Elizabeth Mitchell Biography
Elizabeth Mitchell is an American actress best known for her lead role as Juliet Burke on ABC’s Lost from 2006 to 2010, winning her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Additionally, she has starred in V, Revolution, Dead of Summer, The Santa Clauses, ER, Once Upon a Time, The Expanse, and Outer Banks.
Elizabeth Mitchell Age
Mitchell was born Elizabeth Joanna Robertson on March 27, 1970, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. She is 54 years old as of 2024.
Elizabeth Mitchell Height
Mitchell stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 8½ inches.
Elizabeth Mitchel Family
Mitchel was born to Josephine Marian Jenkins. She moved to Dallas in 1970 where her mother exchanged vows with Joseph Mitchell in 1975. Her stepfather and mother are lawyers based in Dallas. Mitchel has two younger sisters, Kristina Helen “Kristie” Mitchell and Katherine Day “Kate” Mitchell.
Elizabeth Mitchell Husband
Mitchell got married to Chris Soldevilla in 2004. The couple has lived together on Bainbridge Island, Washington with their son. Their son was born in 2005 and is 19 years old as of 2024.
Before Chris, Mitchell was in a relationship with her co-star, Gary Bakewell. They met on the set of The Linda McCartney Story. They were engaged but broke off the engagement in 2002.
Elizabeth Mitchell Net Worth
Mitchell has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an actress.
Elizabeth Mitchell Education
Mitchell graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She then joined Stephens College where she received a Bachelor Of Fine Arts degree in Acting. Next, she joined the British American Drama Academy.
Elizabeth Mitchell Lost
Mitchell rose to prominence for starring in the lead role of Juliet Burke on ABC’s Lost from 2006 to 2010. Juliet is a fertility doctor who tries to help solve why all the pregnant women on the island die during childbirth. Before her arrival on the island, she tried to help her infertile sister, Rachel, to conceive leading her to do unauthorized experiments on here.
Her performance in the series won her Best Supporting Actress on Television Awards at the Saturn Awards in 2006, 2007, and 2009. She also won nominations for the Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festivals in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Additionally, she won the 2008 Saturn Best Supporting Actress on Television Award. In 2010, she won a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Award.
Elizabeth Mitchell V
Mitchell starred as Erica Evans in V from 2009 to 2011. Erica is a single mother to Tyler and an FBI agent. Since the arrival of alien visitors known as Vs, she has been skeptical about their true motives which they claim are to offer peace and assistance including advanced technology and medical miracles.
Erica joins the resistance after discovering that the Vs are reptilian humanoids disguised in human skin who have crept into human society for decades with plans for domination. Her performance in the series won her a nomination for a 2011 Saturn Best Actress on Television Award.
Elizabeth Mitchell Outer Banks
Mitchell has starred as Carla Limbrey in Outer Banks since 2021. Carla is a wealthy and manipulative figure who is interested in the Royal Merchant treasure, particularly the Cross of Santo Domingo, which is believed to have healing properties. In this magnitude, she hires Pope to help her find the key to the treasure so that she can heal from an unspecified terminal illness.
Elizabeth Mitchell Career
Mitchell has worked in theater for six years at the Dallas Theater Center and a season at Encore Theater. She starred as Dinah Lee in Loving from 1994 to 1995. She co-starred in Gia in 1988 and Frequency in 2000. In 2002, she starred as Carol Newman in The Santa Clause 2. She recurred that role in the film’s sequel, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and The Santa Clauses.
On TV, Mitchell starred as psychiatrist Kim Legaspi in ER from 2000 to 2001. She also starred as a patient in House M.D. In 2006, she starred as Juliet Burke in Lost, starting in SN 3 till SN 7. That same year, she starred in Running Scared. In March 2009, she joined the cast of V.
Even though ABC and Warner Bros. officials said she was only cast as a guest star, the announcement revealing that she joined the cast of V led to speculations that her character in Lost would be killed off at the end of the fifth season. Later, she was named the lead actress of V but her character was written out in the premiere of SN of Lost. However, she rejoined the series during the two-part series finale.
2011 to present;
Mitchell played the guest role of June Frye in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2011. The following year, she joined the cast of Revolution as Rachel Matheson. She recurred the role of the Snow Queen in Once Upon a Time in late 2014. In 2016, she portrayed U.S. Senator Charlene “Charlie” Roan in The Purge: Election Year. That same year, an announcement revealed that she joined the cast of Freeform’s Dead of Summer as Deb Carpenter.
Mitchell starred as Anna Volovodov in SN 3 of The Expanse in 2018. She had a cameo appearance in SN 3 of the final season of the series in 2021. That same year, she appeared in Queen Bees and SN 2 of Netflix’s Outer Banks. In 2022, she joined the cast of FBI: International as Angela Cassidy.
Elizabeth Mitchell Movies and TV Shows
Mitchell has starred in various movies and TV shows during her career such as
- Molly
- Nurse Betty
- Loving
- L.A. Firefighters
- Hollywood Palms
- Answers to Nothing
- Significant Others
- The Beast
- What We Found
- When Time Got Louder
- The Lyon’s Den
- Kristin’s Christmas Past
- Prosecuting Casey Anthony
- Crossing Lines
- The Christmas Club
- The Good Doctor
- First Kill
- Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out
- Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
Elizabeth Mitchell Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and often posts on her Instagram. She has over 180K followers on Instagram.