Elizabeth Harnois
Elisabeth Rose Harnois (born May 26, 1979 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan) is a former child actress and a television and film actor. Although she was born in Detroit, she was raised in Los Angeles. In 2001 she graduated Wesleyan University with a degree in film studies.
She appeared in two movies at the age of five - Where are the Children? and One Magic Christmas. She did many commercials until landing the role of Alice in the 1991 Disney Channel series Adventures in Wonderland. Since then, she has gone on to appear in many films and television programs.
She starred in Point Pleasant a short-lived 2005 series on FOX and also landed a role in Pretty Persuasion, playing Evan Rachel Wood’s best friend.
She attended St. Mel’s School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
Awards and nominations
She 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 Heaven (1984) for episode Man’s Best Friend, and she finally won the same award in 1993 for Outstanding Performers in a Childrens Program for Adventures in Wonderland (1991).
Filmography
- One Magic Christmas (1985) …. Abbie Grainger
- Where Are the Children? (1986) …. Missy Eldridge
- Highway to Heaven (2 episodes, “Man’s Best Friend: Part 1″ and “Man’s Best Friend: Part 2″, 1987) …. Jenny Raines
- Fantastic Max (1988) TV series …. Zoe Richards (voice)
- Judith Krantz’s Till We Meet Again (1989) TV mini-series …. Marie-Frederique “Freddy” de Lancel as a child
- The Ugly Duckling (1990) (V) …. Emily
- Timeless Tales from Hallmark (unknown episodes, 1990) …. Emily
- Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone (13 episodes, 1990) …. Rosie
- Adventures in Wonderland (unknown episodes, 1991-1995) …. Alice
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1 episode, “Will Goes a Courtin’”, 1993) …. Steffi
- Unhappily Ever After (1 episode, “A Line in the Sand”, 1995) …. Patty LeGurst
- The Client (1 episode, “The Burning of Atlanta”, 1995) …. Leigh-Ann
- Boy Meets World (1 episode, “The Last Temptation of Cory”, 1995) …. Missy Robinson
- Brotherly Love (1 episode, “Skin Deep”, 1997) …. Carly
- The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998) (TV) …. Maggi Sorenson
- My Date with the President’s Daughter (1998) (TV) …. Hallie Richmond
- Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1 episode, “Au Revoir Pizza Place”, 1999) …. Translator
- Façade (2000) …. Kate
- Charmed (1 episode, “Magic Hour“, 2000) …. Brooke
- All My Children (1 episode, 2000) …. Sarah Livingston
- Swimming Upstream (2002) …. Julie Sutton
- Strangers with Candy (2005) …. Monica
- Pretty Persuasion (2005) …. Brittany
- Criminal Minds (1 episode, “Broken Mirror”, 2005) …. Trish Davenport/Cheryl Davenport
- Point Pleasant (13 episodes, 2005-2006) …. Christina Nickson
- Hope Rocks: The Concert with a Cause (2005) (TV) …. Herself
- CSI: Miami (1 episode, Darkroom, 2006) …. Jill Gerard
- Chaos Theory (2007) …. Jesse Allen
- Ten Inch Hero (2007) …. Piper
- One Tree Hill (6 episodes, “All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone”, “Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers”, “Pictures of You”, “Resolve”, “Everything in Its Right Place” and “Can’t Stop This Thing We’ve Started”, 2006-2007) …. Shelley Simon
- Cold Case (1 episode, “Boy Crazy Janey Davis”, 2007) …. Janey Davis ‘63
- Keith (2008) …. Natalie Anderson
- Solstice (2008) (V) …. Megan/Sofie
- D!RT (1 episode, “Dirty, Slutty Whores”, 2008) …. Milan Carlton
- Bad Meat (2009) …. Rose Parker (in production)