Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell
Mitchell at San Diego Comic Con in 2009
Born	Elizabeth Joanna Robertson (1970-03-27) 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 American actress known for her role as Dr. Juliet Burke on the ABC series Lost.^[1] 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.

Early life

Mitchell was born in Los Angeles, California.^[2] Her stepfather, Joseph Day Mitchell, and mother, Josephine Marian Mitchell (née Jenkins), are lawyers based in Dallas.^[3] Mitchell and her mother moved to Dallas, Texas in 1970, where her mother married Joseph Mitchell in 1975.^[4] 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.^[5]

Career

Mitchell at Wonder Con in 2014

Mitchell worked for six years in Dallas Theater Center and a year at Encore Theater.

Mitchell had a recurring role as psychiatrist Dr. Kim Legaspi, the first lesbian lover of Dr. Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes) during the 2000–01 season of TV series ER. Mitchell played in the 2000 movie Frequency (film) alongside Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel. She also played Angelina Jolie's hairdresser/lover in the movie Gia. She also had a one episode role in House M.D. as a patient.

In March 2009, Mitchell was cast in the ABC series V, a remake of the science fiction television miniseries. Although ABC and Warner Bros. officials told the magazine she was only cast as a guest star, the announcement led to speculation and concern that Mitchell's character would be killed off at the end of Lost's fifth season,^[6] which ended on a cliffhanger that left the fate of her character unknown. Mitchell was later named the lead actress on V.^[7][8] Mitchell's character was killed off in the premiere of the sixth (and final) season of Lost, but returned for the two-part series finale.

V lasted for one more season, which premiered on January 4, 2011. Mitchell had a guest starring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2011 where she played June Frye.^[9] Mitchell starred in the film, Answers to Nothing in 2011, where she played Kate. In 2012, she joined the cast of the series Revolution^[10] as Rachel Matheson, replacing actress Andrea Roth, whom Mitchell had worked with for one episode on Lost. The series premiered on September 17, 2012,^[11] and ended in May 2014. She then recurred as the Snow Queen on the TV fantasy series Once Upon A Time^[12] in late 2014. In 2016, Mitchell starred as Senator Charlene 'Charlie' Roan in the science-fiction horror film The Purge: Election Year. Also that year, it was announced Mitchell would join the cast of the Freeform supernatural horror series Dead of Summer^[13]. She portrays Deb Carpenter, a lead role in the series.

Awards and honors

For her appearance on the series finale of Lost, Mitchell was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2010.

Personal life

Mitchell in Seattle 2008 supporting the Boston Red Sox

Between 1994 and 1999, Mitchell dated actor David Lee Smith and the two lived together in New York City.^[14] Whilst filming The Linda McCartney Story in 2000, Mitchell and co-star Gary Bakewell began dating and became engaged in 2001 but the relationship ended in 2002.^[15]

Mitchell married improv actor Chris Soldevilla in 2004 and the two lived together in Bainbridge Island, Washington with their son C.J. (Christopher Joseph) Soldevilla, who was born in 2005.^[16] In 2013 Mitchell and Soldevilla divorced due to irreconcilable differences. In 2014, Mitchell purchased a ranch in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

She shares the same name as actress Elizabeth Banks' birth name, who changed her name to join SAG because the name Elizabeth Mitchell was already taken.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elizabeth Mitchell.

• Elizabeth Mitchell at the Internet Movie Database
• Elizabeth Mitchell Fan Club (Fansite)