Isabelle “Belle” Archibald

Name: Isabelle Dawn Archibald
Portrayed By: Nicola Peltz
Parents: Christopher Archibald (adopted-father), Jane Archibald (adopted-mother), Lowell Devonshire (biological-father), Tess Blisston (biological-mother)
Siblings: Chauncey Devonshire (half-brother), Jackson Devonshire (half-brother), Maxamilla Devonshire (half-sister), Rory Devonshire (half-brother), Bliss Devonshire (sister)
Marital Status: Single
Past Relationships: Atticus Kavanaugh (lover)
Other relatives: Foxworth Kananaugh (nephew), Maddie Devonshire (niece), Donovan Devonshire (nephew), Jolene Devonshire (niece)
Occupation:  Socialite/Art Student
Written by: Chris

Isabelle Dawn Archibald was born from the final night Lowell and Tess shared together after he ended the affair. Tess completely distraught with losing the man she loved deeply choose to send a young Bliss away to boarding school. Tess would go onto have Isabelle in secrecy on the coast of Spain. Afraid that Lowell would find out about her beautiful little girl Tess gave her baby away to her cousin Lady Jane Archibald. Tess informed them that she would have access to Isabelle through the guise of her being her godmother.  Christopher and Jane Archibald were rich in life only thing they couldn’t have was a child. They adopted their eldest daughter Constance and welcomed Isabelle. It was Christopher who coined the nickname Belle because of her infatuation with Beauty & The Beast. Growing up Belle was bright but often a spoiled brat. She was constantly in trouble for her wicked tongue and her sharp sense of humor. She became a gifted liar at a young age and found herself loving attention. As she got older she relished her Godmother Tess visits because she’d lavish her with whatever she wanted.

On her fourteenth birthday Belle would go off to boarding school in Ilsa De Cruces. There she’d meet Bliss and was enamored with her. Belle wanted to be just like the glamorous Bliss never knowing that Dimitri was abusing her. Belle would go on to be heartbroken when she found out that Bliss left Dimitri along with shock she left her baby. Vowing to become royalty like her idol Belle focused on Atticus. After seeing him with Brooke Kincaid she was determined to usurp the girl in Atticus’s life. On her seventeenth birthday Belle knew she was going for the young prince. Belle and her friends attended a nightclub and she found Prince Atticus. Atticus would take Belle’s virginity that night but what he didn’t know was Belle called paparazzi. Belle and Atticus affair was front page news and at seventeen she was a national scandal by ripping up Atticus and Brooke relationship. After a brief fling with Atticus, Belle was heartbroken when his family forced him to end the relationship. Mortified Christopher and Jane sent for Belle and ushered her back to Europe with them. Belle for the next two years has traveled and partied with the elite of Europe. At nineteen Belle has arrived in Atlas Falls at the request of her Godmother. Never knowing that her entire life is about to change.

Season 2

Belle was enjoying life in England only for Forbes to arrive on her doorstep she was thrilled to see her godfather there, only for him to drop the bomb on her that she was actually adopted by the Archibalds’ and she was really the daughter of Tess Blisston and Lowell Devonshire. Seeing how she knew Tess as her godmother and Bliss as her godmother’s daughter she was furious and agreed to come with him to Atlas Falls. Once in town she squared off against Philip instantly taking a dislike to him while she watched all her siblings from afar. She also bumped into her old lover Atticus and tried to reclaim the flame with him, he promptly rejected her once again for Brooke that infuriated her. She was hired at the hospital as a therapist for patients struggling with failing muscle coordination and began a relationship with her father unknown to him as  well. She stood up for her family when Forbes went after Jackson and Dani while out at a local ice cream place and then made the plan to get out from under his thumb. At Yasmine’s coming out party she stole the mic and revealed to everyone that she was Lowell and Tess’s daughter sending shock waves through her siblings and earning a slap from Jackie and Yasmine later that night. She stood by Lowell’s side when he was claiming is innocence with Zerick’s paternity and was a unit with herself, Tess and Lowell at the old Blissful estate. She bumped heads with both her sisters and Dani at Dani’s bachelorette party earning a side eye the day of the wedding too. She attended the wedding where Zerick nearly choked her to death only for Lowell to stop it and then confess that he lied for Linus. At the reception after coldly being rejected from Connor Hessington she and David Rhodes finally hooked up and made love in the guest house where she then convinced him to vacation with her in St. Lucia.