Elizabeth Mitchell | |
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Mitchell at WonderCon
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Born |
Elizabeth Joanna Robertson March 27, 1970 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 1992–present |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Spouse(s) | Chris Soldevilla (m. 2004; div. 2013) |
Children | 1 |
Elizabeth Mitchell (born Elizabeth Joanna Robertson: March 27, 1970) is an Emmy-nominated American actress known for her role as Dr. Juliet Burke on the ABC series Lost. She also had lead roles on the TV series V and Revolution, as well as recurring as the Snow Queen on Once Upon A Time and as Deb Carpenter on Dead of Summer. Mitchell has starred in such films as The Santa Clause 2 & 3, Gia and The Purge: Election Year.
Mitchell was born in Los Angeles, California. Her stepfather, Joseph Day Mitchell, and mother, Josephine Marian Mitchell (née Jenkins), are lawyers based in Dallas. Mitchell and her mother moved to Dallas, Texas in 1970, where her mother married Joseph Mitchell in 1975. Mitchell graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, a public magnet school. She is the eldest of three sisters, the others being Kristina Helen "Kristie" Mitchell (b. 1978), and Katherine Day "Kate" Mitchell (b. 1981).
She attended Stephens College, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, and then studied at the British American Drama Academy.