<Ul> <Li> Allie Horton </Li> <Li> Sydney DiMera </Li> <Li> Grace Brady (legal) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Grace Brady (legal) </Li> <P> Belle Black is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network . Created by head writer, James E. Reilly, she was born on October 21, 1993, as the only child of supercouple, John Black and Marlena Evans . She is also one half of the supercouple, Shawn Brady and Belle Black . Belle was rapidly aged to a teen when Kirsten Storms was hired to portray the character from August 5, 1999, to July 16, 2004 . Charity Rahmer briefly played the role from July 19 to August 9, 2004 . Martha Madison appeared in the role from August 10, 2004, to March 21, 2008 . In June 2015, Madison confirmed she would reprise the role of Belle in November, as part of the show's fiftieth anniversary celebration . In March 2016, it was revealed that Madison was among four actors who been let go from the soap . However, on September 7, 2016, it was confirmed that Madison had been re-hired shortly following her firing and would remain on the soap indefinitely . Madison returned on January 24, 2017 . </P> <P> In July 2017, it was announced that Madison would return to the serial . </P>

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