Who is Elizabeth Joanna Robertson?

Who is Elizabeth Joanna Robertson? The entertainment and acting world know Elizabeth  Mitchell , as an American actress who is known for her roles as Dr. Juliet Burke on ABC's TV series Lost^[1] and as FBI agent Erica Evans on V. She has starred such films as The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and Gia.

Early life

Mitchell was born March 27, 1970  in Los Angeles, California.^[2] Her stepfather, Joseph Day Mitchell, and mother, Josephine Marian Mitchell (née Jenkins), are lawyers based in Dallas.^[3] Mitchell and her mother moved to Dallas, Texas in 1970, where her mother married Joseph Mitchell in 1975.^[4] Mitchell graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, a public magnet school. She is the oldest of three sisters, the others being Kristina Helen "Kristie" Mitchell (b. 1977), and Katherine Day "Kate" Mitchell (b. 1981). In 1991, she graduated from Stephens College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, and also studying at the British American Drama Academy.^[5] Mitchell worked for six years in Dallas Theater Center and a year at Encore Theater.

Career

Mitchell had a recurring role as Dr. Kim Legaspi, the first lesbian lover of Dr. Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes) during the 2000–01 season of TV series ER. She also played Angelina Jolie's hairdresser/lesbian lover in the movie Gia. Mitchell says that she 'will do nudity, as long as it is important to the story'.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2009, Entertainment Weekly reported that Mitchell had been cast in new ABC pilot for V, its remake of the classic science fiction television miniseries. Although ABC and Warner Bros officials told the magazine 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 Lost's fifth season,^[6] which ended on a cliffhanger that left the fate of her character unknown. Mitchell was later named the lead actress on V in an ABC press release and various sources reported that she would guest-star in Lost's sixth, final season.^[7][8] Mitchell's character was killed off in the sixth season premiere, but returned for the two-part series finale for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

The show V was picked up for a second season, which premiered on January 4, 2011. Mitchell is starring in an upcoming film, Answers to Nothing, where she will play Kate.

Personal life

Mitchell married actor Chris Soldevilla in 2004 and has a son with him named C.J., who was born in 2005.^[9]

Chris Soldevilla

In an interview with Aventura magazine, Mitchell claimed she was just “a dorky kid” when she left Los Angeles for Dallas. “I would finish school in Dallas where my mom was going to law school, and she would make sure I got right over to the Theater Center,” says Mitchell. “It was magic. I loved every second of being there and wanted to sleep on stage. I knew then I wanted to be an actress.”

Gary Bakewell,

Though various websites & Aventura magazine mention that prior to her marriage to Soldevilla she was "married" to actor Gary Bakewell,^[10] Mitchell herself told Southern Beauty magazine in their Holiday 2009 issue that such information is a rumour: "For the most part, [Mitchell] manages to stay below the industry's gossip radar. ' I'm pretty lucky', she says, 'There's not a lot that's written about me that is completely incorrect.' Then, however, she jokes about her supposed first husband and second child - both untruths - mentioned on various websites." ^[11] Aventura magazine erroneously referenced such a website, as they did not conduct a direct interview.

Before the premier of V, Mitchell was asked "Are you working on anything else right now?", to which she replied, "I promised my five-year-old I would do a lot of nothing. We have light-sabers and we fight outside in the yard at night to make them glow. And we make noises. I do dress sometimes as a Jedi master. Because I’m a mom, and that’s what we do. I have a fair knowledge of swordplay, so now I just have to figure out my light-saber-play."^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Gia	Linda	TV movie
1999	Molly	Beverly Trehare
2000	Frequency	Julia 'Jules' Sullivan
2000	Nurse Betty	Chloe Jensen
2000	The Linda McCartney Story	Linda McCartney	TV movie
2001	Hollywood Palms	Blair
2001	Double Bang	Dr. Karen Winterman
2002	The Santa Clause 2	Carol Newman
2002	Man and Boy	Cyd Mason	TV movie
2004	3: The Dale Earnhardt Story	Teresa Earnhardt	TV movie
2006	Running Scared	Edele Hansel
2006	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	Mrs. Claus / Carol Newman-Calvin
2011	Answers to Nothing	Kate [13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994–1995	Loving	Dinah Lee Mayberry Alden McKenzie #2	Soap Opera
1996	L.A. Firefighters	Laura Malloy	Recurring
1997	Comfort, Texas	Trudy	Pilot
1998	Significant Others	Jane Chasen
1999–2000	Time of Your Life	Ashley Holloway	Recurring
2000–2001	E.R.	Dr. Kim Legaspi	Recurring
2001	The Beast	Alice Allenby
2003	The Lyon's Den	Ariel Saxon
2004	Grammercy Park	Taylor Elliot Quinn	Pilot
2006	Haskett's Chance	Ann Haskett	Pilot
2007–2008	Lost: Missing Pieces	Juliet Burke	Webisodes
2006–2010	Lost	Juliet Burke	Main cast
2009–present	V	Erica Evans	Lead Role

Guest appearances

Year	Show Name	Role
1993	Dangerous Curves	Bethanny Haines
1994	The Cosby Mysteries	Missing Woman
1996	The Sentinel	Wendy Hawthorne
1997	JAG	Lt. Sandra Gilbert
2001	Spin City	Nancy Wheeler
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Andrea Brown
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Melissa Winters
2004	Everwood	Sara Beck
2004	Boston Legal	Christine Pauley
2004	House M.D.	Sister Mary Augustine
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	June Frye [14]

Theatre credits

• Amateurs (1992) – Jennifer
• Red Channels (1994) – Shelia Harcourt
• Three Tall Women (1995) – C
• Absolution (1999) – Gordon's Wife
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2008) – Helena

[edit] Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	TV Show/Movie	Result
2006	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Lost	Nominated
2007	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Lost	Nominated
	Hollywood Life Awards	Breakthrough of the Year	Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause/Lost	Won
2008	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Lost	Won (tied with Summer Glau)
2009	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Lost	Nominated
2009	EWwy Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama [15]	Lost	Won
2010	Emmy Award	Best Guest Actress in a Drama	Lost	Nominated
2011	Saturn Award	Best Actress on Television [16]	V	Pending

 

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