Elisabeth Harnois
Encyclopedia
Elisabeth Rose Harnois is an American television and film actress.
, Michigan, USA, and raised in Los Angeles
. She attended St. Mel's School in Woodland Hills
, Canyon Springs High School
in Moreno Valley, California
, and graduated from Wesleyan University
with a degree in film studies in 2001.
. She did commercials until landing the role of Emily in Timeless Tales from Hallmark and the role of Alice in the 1991 Disney Channel
series Adventures in Wonderland
. She starred in Point Pleasant
, a short-lived 2005 series on FOX
, and also landed a role in Pretty Persuasion
, portraying Evan Rachel Wood
's best friend.
In 2011, Harnois appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Morgan Brody
in season 11: episode 21 called "Cello and Goodbye". In September 2011, Harnois began a regular role on the show.
(1984) for episode Man's Best Friend, and she finally won the same award in 1993 for Outstanding Performers in a Children's Program for Adventures in Wonderland
(1991).
Early life
Harnois was born in Detroit, Wayne CountyWayne County, Michigan
-History:Wayne County was one of the first counties formed when the Northwest Territory was organized. It was named for the American general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. It originally encompassed the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as small sections that are now part of northern...
, Michigan, USA, and raised in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. She attended St. Mel's School in Woodland Hills
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Woodland Hills is a district in the city of Los Angeles, California.Woodland Hills is located in the southwestern area of the San Fernando Valley, east of Calabasas and west of Tarzana, with Warner Center in its northern section...
, Canyon Springs High School
Canyon Springs High School
Canyon Springs High School is a public high school located in Moreno Valley, California. Founded in 1987, it is part of the Moreno Valley Unified School District....
in Moreno Valley, California
Moreno Valley, California
Moreno Valley is a city located in Riverside County, California.A relatively young city, its rapid growth in the 1980s and the first decade of the 21st century made it second-largest city in Riverside County by population, and one of the Inland Empire's population centers. As of the 2010 census,...
, and graduated from Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
with a degree in film studies in 2001.
Career
Harnois appeared in two films at the age of 5 - Where are the Children? and One Magic ChristmasOne Magic Christmas
One Magic Christmas is a 1985 Canadian-American holiday film from Walt Disney Pictures directed by Phillip Borsos and starring Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton.-Synopsis:...
. She did commercials until landing the role of Emily in Timeless Tales from Hallmark and the role of Alice in the 1991 Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
series Adventures in Wonderland
Adventures in Wonderland
Adventures in Wonderland is a live-action musical television series based on Walt Disney's animated classic Alice in Wonderland. In the series, Alice , was portrayed as a girl who can go to and from Wonderland simply by walking through her mirror .Usually the...
. She starred in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant (TV series)
Point Pleasant is a television series that first aired on the Fox Network in January 2005. It was cancelled in March 2005 due to poor ratings....
, a short-lived 2005 series on FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
, and also landed a role in Pretty Persuasion
Pretty Persuasion
Pretty Persuasion is a 2005 American black comedy/satirical film about a 15-year-old schoolgirl who makes an allegation of sexual harassment against her drama teacher. The film's tagline is: "Revenge knows no mercy." It was written by Skander Halim and directed by Marcos Siega...
, portraying Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career in the late 1990s, appearing in several television series, including American Gothic and Once and Again...
's best friend.
In 2011, Harnois appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
as Morgan Brody
Morgan Brody
Morgan Brody is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Elisabeth Harnois. -Personal Background:...
in season 11: episode 21 called "Cello and Goodbye". In September 2011, Harnois began a regular role on the show.
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 as Guest Starring in a Television Drama for Highway to HeavenHighway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...
(1984) for episode Man's Best Friend, and she finally won the same award in 1993 for Outstanding Performers in a Children's Program for Adventures in Wonderland
Adventures in Wonderland
Adventures in Wonderland is a live-action musical television series based on Walt Disney's animated classic Alice in Wonderland. In the series, Alice , was portrayed as a girl who can go to and from Wonderland simply by walking through her mirror .Usually the...
(1991).
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Abbie Grainger | |
| 1986 | Where Are the Children? | Missy Eldridge | |
| 1987 | Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :... |
Jenny Raines | Episode: "Man's Best Friend: Part 1" Episode: "Man's Best Friend: Part 2" |
| Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast (TV series) Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent , a mythic, noble man-beast, and his Catherine , a savvy assistant District attorney in New York; and a... |
Little Girl | Episode: "A Children's Story" | |
| 1988–1990 | Fantastic Max Fantastic Max Fantastic Max is an animated cartoon series created by Kalisto Ltd. and Hanna-Barbera Productions and in association with S4C. It centres on a diaper-wearing toddler with a mohawk named Max , who has adventures in outer space with two of his toys: FX, a pull string alien doll from a planet called... |
Zoe Richards (voice) | TV series |
| 1989 | Till We Meet Again [sic] | Young Freddy | TV miniseries |
| 1990 | Timeless Tales from Hallmark | Emily | 6 episodes |
| Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone Midnight Patrol: Adventures In The Dream Zone Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone / Potsworth and Company is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in conjunction with Sleepy Kids PLC and is known outside the USA as Potsworth & Co.... |
Rosie | 13 episodes | |
| 1991–1995 | Adventures in Wonderland Adventures in Wonderland Adventures in Wonderland is a live-action musical television series based on Walt Disney's animated classic Alice in Wonderland. In the series, Alice , was portrayed as a girl who can go to and from Wonderland simply by walking through her mirror .Usually the... |
Alice | TV series |
| 1993 | Steffi | Episode: "Will Goes a Courtin'" | |
| 1995 | Leigh-Ann | Episode: "The Burning of Atlanta" | |
| Boy Meets World Boy Meets World Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the... |
Missy Robinson | Episode: "The Last Temptation of Cory" | |
| 1997 | Brotherly Love | Carly | Episode: "Skin Deep" |
| 1998 | Maggi Sorenson | TV movie | |
| My Date with the President's Daughter My Date with the President's Daughter My Date with the President's Daughter is a 1998 made-for-TV comedy film produced by Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Walt Disney. It is about a free-spirited 16-year-old daughter of the American president who makes a date with a high school teenager named Duncan, then sneaks away from her Secret... |
Hallie Richmond | TV movie | |
| 1999 | Façade Façade (film) Façade is a 2000 action/thriller movie.The film contains strong sexuality and language.- Cast :*Eric Roberts as Colin Wentworth*Camilla Overbye Roos as Caroline Kelner*Angus Macfadyen as Frederic Colbert*Brad Garrett as Henry*Joe Viterelli as Max... |
Kate | |
| Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | Translator | Episode: "Au Revoir Pizza Place" | |
| 2000 | Charmed Charmed Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M... |
Brooke | Episode: "One Magic Hour" |
| 2000–2001 | All My Children All My Children All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most... |
Sarah Livingston | TV series |
| 2002 | Swimming Upstream | Julie Sutton | |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime... |
Trish Davenport / Cheryl Davenport | Episode: "Broken Mirror" |
| Strangers with Candy Strangers with Candy (film) Strangers with Candy is a 2005 comedy film released by THINKFilm, first screened at the Sundance Film Festival. It serves as a prequel to the TV series of the same name... |
Monica | ||
| Pretty Persuasion Pretty Persuasion Pretty Persuasion is a 2005 American black comedy/satirical film about a 15-year-old schoolgirl who makes an allegation of sexual harassment against her drama teacher. The film's tagline is: "Revenge knows no mercy." It was written by Skander Halim and directed by Marcos Siega... |
Brittany | ||
| 2005–2006 | Point Pleasant Point Pleasant (TV series) Point Pleasant is a television series that first aired on the Fox Network in January 2005. It was cancelled in March 2005 due to poor ratings.... |
Christina Nickson | 13 episodes |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.... |
Jill Gerard | Episode: "Darkroom" |
| 2006–2007 | One Tree Hill One Tree Hill (TV series) One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster... |
Shelley Simon | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Ten Inch Hero | Piper | |
| Cold Case | Janey Davis | Episode: "Boy Crazy" | |
| 2008 | Solstice Solstice (film) Solstice is a 2008 American supernatural horror remake of the Danish film Midsommer from 2003. It is directed by Daniel Myrick and co-written by Myrick, Ethan Erwin and Martin Musatov, and starring Hilarie Burton, Shawn Ashmore, Amanda Seyfried, Tyler Hoechlin, Matt O'Leary and Elisabeth... |
Megan / Sophie | |
| Chaos Theory Chaos Theory (film) Chaos Theory is a 2007 comedy-drama film starring Ryan Reynolds, Stuart Townsend, Emily Mortimer, and Sarah Chalke. The film was written by Daniel Taplitz and Kathy Gori and was shot in Vancouver, Canada.- Plot :... |
Jesse Allen | ||
| Dirt Dirt (TV series) Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now Dirt (styled... |
Milan Carlton | Episode: "Dirty, Slutty Whores" | |
| Keith Keith (film) Keith is an independent film directed by Todd Kessler. It was written by Todd Kessler and David Zabel based on the short story "Keith" by author Ron Carlson, from his book The Hotel Eden... |
Natalie Anderson | ||
| Without a Trace Without a Trace Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:... |
Erin MacNeil | Episode: "Closure Without a Trace (season 7) The seventh and final season of Without a Trace began airing on September 23, 2008 and ended on May 19, 2009. There are 24 episodes in this season. It was announced on the morning of the season finale, May 19, 2009, that CBS declined to renew the show for an eighth season.For the U.S... " Episode: "Live to Regret Without a Trace (season 7) The seventh and final season of Without a Trace began airing on September 23, 2008 and ended on May 19, 2009. There are 24 episodes in this season. It was announced on the morning of the season finale, May 19, 2009, that CBS declined to renew the show for an eighth season.For the U.S... " |
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| 2009 | 90210 90210 (TV series) 90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS... |
Episode: Love Me or Leave Me Episode: That Which We Destroy |
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| Young Woman | |||
| 2010 | Miami Medical | Dr. Serena Warren | 13 episodes |
| 2011 | Riddle | Holly Teller | |
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | Ki | |
| 2011-present | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Morgan Brody | Guest Star: Season 11, Episode 21 Main Cast: Season 12- |