Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell (born Elizabeth Joanna Robertson: March 27, 1970) is an American actress. She is known for her lead role as Dr. Juliet Burke on the ABCdrama mystery series Lost (2006–2010).[1] Mitchell also had lead roles on the television series V (2009–2010), Revolution (2012–14), and Dead of Summer(2016), as well as a recurring role as the Snow Queen on Once Upon a Time(2014). She has starred in such films as Gia (1998), Frequency (2000), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), and The Purge: Election Year (2016).
== 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).[5]
She attended Stephens College, graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Artsin acting, and then studied at the British American Drama Academy.[6]
== Career ==
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. She played in the 2000 movie Frequency alongside Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel. She also played Angelina Jolie's hairdresser/lover in the movie Gia and 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,[7] which ended on a cliffhanger that left the fate of her character unknown. Mitchell was later named the lead actress on V.[8][9]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 wherein she played June Frye.[10] Mitchell starred in the film, Answers to Nothing in 2011 as Kate. In 2012, she joined the cast of the series Revolution[11] as Rachel Matheson, replacing actress Andrea Roth, with whom Mitchell had worked for one episode on Lost. The series premiered on September 17, 2012,[12] and ended in May 2014. She then recurred as the Snow Queen on the TV fantasy series Once Upon a Time in late 2014.[13]
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 main cast of the Freeform supernatural horror series Dead of Summer. She portrayed the character of Deb Carpenter. The series ended after one season.[14]
== Awards and honors ==
Mitchell has won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2008, among other nominations. For her appearance as Dr. Juliet Burke 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 ==
Between 1994 and 1999, Mitchell dated actor David Lee Smith and the two lived together in New York City.[15] Whilst filming The Linda McCartney Story in 2000, Mitchell and co-star Gary Bakewell began dating and later became engaged, but the relationship ended in 2002.[16]
Mitchell married improvisation actor Chris Soldevilla in 2004 and the two lived together in Bainbridge Island, Washington, with their son Christopher Joseph (CJ) Soldevilla, who was born in 2005.[17] 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 the Screen Actors Guild because the name Elizabeth Mitchell was already taken.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1998	Gia 	Linda Mitchell 	
1999	Molly 	Beverly Trehare 	
2000	Frequency 	Julia 'Jules' Sullivan 	
2000	Nurse Betty 	Chloe Jensen 	
2001	Hollywood Palms 	Blair 	
2001	Double Bang 	Dr. Karen Winterman 	
2002	The Santa Clause 2 	Carol Newman / Mrs. Claus 	
2006	Running Scared 	Edele Hansel 	
2006	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	Mrs. Claus / Carol Newman-Calvin	
2011	Answers to Nothing 	Kate[18] 	
2016	The Purge: Election Year 	Charlene 'Charlie' Roan 	
2019	The Buried Girl 	Katherine 	Post-production
TBA 	Welcome to Pine Grove! 	 	Filming
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1993 	Dangerous Curves 	Bethanny Haines 	Guest star
Episode: "Rainbow Serpent"
1994–1995	Loving 	Dinah Lee Mayberry Alden McKenzie #2	Guest star; unknown episodes
1996 	L.A. Firefighters 	Laura Malloy 	Recurring role; 6 episodes
1996 	The Sentinel 	Wendy Hawthorne 	Guest star
Episode: "True Crime"
1997 	JAG 	Lt. Sandra Gilbert 	Guest star
Episode: "The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert"
1997 	Comfort, Texas 	Trudy 	Unsold TV pilot
1998 	Significant Others 	Jane Chasen 	Recurring role; 6 episodes
1998 	Gia 	Linda 	Television movie
1999–2000	Time of Your Life 	Ashley Holloway 	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2000 	The Linda McCartney Story 	Linda McCartney 	Television movie
2000–2001	E.R. 	Dr. Kim Legaspi 	Recurring role; 14 episodes
2001 	The Beast 	Alice Allenby 	Lead Role 
6 Episodes
2001 	Spin City 	Nancy Wheeler 	Guest star
Episode: "Fight Club"
2002 	Man and Boy 	Cyd Mason 	Television movie
2003 	The Lyon's Den 	Ariel Saxon 	Recurring role; 7 episodes
2003 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 	Andrea Brown 	Guest star
Episode: "Mercy"
2003 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Melissa Winters 	Guest star
Episode: "One Hit Wonder"
2004 	Grammercy Park 	Taylor Elliot Quinn 	Unsold TV pilot
2004 	Everwood 	Sara Beck 	Guest star
Episode: "Staking Claim"
2004 	Boston Legal 	Christine Pauley 	Guest star; 2 episodes
2004 	House 	Sister Mary Augustine 	Guest star
Episode: "Damned If You Do"
2004 	3: The Dale Earnhardt Story 	Teresa Earnhardt 	Television movie
2006 	Haskett's Chance 	Ann Haskett 	Unsold TV pilot
2006–2010	Lost 	Dr. Juliet Burke 	Series regular
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
Nominated—Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2007–09)
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television(2007, 2009–10)
2009–2011	V 	Erica Evans 	Lead role
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television
2011 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 	June Frye 	Guest star
Episode: "Totem"
2012–2014	Revolution 	Rachel Matheson 	Lead role
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
2013 	Prosecuting Casey Anthony 	Linda Drane Burdick 	Television movie
2013 	Kristin's Christmas Past 	Barbara Cartwell 	Television movie
2014 	Once Upon a Time 	Ingrid/Snow Queen/Sarah Fisher 	Recurring role; 10 episodes
2015 	Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street	Future Mel Fuller 	Episode: "Mel vs. the Future"
2015 	Crossing Lines 	Carine Strand 	Lead role
2016 	Dead of Summer 	Deb Carpenter 	Lead role
2018 	The Expanse 	Dr. Annushka "Anna" Volovodov 	Recurring role
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Association 	Category 	Nominated work	Result
2006	Saturn Award 	Best Supporting Actress on Television 	Lost 	Nominated
2007	Monte-Carlo Television Festival	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 	Lost 	Nominated
2007	Saturn Award 	Best Supporting Actress on Television 	Lost 	Nominated
2008	Monte-Carlo Television Festival	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 	Lost 	Nominated
2008	Saturn Award 	Best Supporting Actress on Television 	Lost 	Won[A]
2009	Monte-Carlo Television Festival	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 	Lost 	Nominated
2009	Saturn Award 	Best Supporting Actress on Television 	Lost 	Nominated
2010	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Lost 	Nominated
2011	Saturn Award 	Best Actress on Television 	V 	Nominated
2014	Saturn Award 	Best Supporting Actress on Television 	Revolution 	Nominated