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Mitchell in 2013
Born
Elizabeth Joanna Robertson

(1970-03-27) March 27, 1970 (age 54)
Alma mater Stephens College (BFA)
Occupation Actress
Years active 1992–present
Spouse(s)
Chris Soldevilla
(m. 2004⁠–⁠2013)
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Elizabeth Mitchell (born Elizabeth Joanna Robertson; March 27, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role as Juliet Burke on the ABC mystery drama series Lost (2006–2010), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Mitchell also had lead roles on the television series V (2009–2010), Revolution (2012–2014), Dead of Summer (2016), and The Santa Clauses (2022–present). She had recurring roles on the television series ER (2000–2001), Once Upon a Time (2014), The Expanse (2018, 2021), and Outer Banks (2021–present).

Mitchell has appeared in numerous films, including Gia (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), and Queen Bees (2021).

Early life

Mitchell was born in Los Angeles, California. Mitchell and her mother moved to Dallas in 1970, where her mother married Joseph Mitchell in 1975. Her stepfather, Joseph Day Mitchell, and mother, Josephine Marian Mitchell (née Jenkins), are lawyers based in Dallas. 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 and Katherine Day "Kate" Mitchell.

She attended Stephens College, graduating with a bachelor of fine arts in acting, and then studied at the British American Drama Academy.

Career

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Mitchell at a Revolution panel, at WonderCon in 2014, with actor Stephen Collins

Mitchell's theatre work includes six years at Dallas Theater Center and a season at Encore Theater. She had an early TV role as Dinah Lee on the soap opera Loving from 1994 to 1995. She co-starred in the 1998 film Gia and the 2000 film Frequency.

In the 2002 film The 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, titled The Santa Clauses, was launched on Disney+ in 2022, with Mitchell reprising her character from the films.

On TV, she played psychiatrist Kim Legaspi, the first woman partner of Kerry Weaver during the 2000–2001 season of TV series ER, in a recurring role. She had a one-episode role in House M.D. as a patient.

In 2006, she played Juliet Burke on Lost, 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. In that same year, she appeared in the crime thriller Running Scared.

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 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 the fifth season of Lost, which ended on a cliff-hanger that left the fate of her character unknown. Mitchell was later named the lead actress on V and her character was indeed written out in the premiere of the sixth 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, portraying June Frye. In 2012, she joined the cast of the series Revolution as Rachel Matheson, replacing actress Andrea Roth. The series premiered on September 17, 2012 and ended in May 2014. She then recurred as the Snow Queen on the TV fantasy series Once Upon a Time in late 2014.

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Mitchell in Seattle 2008 supporting the Boston Red Sox

In 2016, Mitchell starred as U.S. 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, portraying Deb Carpenter. The series ended after one season.

In 2018, Mitchell played Anna Volovodov on season three of The Expanse. She made a cameo in the third episode of the final season of the series in 2021.

Also in 2021, she appeared in the film Queen Bees and the second season of the Netflix series Outer Banks.

In 2022, she joined FBI: International in the recurring role of Angela Cassidy, a government agent and the long-missing mother of main character Scott Forrester.

Personal life

While 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.

Mitchell married improvisation actor Chris Soldevilla in 2004 and the two lived together on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with their son, who was born in 2005.

Filmography

Film

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
2016 The Purge: Election Year President Charlene "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

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
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–present Outer Banks Carla Limbrey Recurring role (season 2–present)
2022 FBI: International Angela Cassidy Guest role; 3 episodes
First Kill Margot Fairmont Main role
2022–present The Santa Clauses Carol Calvin / Mrs. Claus Main role

Stage

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

Mitchell has won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2008, among other nominations. For her appearance as 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.

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
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

See also

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