Brie Bella | |
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Bella in March 2015
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Birth name | Brianna Monique Garcia-Colace |
Born |
San Diego, California, United States |
November 21, 1983
Residence |
Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
Spouse(s) | Daniel Bryan (m. 2014) |
Family |
Nikki Bella (twin sister) John Laurinaitis (stepfather) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Brianna Bella Brie Bella |
Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Billed weight | 120 lb (54 kg) |
Billed from | Scottsdale, Arizona |
Trained by |
Natalya Neidhart Tom Prichard WWE Performance Center |
Debut | September 15, 2007 |
Retired | April 3, 2016 |
Brianna Monique Danielson (née Garcia-Colace; born November 21, 1983) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, actress and model. She is signed to WWE under the ring name Brie Bella and serves as an ambassador for the company. She appeared frequently with her sister Nikki as The Bella Twins, and is a former one-time WWE Divas Champion.
Brianna Monique Garcia-Colace was born in San Diego, California and raised on a farm in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was born sixteen minutes after her twin sister, Nicole, to parents Jon Garcia and Kathy Colace. She is of Mexican and Italian descent. Keen soccer enthusiasts, she along with her twin sister played for the Scottsdale club in elementary school. She graduated from Chaparral High School in 2002. She then returned to San Diego for college, but relocated to Los Angeles a year later, where she worked as a waitress at the Mondrian Hotel while trying to find an agent.
She then started modeling, acting, and doing promotional work. She made her first national TV appearance on the Fox reality show Meet My Folks. Following this appearance, the Garcia twins were hired to be the World Cup Twins for Budweiser and were photographed holding the World Cup trophy. Brie and her sister Nikki were contestants in the 2006 "International Body Doubles twins search". Brie and Nikki later participated in the 2006 WWE Diva Search, but they did not make the cut.