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In the trailer for her new sci-fi horror TV series, \u201cThe Beauty,\u201d<\/a> Bella Hadid\u2019s character Ruby smashes a mirror \u2014 and a chef\u2019s face \u2014 with a frying pan, cries tears of blood and races through Paris on a motorcycle.<\/p>\n

The tough-as-nails vulnerability seems to come naturally to the 29-year-old supermodel, who offscreen has spent years fiercely walking fashion runways,<\/a> battling health issues and riding horses.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It\u2019s] action-packed. It\u2019s fast, it\u2019s dark,\u201d an entertainment industry insider told Page Six. \u201cShe sets the tone of the show with intensity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bella Hadid is entering her TV and film era with a role on Ryan Murphy\u2019s new horror show \u201cThe Beauty.\u201d FX<\/p>\n

The supermodel radiated elegance on the red carpet Wednesday in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, taking selfies with fans at \u201cThe Beauty\u201d premiere. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

The plum role in \u201cThe Beauty\u201d \u2014 co-created by Ryan Murphy<\/a> and out Jan. 21 on FX, HULU and Disney+ \u2014 marks a new phase for Hadid. After reigning the runway for years, she seems thrilled to be acting. In 2024, she guest starred on \u201cYellowstone,\u201d playing the horse trainer girlfriend of the show\u2019s creator, Taylor Sheridan. Now, she\u2019s got a bigger role.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe loves working with creatives like Ryan and hopes to continue finding interesting acting projects in TV and film,\u201d the entertainment industry insider told Page Six. \u201cShe loves being on set. We saw her in \u2018Yellowstone,\u2019 but this feels like the next level up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to keep continuing acting after this. This is a dream of mine,\u201d Hadid recently told\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve brought my art side and my creativity to modeling, but at the end of the day, I love being able to move, and I love film and acting in general. I love actors because they can be different characters for so many different people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Offscreen, Hadid seems to be thriving in an unexpected role \u2014 low-key Texas cowgirl.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe loves working with creatives like Ryan and hopes to continue finding interesting acting projects in TV and film,\u201d an entertainment industry insider told Page Six. \u201cShe loves being on set. We saw her in \u2018Yellowstone,\u2019 but this feels like the next level up.\u201d Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to keep continuing acting after this. This is a dream of mine,\u201d Hadid recently told\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter. FX<\/p>\n

In 2023, she met Adan Banuelos, a professional cutting horse trainer and multi-million dollar National Cutting Horse Association rider, at a horse show. The two bonded over a love of horses and have been together ever since.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of the most talented riders in the industry. He has a way with horses that\u2019s hard to explain. Bella has a love for horses that runs deep. They are a great, unexpected pair,\u201d a source close to the couple, who live in the suburbs of Fort Worth, told Page Six.<\/p>\n

Hadid, who grew up jumping horses in Los Angeles, has taken a shine to Western riding \u2014 especially the sport of cutting, where a horse and rider work to separate a cow from a herd. She also seems to relish being out of the spotlight and away from the fast-paced life of New York and LA. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the horse cutting circuit, Bella isn\u2019t this super famous model . . . She doesn\u2019t feel like she has to be \u2018on,\u2019 \u201d the source close to the couple told Page Six.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Hadid met Adan Banuelos, 36, a professional cutting horse trainer and multi-million dollar National Cutting Horse Association rider, at a horse show. The two bonded over a love of horses and have been together ever since. Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Teton Ridge<\/p>\n

\u201cBella could not be more humble, could not be more thrilled to sit at the shows for hours and hours,\u201d the source added, noting that she\u2019s impressed Texans with her skills in the saddle. \u201c[Cutting] is very frustrating. It\u2019s really unique. Her commitment has been surprising to lots of newcomers to the industry. She doesn\u2019t half-ass anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her openness with her struggles have made her relatable to followers. <\/p>\n

In 2023, she posted to Instagram about her\u00a0\u201calmost 15 years of invisible suffering.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She wrote that \u201cworsening with time and work while trying to make myself, my family and the people who support me proud, had taken a toll on me in ways I can\u2019t really explain. To be that sad and sick with the most blessings\/privilege\/opportunity\/love around me was quite possibly the most confusing thing ever . . . the universe works in the most painful and beautiful ways but I need to say that if you are struggling- it will get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hadid previously appeared on Taylor Sheridan\u2019s mega-hit \u201cYellowstone.\u201d Courtesy of Paramount Network<\/p>\n

\u201cBella could not be more humble, could not be more thrilled to sit at the shows for hours and hours,\u201d a source close to Hadid and Banuelos told Page Six, noting that she\u2019s impressed Texans with her skills in the saddle. \u201c[Cutting] is very frustrating. It\u2019s really unique. Her commitment has been surprising to lots of newcomers to the industry. She doesn\u2019t half-ass anything.\u201d Getty Images for Teton Ridge<\/p>\n

Banuelos has been by her side during some particularly rough times for her health.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdan is a super caring person,\u201d the source said. \u201cThey went on lots of long trail rides when she wasn\u2019t feeling her best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their down-on-the-ranch romance seems a marked change from the high-profile, on-again off-again relationship Hadid was in for years with musician\/actor The Weeknd<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Banuelos is \u201ca breath of fresh air. It\u2019s refreshing to not be swarmed in the same way, to build real connections [outside of Hollywood],\u201d the source close to the couple said.<\/p>\n

Hadid, the daughter of Yolanda Hadid and younger sister of model-on-the-rise Gigi Hadid, grew up riding horses. Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Teton Ridge<\/p>\n

\u201cAdan is a super caring person,\u201d the source close to the couple said. \u201cThey went on lots of long trail rides when she wasn\u2019t feeling her best.\u201d Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Teton Ridge<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a breath of fresh air. It\u2019s refreshing to not be swarmed in the same way, to build real connections [outside of Hollywood],\u201d the source close to the couple said. Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Teton Ridge<\/p>\n

Hadid has been in the spotlight for much of her life, but has also openly struggled with depression. <\/p>\n

\u201cSelf help and mental illness\/chemical imbalance is not linear and it is almost like a flowing rollercoaster of obstacles . . . it has its ups and downs, and side to sides,\u201d she wrote on Instagram in 2021<\/a>. \u201cBut I want you to know, there is always light at the end of the tunnel, and the rollercoaster always comes to a complete stop at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a teen, she appeared on several seasons of \u201cThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,\u201d the shy equestrian daughter of Yolanda Hadid and younger sister of model-on-the-rise Gigi Hadid. <\/p>\n

She started modeling herself around age 16, around the time she, her mother and brother Anwar were all diagnosed with Lyme disease.<\/p>\n

Last September, Hadid was hospitalized for weeks, and she apologized to her fans for being offline, sharing emotional photos of herself hooked up to IV\u2019s and oxygen tubes at St. George Hospital near Munich, where she was treated for chronic neurological Lyme disease. Bella Hadid\/ Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry I always go MIA I love you guys,\u201d Hadid, who was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2016, wrote in an Instagram caption last September when she was hospitalized. Bella Hadid\/ Instagram<\/p>\n

The condition has haunted the beauty\u2019s life. <\/p>\n

Last September she was hospitalized for weeks, <\/a>and she apologized to her fans for being offline, sharing emotional photos of herself hooked up to IVs and oxygen tubes at St. George Hospital near Munich, where she was treated for chronic neurological Lyme disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry I always go MIA I love you guys,\u201d Hadid wrote in an Instagram caption.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A month later, in October, she made her return to the runway for the Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show<\/a>, strutting her stuff in skimpy lingerie and angel wings.<\/p>\n

Bella made her return to the runway in October at the Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show, just weeks after getting health treatment. Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n

While she looked gorgeous as ever, fans expressed concern for Bella\u2019s faint appearance, seemingly struggling under the weight of 50-pound wings. REUTERS<\/p>\n

She looked gorgeous as ever, but expressed concern for her faint appearance, as she seemed to struggle under the weight of the 50-pound wings.<\/p>\n

Hadid appeared more vibrant this past Wednesday on the red carpet for the premiere of \u201cThe Beauty\u201d \u2014 which also stars Evan Peters, Ashton Kutcher, Jeremy Pope and Rebecca Hall \u2014 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She was the last to arrive and looked stunning in a red Schiaparelli dress, radiating positive energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was the star of the red carpet. The crowd went insane. She stayed late to take selfies with fans and reporters \u2014 she had amazing energy,\u201d a red carpet reveler present told Page Six.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hadid exuded vibrance on Wednesday at \u201cThe Beauty\u201d premiere. \u201cShe was the star of the red carpet. The crowd went insane. She stayed late to take selfies with fans and reporters \u2014 she had amazing energy,\u201d a red carpet reveler present told Page Six.\u00a0 Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n

Hadid gushed about the role at the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I spoke to Ryan in the beginning it was very much about being able to go outside of my comfort zone. And I said, \u2018Ryan I want you to make me look haggard.\u2019 I never want to be the girl next door,\u201d Hadid told Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet<\/p>\n

Hadid gushed about her role on \u201cThe Beauty\u201d at the premiere Wednesday, praising Murphy: \u201cHe pushed me to be a different version of myself, which I\u2019ve always wanted to do. I love adrenaline. I love the rush of being able to do stunts. I wouldn\u2019t hurt a fly, which is the funniest part. But the stunt team was so amazing,\u201d she told Entertainment Tonight. FX via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe pushed me to be a different version of myself, which I\u2019ve always wanted to do. I love adrenaline. I love the rush of being able to do stunts. I wouldn\u2019t hurt a fly, which is the funniest part. But the stunt team was so amazing,\u201d she added, admitting she was \u201cnervous\u201d about her performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After years of struggling, Hadid is thriving, the source close to the model\/actress and Banuelos told Page Six.<\/p>\n

\u201cLyme is an incurable disease and constant battle but she is very happy and as healthy as she can be,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

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