The Young and the Restless
With the success of another iconic character, Kimberlin Brown's Sheila Carter, Bell successfully crossed her over from "The Young and the Restless" to his second soap, "The Bold and the Beautiful", in 1992. The success of the crossover was due to the creativity of Bell, as the nefarious character of Sheila was presumed to have died in a fire on "The Young and the Restless".
Colleen Bell
Bell's television career began in 1991 at Bell-Phillip Television Productions, the production company for the CBS soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful". Bell served in various roles for the show, including associate producer, script supervisor and director of special projects. After leaving the show in 2000, she returned several years later as special projects director, and in 2011 led a project to overhaul and update all the fashion on the show, a critical aspect of production because the plot focuses on two rival fashion houses. She became a full producer in 2012. As producer, Bell has received three Daytime Emmy Award nominations when "The Bold and the Beautiful" was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series in 2013, 2014 and 2015.