Born Martha Anne Butterworth on July 27, 1977 in Newport News, Virginia, Martha Madison is an actress from soap opera Days of Our Lives. She also appeared on the daytime drama Passions and in the movie Kate and Leopold.

Isabella "Belle" Brady Black Kiriakis is played by Martha Madison in Days of Our Lives. Belle is known to be the daughter of Marlena and Roman, though in reality, she was the product of a one night affair between Marlena and John Black. Her older sister Sami was the one who kept the secret of her identity for several months. In high school, she had a relationship with Philip Kiriakis, but it did not last long. Soon Shawn-Douglas Brady became the object of her attention. Again, this was an ill-fated relationship because she was hurt after finding out that Shawn was the father of Jan's baby. This, however, was not true. Paul had raped her and she just wanted someone to cover up for what happened. Belle found out the whole truth in the Last Blast dance and she was then able to forgive Shawn. She had an off again on again relationship with Shawn since then, and had a daughter together even if Belle was married to Philip and that everyone thought the baby was Philip's child.



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