Lauralee Bell, an American soap opera actress from Chicago, is best known for playing the role of Christine "Cricket" Blair, on her parents' show "The Young and the Restless" in 1983. She is also well-recognized for being the daughter of soap opera creator William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell. Next on, the actress came to fame with her role outside the world of Y&R, such as "Diagnosis Murder", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Pacific Blue", "Carpool Guy", "Past Sins", and "CSI: Miami." Her recent role was Daphne Dumas in the TV miniseries "Ruby Landry" in 2021. She has created two successful boutiques, On Beverly Boulevard and On Sunset, and a production facility, 3Labs, outside of her acting career.
Lauralee Bell is an American actress who came to the limelight after she starred in "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful". Starting her career in 1983, she is still in the entertainment field. In 2021, she played Daphne Dumas in the Lifetime TV miniseries "Ruby Landry." Likewise, she has also appeared in other movies and TV series including "Carpool Guy", "Diagnosis: Murder", "CSI: Miami", and "Mistress Hunter", among others. She used to co-own a boutique called "On Sunset", which was closed in 2009.
The actress took birth on December 22, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Lauralee Kristen Bell. She is the daughter of her parents; William J. Chime and Lee Phillip Bell. Her siblings are William J. Bell Jr. and Bradley Bell. The nationality of Lauralee is American and she belongs to the American-White ethnicity. Regarding her educational qualification, she graduated from the Latin School of Chicago.
Lauralee was very much interested in acting from an early age. In 1983, she started acting in the TV soap opera, "The Young and the Restless" as Christine Blair. In 2010, She returned in the "Young and the Restless" with the same character and she appeared on the show to date.
She next appeared in the TV series, "Diagnosis: Murder" in 1995 in an episode "Death in the Daytime". After that, she appeared in another TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger" as a Kim Rivers in the year 1998 followed by "Match Game" in 1998, "Pacific Blue" in 1999, and "CSI: Miami" in 2006. In the year 2007, She reprised her role as Christine Blair on "The Bold and the Beautiful." Likewise, she also starred in "Just Ask Mike" in 2008, "Castle" in 2012, "Mistress Hunter" in 2018, and most recently in "Ruby Landry" in 2021.
When it comes to the marital status of Lauralee Bell, she is a married woman. She happily tied the knot to her husband, Scott Martin who is a photographer by profession. Their wedding date is 4th October 1997. She is leading a controversy-free life. Scott and Lauralee are very supportive of each other and their love is going very strong with the passage of time. Lauralee is straight by sexuality. Lauralee is also the mother of two children with her spouse, Scott. Their son, Christian James Martin was born on January 17, 2001, and their daughter, Samantha Lee was born on 28th October 2002. Without any disturbances, the family is leading a happy life.
Before her marriage to Scott Martin, Lauralee was in a romantic short-term relationship with Michael Damian in the year 1992. They dated for three years and parted ways in 1995.
Lauralee Bell is a successful actress who has appeared in several movies and TV series. Lauralee has made a huge sum of money from her professional career and her main source of wealth comes from the entertainment industry. As of 2023, the net worth of Lauralee Bell is estimated to have $200 million as per the site, celebritynetworth.com. Without any doubt, the actress is making her annual salary in millions of dollars.
The actress is also making a decent sum of income from brand endorsement deals and sponsorship. In the year 2015, Lauralee bought a house in Los Angeles, California at the cost of $10 million with her husband, Scott. The home consists of 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, and measures 4,589 square feet. She also paid $5.8 million for a Bell Air estate in 1999. She is living a luxurious lifestyle today.
Moving to the physical statistics of this actress, she has a standing height of 5 feet 6 inches. Her well-maintained bodyweight consists of around 60 Kg. She has a pair of beautiful blue eyes and her hair color is blonde. She has an attractive body measurement of 36-26-35 inches. Lauralee has a charming smile with an average body type. She has a healthy body as she maintains her body a lot and she is also very strict towards her diet and food intake.
Lauralee's parents, William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell created the long-running TV series "The Young and the Restless" in 1973, with Lauralee joining the cast about ten years later when she was 13. Since then, her fans watched her grow up on TV over the years as her character, Christine "Cricket" Blair. She has been on the soap opera for almost four decades.
As a businesswoman, the actress has run two of her own companies. She owned a high-end clothing boutique in Los Angeles called "On Sunset." Unfortunately, the boutique close in the year 2009. Likewise, she is also the owner of the boutique, "On Beverly Boulevard". Also, she started a production company, Martin-Bell Productions, with her husband, Scott Martin.
Lauralee Bell won the Daytime Emmy Award (2014) for her web series, "mI promise". Likewise, she won the Soap Opera Award for the role of outstanding Supporting Actress in 1999. In 1989, she won TEEN Magazine’s young artist award. Withe her hard work and dedication to the entertainment industry, she seems to win more awards in the near future.
Her mother, Lee Phillip Bell, was a role model for her. Lauralee Bell said "She has always been Supermom. I never had any idea how much work, The Lee Phillip Show, entailed. She always took us to Latin School, would then go to Saks to get her makeup done and choose her wardrobe, go live with her show at CBS, then do all her studying for the next day’s show, being back at Latin to pick us up after school. My father was always home because he was writing there. We would all be on her Christmas special, but it was always something she fit in around her family time." She added "My mother made such a great sacrifice to give up that show to move to Los Angeles. She loved her Chicago career very much, but family always came first."
Her income does not come only from her acting profession. She also earns money behind the scenes as a director, writer, and producer. For the web series "Family Dinner," "Just off Rodeo," and "mI promise," she got a chance to work on the other side of the camera. Her time on "The Young and The Restless" also inspired her to write "mI promise," a web series about teens texting and driving. She also served as an executive producer on one of her Lifetime movies, "Nightmare Tenant," where she got to have more control over her work.