Bella Beckett was born in a low income family in Belfast, Ireland. She is the third of five children, born to Anna and Eric Beckett. Anna has a secret, that she is a half-Veela, but didn't tell anyone, not even her husband. In her childhood, she tried to help her family raise money with lemonade stands, and help with her sister Nora at her cookie stands, as Nora loved to bake cookies. Bella went to Hogwarts, and was a Quidditch star there. Her parents told her to focus on other things besides Quidditch, but Bella didn't listen.
When Bella was 16, her parents divorced about a week after her birthday. That made Bella very upset, but the thing that made her happy was Quidditch. Her father, the parent who stayed, remarried after a year to a wealthy woman named Dorothy. Dorothy was kind to Bella, which cheered her up. Bella soon got over the divorce, as her family was now wealthy, had a stepmother who loved her, and Quidditch was going well. After graduating, she continued to play Quidditch. She is now a chaser for the Ballycastle Bats Quidditch team.