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3 unusual facts about Lauralee Bell


Bradley Bell

Bell’s sister, Lauralee Bell is an actress best known for her role as Christine Blair on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.

Lauralee Bell

The daughter of soap opera creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, and sister to Bill Bell, Jr. and Bradley Bell as well as sister-in-law to Maria Arena Bell, Lauralee was offered a bit role as a model, Christine "Cricket" Blair, on her parents' show The Young and the Restless in 1983 and that followed into a contract role in 1986.

Her character also dropped the childish epithet of "Cricket", especially after her rival Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) turned it into a pun against her, calling her "the Bug."


Isabella Braña

Isabella was a mentally ill woman who had an affair with Christine Blair's (Lauralee Bell) husband Paul Williams (Doug Davidson), resulting in the birth of their son Ricky Williams.

During her run, the character got herself pregnant with Paul Williams' (Doug Davidson) child and later tried to kill his ex-wife, Christine Blair (Lauralee Bell).

Michael Baldwin

Michael has had relationships with Christine Blair (Lauralee Bell), in which he sexually harassed her, and has had marriages to Hilary Lancaster and Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman), with whom he has a son, Fenmore Baldwin (Max Ehrich).


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