Early life

Mitchell was born in Los Angeles, California. Her stepfather, Joseph Day Mitchell, and mother, Josephine Marian Mitchell (née Jenkins), are lawyers based in Dallas. Mitchell and her mother moved to Dallas, Texas in 1970, where her mother married Joseph Mitchell in 1975. 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 (b. 1977), and Katherine Day "Kate" Mitchell (b. 1981).

She attended Stephens College, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, and then studied at the British American Drama Academy.

Career

Mitchell worked for six years in Dallas Theater Center and a year at Encore Theater.

Mitchell had a recurring role as psychiatrist Dr. Kim Legaspi, the first lesbian lover of Dr. Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes) during the 2000-01 season of TV series ER. Mitchell played in the 2000 movie Frequency (film) alongside Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel. She also played Angelina Jolie's hairdresser/lover in the movie Gia. She also had a one episode role in House M.D. as a patient.

In March 2009, Mitchell was cast in the ABC series V, a 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, which ended on a cliffhanger that left the fate of her character unknown. Mitchell was later named the lead actress on V. Mitchell's character was killed off in the premiere of the sixth (and final) 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 where she played June Frye. Mitchell starred in the film, Answers to Nothing in 2011, where she played Kate. In 2012, she joined the cast of the series Revolution as Rachel Matheson, replacing actress Andrea Roth, whom Mitchell had worked with for one episode on Lost. 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. In 2016, Mitchell starred at Senator Charlene 'Charlie' Roan in the science-fiction horror film The Purge: Election Year. In 2016, it was announced Mitchell would join the cast of the Freeform supernatural horror series Dead of Summer. She portrays Deb Dun, a lead role in the series.

Awards and honors

For her appearance on the series finale of Lost, Mitchell was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2010.

Personal life

Mitchell married improv actor Chris Soldevilla in 2004 and the two lived together in Bainbridge Island, Washington with their son C.J. (Christopher Joseph) Soldevilla, who was born in 2005. In 2013 Mitchell and Soldevilla divorced due to irreconcilable differences. In 2014, Mitchell purchased a ranch in Bainbridge Island, Washington and also owns a lakeside house in Vancouver which she purchased while filming V. On the ranch, Mitchell has 2 horses named Harley and Skippy and a dog named Gus.

She shares the same birth name as actress Elizabeth Banks, who changed her name to avoid confusion with Elizabeth Mitchell.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Gia	Linda	Television movie
1999	Molly	Beverly Trehare
2000	Frequency	Julia 'Jules' Sullivan
2000	Nurse Betty	Chloe Jensen
2000	Linda McCartney Story, TheThe Linda McCartney Story	Linda McCartney	Television movie
2001	Hollywood Palms	Blair
2001	Double Bang	Dr. Karen Winterman
2002	The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause	Carol Newman / Mrs. Claus
2002	Man and Boy	Cyd Mason	Television movie
2004	3: The Dale Earnhardt Story	Teresa Earnhardt	Television movie
2006	Running Scared	Edele Hansel
2006	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	Mrs. Claus / Carol Newman-Calvin
2011	Answers to Nothing	Kate
2013	Prosecuting Casey Anthony	Linda Drane Burdick	Television movie
2013	Kristin's Christmas Past	Barbara Cartwell	Television movie
2016	The Purge: Election Year	Charlene 'Charlie' Roan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Dangerous Curves	Bethanny Haines	Guest Star Episode: "Rainbow Serpent"
1994-1995	Loving	Dinah Lee Mayberry Alden McKenzie #2	Guest Star Unknown episodes
1996	L.A. Firefighters	Laura Malloy	Recurring Role 6 episodes
1996	Sentinel, TheThe Sentinel	Wendy Hawthorne	Guest Star Episode: "True Crime"
1997	JAG	Lt. Sandra Gilbert	Guest Star Episode: "The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert"
1997	Comfort, Texas	Trudy	Unsold TV pilot
1998	Significant Others	Jane Chasen	Recurring Role 6 episodes
1999-2000	Time of Your Life	Ashley Holloway	Recurring Role 4 episodes
2000-2001	E.R.	Dr. Kim Legaspi	Recurring Role 14 episodes
2001	Beast, TheThe Beast	Alice Allenby	Guest Star Episode: "The Price"
2001	Spin City	Nancy Wheeler	Guest Star Episode: "Fight Club"
2003	Lyon's Den, TheThe Lyon's Den	Ariel Saxon	Recurring Role 7 episodes
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Andrea Brown	Guest Star Episode: "Mercy"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Melissa Winters	Guest Star Episode: "One Hit Wonder"
2004	Grammercy Park	Taylor Elliot Quinn	Unsold TV pilot
2004	Everwood	Sara Beck	Guest Star Episode: "Staking Claim"
2004	Boston Legal	Christine Pauley	Guest Star 2 episodes
2004	House	Sister Mary Augustine	Guest Star Episode: "Damned If You Do"
2006	Haskett's Chance	Ann Haskett	Unsold TV pilot
2006-2010	Lost	Dr. Juliet Burke	Series Regular Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television Nominated—Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
2007-2008	Lost: Missing Pieces	Dr. Juliet Burke	4 episodes
2009-2011	V	Erica Evans	Lead Role Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	June Frye	Guest Star Episode: "Totem"
2012-2014	Revolution	Rachel Matheson	Lead Role Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
2014	Once Upon a Time	Ingrid/Snow Queen/Sarah Fisher	Recurring Role 10 episodes
2015-present	Crossing Lines	Carine Strand	Lead Role
2016-present	Dead of Summer	Deb Carpenter	Lead Role Due to premiere June 28th, 2016

Theater

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

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2006	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Lost	Nominated
2007	Monte-Carlo Television Festival	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television		Nominated
2008	Monte-Carlo Television Festival	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television		Won
2009	Monte-Carlo Television Festival	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television		Nominated
2010	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
2011	Saturn Award	Best Actress on Television	V	Nominated
2014	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Revolution	Nominated

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