Lake Bell

Biography: A native of New York City, Bell graduated in 2002 from London's esteemed conservatory Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, where her extensive training included dance and stage combat. Among her London theatre credits are The Seagull, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, The Children's Hour and The Pentecost.

She most recently co-starred opposite in Miss Match. She also previously starred in the telefilm War Stories, and in back-to-back episodes of ER.

For the big screen, Bell appears in The Hillside Strangler, which is currently making the film festival circuit. Additional feature credits include Speakeasy, I Love Your Work, Fresh Out of Tears and Slammed.

Bell's interests include writing, painting and studying foreign languages and dialects, a skill she honed during her four years in London and after a lifetime of extensive international travel. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her blue-nosed pit bull, Margaret.