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Elisabeth Harnois

Elisabeth Harnois was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved with her family to southern California at age 2. She began acting a year later and soon starred in the features One Magic Christmas and Where Are the Children.

Her success continued when she played the classic character of Alice in the Disney MOW, Adventures in Wonderland. Elisabeth won a Youth in Film award for her performance, and the show was awarded multiple Emmys.

She went on to guest star on such series as Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Boy Meets World, Two Guys and a Pizza Place and Charmed. She also starred opposite John Corbett in the CBS MOW, The Warlord, and she played the title role in ABC's highly rated MOW, My Date With the President's Daughter.

While studying for her college degree at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Elisabeth shot two independent films. She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of a mentally unstable teenager opposite Angus MacFadyen in Facade, and she was the female lead opposite Matt Czuchry in the 2002 indie feature, Swimming Upstream.

Elisabeth also appears in Strangers With Candy, opposite Matthew Broderick, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Sedaris, which is also screened at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Elisabeth also starred in Fox's acclaimed drama series, Point Pleasant," written by Marti Noxon, producer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel." Elisabeth played the lead, a high school girl who washed up half-drowned on the beach of a New Jersey town and changed everyone's life.


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Elisabeth Harnois Facts

Birth NameElisabeth Rose Harnois
OccupationActress
BirthdayMay 26, 1979 (30)
SignGemini
BirthplaceDetroit, Michigan, USA
Height5' 6" (1m68)

Selected Filmography

One Magic Christmas
Beauty and the Beast
Keith
Chaos Theory
Point Pleasant
Strangers with Candy
Solstice
Pretty Persuasion
Swimming Upstream
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