- Is a first cousin, once removed, of wrestler Hulk Hogan, and a second cousin of Hulk's daughter, Brooke Hogan. Elisabeth's maternal great-grandparents, Peter Bollea and Edith Medora Noonan, were also Hulk's paternal grandparents and Brooke's paternal great-grandparents.
- Has dual citizenship (US and German).
- Fluent in German.
- Goes horseback riding four times a week. Started riding horses at age five and switched from "show jumping" to "dressage" to calm the Law & Order (1990) producers, who thought she might get hurt.
- Raised by a hippie mother who prided herself on being "au naturel".
- Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, to a German father and an American mother. Her mother, from Memphis, TN, was three-quarters Italian descent, with the rest of her ancestry being Irish and English. Her parents moved to New York during her early childhood, and she was raised there.
- Works on behalf of maketheconnection.org, which show the connection between cervical cancer and HPV.
- Does serious full-body workouts with free weights, boxing, Olympic lifts, carrying and pulling heavy weights across the room.
- Mother, with her ex-husband Ron Wooster, of daughter Easton August Anthony (b. April 10, 2008 in Los Angeles).
- Her father, Eberhard, is a partner at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP New York. Her mother, Lisa, once wrote for the soap, Guiding Light (1952). The two divorced when Elisabeth was eight or nine.
- Studied Writing and European History at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY.
- Wrote an unpublished novel about a 21-year-old woman in 1911 Scotland, whose husband committed suicide.
- Lived in New York City while filming Law & Order (1990).
- Grew up in Bedford, NY.
- Collects paintings by Woodstock (NY) artist Justin Love.
- Made "Maxim" magazine's "Hot 100" list in 2002, voted one of the most watchable women in entertainment.
- Attended Saint Andrew's-Sewanee School and graduated in 1991.
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