Annie Sylvie Brilland (10 December 1956 – 27 January 2024)[1] was a French actress and social worker.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s she had varied roles in both French and Italian cinema, working with such directors as Jean Rollin,[2] Ruggero Deodato, and Joe D'Amato.

Rollin had loved working with Belle so he had decided to cast her in his 1975 film Lèvres de sang (Lips of Blood).

Not long after filming Lévres de Sang, Belle moved to Italy and for a brief time became one of the most in demand actresses in Italian exploitation cinema, having starred in three major films in 1976 alone: Forever Emmanuelle,[6] Blue Belle, and Velluto Nero.

[11] After returning to France, Belle went to school and received a degree in psychology[12] and was a social worker for people diagnosed with mental illness.