Elizabeth Mitchell(bornElizabeth Joanna Robertson;March 27, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role asJuliet Burkeon theABCmystery drama seriesLost(2006–2010), for which she received aPrimetime Emmy Awardnomination.[3]Mitchell also had lead roles on the television seriesV(2009–2010),Revolution(2012–2014),Dead of Summer(2016), andThe Santa Clauses(2022–present), for which she received aChildren's and Family Emmy Awardnomination. She had recurring roles on the television seriesER(2000–2001),Once Upon a Time(2014),The Expanse(2018, 2021), andOuter Banks(2021–present).
Elizabeth Mitchell | |
|---|---|
 Mitchell in 2013 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Joanna Robertson March 27, 1970[1][2] |
| Alma mater | Stephens College(BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse |
Chris Soldevilla
(m.2004–2013) |
| Children | 1 |
Mitchell has appeared in numerous films, includingGia(1998),Frequency(2000),Nurse Betty(2000),The Santa Clause 2(2002),The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause(2006),Running Scared(2006),Answers to Nothing(2011),The Purge: Election Year(2016), andQueen Bees(2021).
Early life
editMitchell was born inLos Angeles,California.[1]Mitchell and her mother moved toDallasin 1970, where her mother married Joseph Mitchell in 1975.[4]Her stepfather, Joseph Day Mitchell, and mother, Josephine Marian Mitchell (née Jenkins), are lawyers based in Dallas.[1]Mitchell graduated fromBooker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts,a publicmagnet school.She is the eldest of three sisters, the others being Kristina Helen "Kristie" Mitchell and Katherine Day "Kate" Mitchell.[5]
She attendedStephens College,graduating with abachelor of fine artsin acting, and then studied at theBritish American Drama Academy.[6]
Career
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Mitchell's theatre work includes six years atDallas Theater Centerand a season at Encore Theater.[7][8][6]She had an early TV role as Dinah Lee on the soap operaLovingfrom 1994 to 1995.[9]She co-starred in the 1998 filmGiaand the 2000 filmFrequency.
In the 2002 filmThe Santa Clause 2,Mitchell played Carol Newman, who becomes Mrs. Claus. She reprised the role for the sequel,The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause,which was released in 2006. A limited series based on the film, titledThe Santa Clauses,was launched onDisney+in 2022, with Mitchell reprising her character from the films.[10]For her work on the series, Mitchell received aChildren's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performernomination at the3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awardsheld in 2025.[11]
On TV, she played psychiatristKim Legaspi,the first woman partner ofKerry Weaverduring the 2000–2001[12]season of TV seriesER,in a recurring role. She had a one-episode role inHouse M.D.as a patient.[13][14][15][16]
In 2006, she playedJuliet BurkeonLost,beginning in the third-season premiere "A Tale of Two Cities",a role she played for four seasons, three as a main character and one in a recurring capacity.[citation needed]In that same year, she appeared in the crime thrillerRunning Scared.
In March 2009, Mitchell was cast in the ABC seriesV,a remake of thescience-fiction television miniseries.Although ABC andWarner Bros.officials said 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 thefifth season ofLost,[17]which ended on a cliff-hanger that left the fate of her character unknown. Mitchell was later named the lead actress onV[18]and her character was indeed written out in the premiere of the sixth season ofLost,but returned for the two-part series finale.[19][20][21][22]Vlasted for one more season, which premiered on January 4, 2011.[23]
Mitchell had a guest-starring role onLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitin 2011, portraying June Frye.[24]In 2012, she joined the cast of the seriesRevolution[25]as Rachel Matheson, replacing actressAndrea Roth.The series premiered on September 17, 2012[26]and ended in May 2014. She then recurred as theSnow Queenon the TV fantasy seriesOnce Upon a Timein late 2014.[27]
In 2016, Mitchell starred as U.S. senator Charlene "Charlie" Roan in the science-fiction horror filmThe Purge: Election Year.Also that year, it was announced Mitchell would join the main cast of theFreeformsupernatural horror seriesDead of Summer,portraying Deb Carpenter. The series ended after one season.[28]
In 2018, Mitchell played Anna Volovodov on season three ofThe Expanse.[29][30][31]She made a cameo in the third episode of the final season of the series in 2021.[32]
Also in 2021, she appeared in the filmQueen Bees[33]and the second season of theNetflixseriesOuter Banks.[12]
In 2022, she joinedFBI: Internationalin the recurring role of Angela Cassidy, a government agent and the long-missing mother of main character Scott Forrester.[34]
Personal life
editWhile filmingThe Linda McCartney Storyin 2000, Mitchell and co-starGary Bakewellbegan dating and later became engaged, but the relationship ended in 2002.[35]
Mitchell married improvisation actor Chris Soldevilla in 2004 and the two lived together onBainbridge Island, Washington,with their son, who was born in 2005.[36]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Molly | Beverly Trehare | |
| 2000 | Frequency | Jules Sullivan | |
| Nurse Betty | Chloe Jensen | ||
| 2001 | Double Bang | Karen Winterman | |
| Hollywood Palms | Blair | ||
| 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | Carol Newman /Mrs. Claus | |
| 2006 | Running Scared | Edele Hansel | |
| The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | Mrs. Claus / Carol Newman-Calvin | ||
| 2011 | Answers to Nothing | Kate[37] | |
| 2016 | The Purge: Election Year | Charlie Roan | |
| 2020 | What We Found | Captain Hilman | |
| 2021 | Queen Bees | Laura Wilson | |
| Witch Hunt | Martha Goode | Also executive producer | |
| 2022 | When Time Got Louder | Tish Peterson | |
| 2023 | Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out | Vera | |
| 2024 | Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot | Susan Ramsey |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Dangerous Curves | Bethanny Haines | Episode: "Rainbow Serpent" |
| 1994–1995 | Loving | Dinah Lee Mayberry Alden McKenzie #2 | Main role |
| 1996 | L.A. Firefighters | Laura Malloy | Main role |
| The Sentinel | Wendy Hawthorne | Episode: "True Crime" | |
| 1997 | Comfort, Texas | Trudy | Unsold TV pilot |
| JAG | Sandra Gilbert | Episode: "The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert" | |
| 1998 | Gia | Linda Mitchell | Television film |
| Significant Others | Jane Chasen | Main role | |
| 1999–2000 | Time of Your Life | Ashley Holloway | Recurring role |
| 2000 | The Linda McCartney Story | Linda McCartney | Television film |
| 2000–2001 | ER | Kim Legaspi | Recurring role (season 7) |
| 2001 | The Beast | Alice Allenby | Main role |
| Spin City | Nancy Wheeler | Episode: "Fight Club" | |
| 2002 | Man and Boy | Cyd Mason | Television film |
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Melissa Winters | Episode: "One Hit Wonder" |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Andrea Brown | Episode: "Mercy" | |
| The Lyon's Den | Ariel Saxon | Main role | |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Christine Pauley | Guest role; 2 episodes |
| Everwood | Sara Beck | Episode: "Staking Claim" | |
| Grammercy Park | Taylor Elliot Quinn | Unsold TV pilot | |
| House | Mary Augustine | Episode: "Damned If You Do" | |
| 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story | Teresa Earnhardt | Television film | |
| 2006 | Haskett's Chance | Ann Haskett | Unsold TV pilot |
| 2006–2010 | Lost | Juliet Burke | Main role |
| 2009–2011 | V | Erica Evans | Main role |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | June Frye | Episode: "Totem" |
| 2012–2014 | Revolution | Rachel Matheson | Main role |
| 2013 | Kristin's Christmas Past | Barbara Cartwell | Television film |
| Prosecuting Casey Anthony | Linda Drane Burdick | Television film | |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | Ingrid /Snow Queen/ Sarah Fisher | Recurring role (season 4) |
| 2015 | Crossing Lines | Carine Strand | Main role |
| Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street | Future Mel Fuller | Episode: "Mel vs. the Future" | |
| 2016 | Dead of Summer | Deb Carpenter | Main role[38] |
| 2018, 2021 | The Expanse | Anna Volovodov | Recurring role (season 3); guest role (season 6) |
| 2019 | Blindspot | Scarlett Myers | Episode: "Everybody Hates Kathy" |
| The Christmas Club | Olivia Bennett | Television film | |
| 2021 | The Good Doctor | Dannie Miller | Episode: "We're All Crazy Sometimes" |
| 2021–2023 | Outer Banks | Carla Limbrey | Recurring role (season 2–3) |
| 2022 | FBI: International | Angela Cassidy | Guest role; 3 episodes |
| First Kill | Margot Fairmont | Main role | |
| 2022–2023 | The Santa Clauses | Carol Calvin /Mrs. Claus | Main role[39] |
Stage
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Amateurs | Jennifer | |
| 1994 | Red Channels | Shelia Harcourt | |
| 1995 | Three Tall Women | C | |
| 1999 | Absolution | Gordon's wife | |
| 2008 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena |
Awards and nominations
editMitchell has won theSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Televisionin 2008, among other nominations. For her appearance as Juliet Burke on the series finale ofLost,Mitchell was nominated for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Seriesin 2010.
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Lost | Nominated |
| 2007 | Monte-Carlo Television Festival | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Lost | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Lost | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Monte-Carlo Television Festival | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Lost | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Lost | Won[a] | |
| 2009 | Monte-Carlo Television Festival | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Lost | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Lost | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Lost | Nominated |
| 2011 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress on Television | V | Nominated |
| 2014 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Revolution | Nominated |
| 2025 | Children's and Family Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer | The Santa Clauses | Pending |
- ^Tied withSummer Glau.
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External links
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