Education
Born in 1976 of Saint Lucian heritage, Bell was educated in Ealing, West London at Notting Hill & Ealing High School.
Born in 1976 of Saint Lucian heritage, Bell was educated in Ealing, West London at Notting Hill & Ealing High School.
She later earned her Bachelor Honours degree in Politics. 2000–2006
Bell joined CBBC in May 2000. She became the main anchor of shows, including That"s Genius!, Xchange, 50/50 and Short Change.
She has also presented EastEnders Xtra and So You Think You Can Dance.
From 2004 to 2005, she presented CBBC"s The Saturday Show. She presented Holiday Hitsquad, the British Broadcasting Corporation travel programme formerly known as Departure Lounge.
On 1 December 2006, Bell announced she was leaving CBBC. 2007–2010
Bell"s break into adult-mainstream programming appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation One where she presented The Great British Village Show, with Alan Titchmarsh and James Martin, which was broadcast in the spring of 2007. Between 3 to 6 March 2007, Bell appeared on Comic Relief does Fame Academy.
She is currently one of the reporters on The One Show.
In Autumn 2008, she hosted the CBBC show Election, and the ITV2 reality show CelebAir. In 2009, she appeared on All Star Mr & Mrs with her then-fiancė Michael Underwood
From May 2010, Bell has presented the Independent Television programme The Zone with Michael. Since 2010, Bell has also presented CBBC"s Project Parent.
2011–present
On 17 July 2011, she appeared as a contestant on Born to Shine.
Bell learnt tap dancing but did not make it to the final. On 23 October 2011, Bell co-hosted Something for the Weekend with Tim Lovejoy standing in for Louise Redknapp.
On 1 November 2011, she was runner-up to Rav Wilding on reality series 71 Degrees North. On 21 June 2014, Bell guest hosted an episode of Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose with Steve Jones.
On 31 March 2014, 31 March 2015 and 23 November 2015, Bell was a guest co-presenter on The One Show.
She also co-presented four days of shows from 26 October 2015. On 5 January 2016, Bell appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation Two in Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. Bell is currently standing in for Barney Harwood on the CBBC show Blue Peter for three months.