Days of Our Lives

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What's with the high turnover-Belle rate lately? This new-new Belle is such a Valley girl!

ETA: From NBC.com

Martha
Madison
as Belle Black

Martha Madison takes over as beloved ingenue “Belle Black” on NBC's number one daytime drama, Days of our Lives.

Born in Newport News, Virginia and raised in Houston, Texas Martha has two older sisters and two younger brothers. She started acting at the age of 6 at the Actors’ Theatre of Houston.

Each summer, as all her friends headed off to camp, Martha chose to stay behind and take theatre classes. “It was way better and still is!” she says. Martha graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University in August of 1999 where she also was captain of the dance team. She cannot remember a time in her life when she wasn’t involved in dance. After college she attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.

Martha’s professional credits include a 4-day stint on NBC Daytime’s Passions as “Lola the cocktail waitress” and an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Martha also appeared in the feature film Kate and Leopold with Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman. Her goal in life has always been to be a soap star on her favorite show, Days of our Lives! “Have faith beyond the explainable” she says, it certainly helped her dream come true! Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan and Drew Barrymore are her favorite actresses; “they simply glow with charm and fun.”

Martha lives by the saying “to thine own self, be true.” She is single and loves to hike the local canyons and hang by the pool with her friends. Martha lives in Los Angeles.