Belle French
| Belle Gold | |
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| Once Upon a Time character | |
Promotional photograph of Emilie de Ravin as Belle.
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| First appearance | "Skin Deep" |
| Created by | Adam Horowitz & Eddy Kitsis |
| Portrayed by | Emilie de Ravin |
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| Aliases | Belle French Belle Gold Lacey |
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| Family |
Colette (mother, deceased) Sir Maurice/Moe French (father) |
| Spouse(s) | Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold (husband) |
| Significant other(s) |
Gaston (ex-fiancé, deceased) Will Scarlet (ex-boyfriend) |
| Children |
Gideon (son) Baelfire/Neal Cassidy (stepson) |
| Relatives |
Henry Mills (step-grandson) Fiona (mother-in-law, deceased) Peter Pan (father-in-law, deceased) |
| Abilities | Intellectual |
| Status | Alive |
| Type | Enchanted Forest character |
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Belle Gold (née French), briefly known as Lacey, is a fictional character in ABC's television series Once Upon a Time. She is portrayed by Emilie de Ravin, who became a series regular in the second season and onwards after making recurring appearances in the first season, and has become a fan favorite since her debut. She is both based on the character from Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, and the Disney princess of the 1991 film of the same name.
Belle grew up in the Enchanted Forest as the daughter of Sir Maurice (Eric Keenleyside) and his wife Colette (Frances O'Connor). She always had a close relationship with her mother, having been introduced to her love for books and taught different skills such as how to translate fairy language. Belle also had a childhood friend by the name of Samuel. However, besides this, not much else is known about Belle's life growing up. Nearing adulthood though, Belle is startled to learn that war is ready to breakout between her kingdom and the ogres. Her father arranges for her to marry Sir Gaston (Wes Brown), a union that Belle openly objects, but she agrees to go out on a walk with him and she surprisingly takes a liking to him. This all changes when she finds him torturing a young ogre, but nonetheless she agrees to marry him when war does officially break out. At one point during the war, Belle and her family are forced to flee their castle; however, she and her mother spend time packing up all of their important books. This results in an ogre storming the castle and killing Colette, and Belle is left without any memory of the event. Needing to know the truth, she travels to Arendelle where she meets Princess Anna (Elizabeth Lail). Anna takes her to rock troll Grand Pabbie (John Rhys-Davies) who is able to retract her memories and put them into a pebble which she's instructed to brew into a tea. However, due to an encounter with the Snow Queen (Elizabeth Mitchell), Belle loses the rock and returns home empty handed. Maurice confesses to Belle the truth though, how Colette sacrificed herself to save Belle. This sets Belle on the track of becoming a hero, and she reveals to her father than on her trip she learned of a man who could help them: Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle).
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