Bell then played the lead role in the science fiction series "Surface", which aired between September 2005 and May 2006. 2006 also saw her star in the film "" about the Hillside Strangler of the late 1970s and return to "Boston Legal" for two episodes, reprising her role as Sally Heep, opposing counsel to Alan Shore (portrayed by James Spader). In 2008, she played the female lead in the thriller "Under Still Waters", for which she won the Newport Beach Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance in Acting, starred alongside Paul Rudd and Eva Longoria in the romantic comedy "Over Her Dead Body", played Cameron Diaz's character's best friend in the romantic comedy "What Happens in Vegas" and played the wife of Colin Farrell's character in crime drama "Pride and Glory".