Elizabeth Lail facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Elizabeth Lail
Lail as Anna in Once Upon a Time in 2014
Born	Elizabeth Dean Lail 1991/1992 (age 32–33) Williamson County, Texas, U.S.
Education	University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present
Spouse(s)	Nieku Manshadi ​ (m. 2021)​

Elizabeth Dean Lail (born 1991/1992) is an American actress. She played Anna in the fantasy adventure series Once Upon a Time (2014) and Guinevere Beck in the Netflix psychological thriller series You (2018–2019). In film, she starred in the supernatural horror Countdown (2019) and portrayed Vanessa in the film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy's (2023).

Early life

Lail was born in Williamson County, Texas, and grew up in Asheboro, North Carolina. She became interested in acting at age 14, after playing a small role in a community theater production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. After graduating from Asheboro High School in 2010, she attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, graduating with a B.F.A. degree in Drama in May 2014.

Career

Lail mostly worked in student short film productions, such as Model Airplane and Without, while in university from 2011 to 2014. She had moved to New York City to pursue stage work when she landed an audition for ABC's Once Upon a Time, after which she was cast as Anna in the fourth season of the series, released in 2014. Lail was cast in a starring role in the 2016 Freeform horror series Dead of Summer, playing the role of camp counselor Amy.

In 2017, Lail was cast as Guinevere Beck in the Lifetime/Netflix television series You, opposite Penn Badgley and Shay Mitchell. Released in 2018, she received a nomination for Best Actress in Streaming Presentation at the 45th Saturn Awards. Lail reprised her role as Guinevere Beck in guest appearances on both the second and fourth season of You. Lail played the lead, Quinn Harris, in the 2019 horror film Countdown.

In March 2021, Lail was set to play the title role of Mack in the comedy film Mack & Rita opposite Diane Keaton; she also joined the cast of the HBO Max teen drama Gossip Girl, in the recurring role of Lola Morgan. The same month, it was revealed that Lail had joined the cast of the NBC drama series Ordinary Joe.

In January 2023, Lail was cast as Vanessa in the film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy's, which premiered in October of that same year to commercial success.

Personal life

In April 2021, Lail married dentist Nieku Manshadi, in an intimate ceremony at Hasbrouck House in Stone Ridge, New York. She commented, "We planned everything with COVID in mind! I think we could have easily invited 200 people had it been another time," she told the outlet. "We decided not to wait, and just invite family to keep it safe for everyone. We were also the only guests on property, which gave us peace of mind to be in our own little bubble."

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Elizabeth Lail para niños