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Elisabeth Harnois

Elisabeth Harnois is known as an American actress. She is most known for her roles in Keith and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

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Background and Age

Elisabeth Harnois was born on May 26, 1979, in Detroit, Michigan. She is the eldest of five children, growing up with four little brothers. Her mom worked as a hairstylist mother and her father worked as a computer programmer father.

Her family has always supported her. They moved to Los Angeles from Detroit when she was two years old after seeing her talent of dancing, singing, and acting. They consulted with performance experts who convinced them that their daughter had enough talent to make it. Harnois is a film study graduate from Wesleyan University, Elisabeth worked as an intern for the Transformers director, Michael Bay. She then worked as a production assistant.

Relationships

Elisabeth Harnois dated actor and singer Jesse McCartney, her co-star on Keith.

Career and Net Worth

Elisabeth Harnois' career started at the age of five with the role of Abbie Grainger, the innocent and wishful loving daughter in One Magic Christmas. It was a 1985 American Canadian Christmas fantasy film that featured the story of Abbie and her family going through an unexpected turn of events that are orchestrated by an angel. The angel ultimately makes Ginny Grainger, the single-minded and hard-hearted otherwise hardworking and loving cashier mother of Abbie and Caleb realize the true meaning of Christmas.

One Magic Christmas turned out to be a box-office success, making it Elisabeth's breakthrough movie as a child actor. She got instant recognition for the role.

The kids of the early 1990's will never forget Elisabeth. She played "Alice' in the live musical television series Adventures in Wonderland (1992-1995). At the age of seven, Elisabeth started portraying the role Alice, an average preteen facing all sorts of issues from school, brother to friends issues, but possessing an ability to go to Wonderland by walking through the mirror.

Elisabeth has become known for her roles in movies such as Swimming Upstream, Strangers with Candy, and Pretty Persuasion, Solistice, Keith, and A Single Man. The film 10 Inch Hero was her first leading movie role She is also known for her roles in television series such as Adventures in Wonderland, Point Pleasant, One Tree Hill, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: Immortality.

Elisabeth was always known for taking roles that are way below her age. She always looked younger as she aged throughout her career. She played 17-year-old Hallie in My Date with the President's Daughter and after 10 years, she played Natalie in Keith, another 17-year-old character. Maybe, time changes everything. Of course,

She joined the famous CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as a Las Vegas Crime Scene Investigator in 2011. CSI was a huge deal for her career and the series established herself as a mature actress. Before CSI, her fans were used to seeing Elisabeth with her youthful look and slender body. She gained a little weight for the role to look older.

Hobbies

Elisabeth is a massive foodie and dance enthusiast. When she is not acting, she likes to go to a club to have some good times with dance and food.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 26 May, 1979
Age: 40 yrs
Occupations: Actor
Television actor
Film actor
Voice actor
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Detroit
residence: Los Angeles
Education: Wesleyan University
Gender: Female
Description: American actress
Twitter Id: Elisabethharnoi
Net Worth 2021: 2 million
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Last Modified: Jun 26 2020
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