Overview
Elisabeth Harnois ( ; born )
Early life
Harnois was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a hairstylist mother and a computer programmer father. She was raised in Los Angeles. She is the eldest of five children with four younger brothers. She attended St. Mel's School in Woodland Hills and Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley, California, and graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in film studies in 2001.
Career
Harnois appeared in two films at the age of five, One Magic Christmas and Where Are the Children?. and also landed a role opposite Evan Rachel Wood in the black comedy/satirical film Pretty Persuasion, portraying the best friend of Wood's character.
Awards and nominations
Harnois was nominated in 1987 for the Young Artist Award at the Young Artist Awards for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Feature Film in Comedy or Drama for One Magic Christmas (1985) and again in 1988 for Best Young Actress Guest Starring in a Television Drama for Highway to Heaven (1987) for the episode "Man's Best Friend". She won the same award in 1993 for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program for Adventures in Wonderland (1992).