- Born
- Birth nameElizabeth Joanna Robertson
- Nickname
- Liz
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Elizabeth Mitchell was born in Los Angeles in 1970. Shortly after her birth, her parents moved to Dallas, Texas. She was graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas. Later, she earned a BFA degree in acting from Stephens College and also studied at the British American Drama Academy. Additionally, she spent six years at the respected Dallas Theatre Center and one year with that theater's Encore Company. Before her big screen debut, she started her acting career from theaters. Her theatrical stage credits include productions of "As You Like It", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Measure for Measure", "Baby" and "Chicago", among many others.
Her breakthrough performance was opposite Angelina Jolie in Michael Cristofer's acclaimed HBO telefilm Gia (1998) endearing her to audiences and critics, alike. Following with the sci-fi time-travel adventure, Frequency (2000) with Dennis Quaid and Neil LaBute's highly anticipated Nurse Betty (2000) opposite Renée Zellweger, Elizabeth showed her charismatic acting skills. With numerous credits from theaters, TV series and movies, Elizabeth Mitchell continues to give her best in the acting field.- IMDb Mini Biography By: The Old Fox {by_oldfox@yahoo.com}
- SpouseChris Soldevilla(June 13, 2004 - 2013) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenChristopher Joseph Soldevilla Jr.
- ParentsJoseph Day MitchellJosephine Marian Mitchell
- RelativesKristina Helen "Kristie" Mitchell(Sibling)Katherine Day "Kate" Mitchell(Sibling)
- Long blonde hair
- Soft blue eyes
- Fell in love with her co-star, Gary Bakewell, who played her on-screen husband, Paul McCartney, when the two filmed The Linda McCartney Story (2000) (in which she starred as Linda McCartney).
- Broke her nose during filming of the movie Frequency (2000).
- Spent the back end of 2001 starring opposite Ioan Gruffudd as Cyd in Man and Boy (2002) which aired in March, 2002 on BBC 1 TV.
- In 1994, did Hertz Rent-A-Car commercial but "they pulled it because of the O.J. thing."
- Spent six years at the Dallas Theater Center & spent one year with its Encore Company
- I know it's so "in" to be blasé, but that's not going to get you anywhere. People feel good about doing things with you if you're enthusiastic. You've gotta go for it, and go for it with gusto.
- I suppose the secret to any sort of success is loving what you do. I genuinely love the work. I didn't start off by thinking that a career would come of it, I just knew that I loved it, and that I had to do it. I think we work hard at the things that we truly care about.
- [on succeeding in Hollywood] I honestly didn't care if I was successful or not. Success feels like something I had never seen. I'd never seen anyone succeed in this business; I had never seen anyone be successful. You know, everybody just kind of loved it. That was the key for me, it was just to love it so much that I didn't care.
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