Question: who played belle on days of our lives

title: Belle Black
text: 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 . 

Answer: answer: The role of Belle was played by Kirsten Storms from August 5, 1999, to July 16, 2004, then by Charity Rahmer who briefly played the role from July 19 to August 9, 2004.  Martha Madison appeared in the role thereafter.