Elizabeth Mitchell was born on March 27, 1970, in Los Angeles, CA, but shortly after her birth, her family relocated to Dallas, TX.

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 the theatre's Encore Company. 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.

Elizabeth Mitchell made her breakthrough performance when she starred opposite Angelina Jolie in the acclaimed HBO telefilm Gia, endearing her to audiences and critics alike. She followed that up with a co-starring role in the film Frequency, opposite Dennis Quaid. She also appeared in Nurse Betty, opposite Renée Zellweger and Greg Kinnear, as well as The Santa Clause 2 with Tim Allen.

Most recently she appeared in the film Running Scared, directed by Wayne Kramer. Also she can now be seen in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause or every weeks as Juliet on ABC's Lost.

On television Mitchell starred in series like The Lyon's Den, opposite Rob Lowe, The Beast, with Naveen Andrews, and recurred on ER as Dr. Legaspi. She also starred in the telefilm 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, and has guest starred on Boston Legal, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, among others.

Education

• Booker T Washington High School, Dallas, Texas, 1988

Milestones

• 1992 After college, returned to Dallas and appeared in "Amateurs" at Theatre Three
• 1994 Played Dinah Lee Mayberry on the ABC soap "Loving" for four months before being fired
• 1994 Was an understudy for the Off-Broadway play "Three Tall Women"; later toured with play
• 1996 Primetime series debut as regular, played the wife of one of the titular characters on the short-lived Fox series "L.A. Firefighters"
• 1998 Breakthrough screen role as the lesbian lover of model Gia Carangi in the HBO drama "Gia"
• 1998 Had regular role on the even more short-lived series "Significant Others"
• 1999 Feature acting debut in "Molly"
• 2000 Had recurring role as lesbian psychiatrist Kim Legaspi on NBC's "ER"
• 2000 Appeared as an actress playing a soap character in "Nurse Betty"
• 2000 Had supporting role in "Frequency"
• 2000 Played title role in the NBC biopic "The Linda McCartney Story"
• 2001 Starred as a rookie reporter working for a 24-hour cable news channel in the ABC summer series "The Beast"
• 2002 Cast opposite Tim Allen in "Santa Clause 2"
• 2004 Portrayed legendary race car driver Dale Earnhardt's third wife in the TV movie, "The Dale Earnhardt Story" (ESPN)
• 2006 Joined the cast of ABC's "Lost" in its third season
• 2006 Reprised role opposite Tim Allen in "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"
• As a child, began training as an actor at the Dallas Theatre Center
• Moved to NYC
• Worked in regional theater and summer stock