Elizabeth Mitchell

Born on March 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, Elizabeth Mitchell grew up in Dallas, Texas, where her parents have their own real estate and tax law firm. She is the oldest of three daughters and is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She went on to earn her BFA degree in Acting from Stephens College. She also studied at the British American Drama Academy, and spent 6 years at the Dallas Theatre Center and one year with the theater's Encore Company. Among her stage projects are As You Like It, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Measure for Measure, Baby and Chicago.

Mitchell launched her off-stage acting career by appearing on such television shows as Loving and JAG. In 1998, she appeared on the big screen with a supporting role on the critically acclaimed film, Gia. The movie had Mitchell portraying the lover of deceased supermodel, Gia Marie Carangi, played by actress Angelina Jolie. Since then, she has gone on to appear in a myriad of films, such as Frequency, Nurse Betty, The Santa Clause 2 and 3 and Running Scared.

As for the small screen, her additional acting credits include ER , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , CSI , The Lyon’s Den, Boston Legal , Man and Boy, Gramercy Park and House . But what rocketed her to fame was her portrayal of Dr. Juliet Burke on the ABC hit television series, Lost. The role earned her a 2007 Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Program.

In 2009, Elizabeth Mitchell was cast on ABC's V, the re-imagining of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson. On the series, she plays Erica Evans, an FBI counter-terrorism agent who stumbles upon the Visitors' true reptilian nature and ulterior motives.

Mitchell and her husband Chris Soldevilla, whom she married on June 13, 2004, have one son by the name of Christopher, born in September of 2005.