith Brown Ryland's (Judith Light) granddaughter. In 2013, Bell also starred in independent films Life Inside Out, Bipolar, and See You in Valhalla.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Gracie	Kate Dorset
2007	New York City Serenade	Melinda
2007	Favor, TheThe Favor	Jenny
2008	Death in Love	Young Girl
2010	Frozen	Parker O'Neil
2010	Elektra Luxx	Eleanore Linbrook
2010	Hatchet II	Parker O'Neil	Cameo
2011	New Romance	Emma	Short film
2011	Final Destination 5	Molly Harper
2012	Breaking Wind	Rosalie
2013	The Food Ditty	Emma Bee	Short film
2014	Life Inside Out	Keira
2014	Bipolar	Anna
2015	See You in Valhalla	Faye
2015	The Good Ones	Tara	Short film
2016	A Quiet Passion	Young Emily Dickinson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Third Watch	Pamela Stewart	Episode: "Sins of the Fathers"
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Alison Luhan	Episode: "Outcry"
2006	The Bedford Diaries	Rachel Fein	5 episodes
2007	Law & Order	Kirsten Paley	Episode: "Talking Points"
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Paula Hathaway	Episode: "Body of Water"
2009	Dollhouse	Tango	Episode: "Needs"
2009	Supernatural	Lindsey	Episode: "Free to Be You and Me"
2010/12	Walking Dead, TheThe Walking Dead	Amy	6 episodes
2011	CSI: Miami	Jennifer Olsen	Episode: "Look Who's Taunting"
2012	Midnight Sun	Rory Harring	Pilot (not picked up)
2012	Arrow	Emily Nocenti	Episode: "Honor Thy Father"
2013-14	Dallas	Emma Brown	Series regular (30 episodes)
2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Rose Summers	Episode: "Reasonable Doubt"

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