Elisha Cuthbert
Biography
A former
child star whose flame continued to burn bright into her teen years,
blonde beauty Elisha Cuthbert has successfully carried the success
from Popular Mechanics for Kids and Are You Afraid of the Dark?
into a featured role on the hit FOX series 24 and a successful film
career. A Calgary native who landed her first modeling job at the
tender age of seven, it was a mere four years later that Cuthbert
instinctively knew that she wanted to spend the rest of her days
in front of the lens. Following an appearance in the 1997 feature
Dancing on the Moon, Cuthbert landed a job as a field correspondent
for the acclaimed Canadian television series Popular Mechanics for
Kids, and her reporting proved so effective that she caught the
attention of first lady Hillary Clinton, who invited Cuthbert to
Washington for a meeting.
Though
she spent the majority of her youth in Montreal, Cuthbert moved
to Los Angeles at age 17 in order to pursue an acting career. Featured
roles as a reluctant pilot in Airspeed (1998) and a time traveling
teen in Time at the Top (1999) were soon to follow, and by the time
Cuthbert joined the cast of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the
Dark? in 1999, it was obvious that her talent was growing. Her role
in the made-for-Canadian-television feature Lucky Girl only furthered
her reputation as a dramatically capable rising starlet, and her
distinct onscreen facial expressions and convincing performance
soon caught the eyes of producers who were preparing a new thriller
series for FOX. Cast as Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) damsel-in-distress
daughter, Kimberly, in the breakout hit 24, Cuthbert's character
suffered through multiple kidnappings and a mountain lion attack
over the course of the series' first two seasons. In the episode
of 24 in which she shared a scene with the mountain lion, Cuthbert
made news when the beast actually attacked her on the film set,
sending the frightened actress on a trip to the hospital with an
injured hand. On the heels of 24, Cuthbert took a supporting role
in the comedy Old School before appearing in the subsequent romantic
comedies Love Actually (2003) and The Girl Next Door (2004), the
latter of which found her taking the lead as an ex-porn star who
becomes the object of affection to a lonely suburban boy unaware
of her past.
Elisha Cuthbert Filmography
The Quiet (2005) ....
Nina
House of Wax (2005) .... Carly Jones
The Girl Next Door (2004) .... Danielle
Love Actually (2003) .... Carol-Anne, American Goddess
Old School (2003) .... Darcie
"24" (2001) TV Series .... Kimberly 'Kim' Bauer (2001-2004)
Lucky Girl (2001) (TV) .... Katlin Palmerston
... aka My Daughter's Secret Life (USA)
Mail to the Chief (2000) (TV) .... Madison Osgood
Believe (2000/I) .... Katherine Winslowe
"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1999) TV Series .... Megan
Time at the Top (1999) .... Susan Shawson
... aka Ascenseur du temps, L' (Canada: French title)
Who Gets the House? (1999) .... Emily Reece
... aka Qui garde la maison? (Canada: French title)
Airspeed (1998) .... Nicole Stone
Nico the Unicorn (1998) .... Carolyn Price
Dancing on the Moon (1997) .... Sarah
... aka Viens danser... sur la lune (Canada: French title) |
