Biography of "Lost" Elizabeth Mitchell:
'Lost' Role:
Juliet, an Other whom Ben has a crush on who seems to have changed sides and now lives with the Flight 815 survivors.
Birth:
March 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, California
Early Career:
She acted in the theater.
Education:
Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, then earned a BFA degree in Acting from Stephens College and also studied at the British American Drama Academy.
Family:
Her parents are real estate and tax attorneys and she has two younger sisters. She is married to actor Chris Soldevilla. Her daughter, Daisy Belle, was born in 2005.
Of Note:
Elizabeth has done a lot of theater and is skilled in hand-to-hand stage combat. She likes water and snow skiing and riding horses.
Elizabeth broke her nose during the filming of the movie Frequency, which was released in 2000.
Her 1994 Hertz Rent-A-Car commercial was pulled because of the O.J. Simpson trouble.
Previous Roles:
* The Santa Clause 3: (2006) Mrs. Claus/Carol Calvin
* Haskett's Chance: (2006/TV) Ann Haskett
* Running Scared: (2006) Edele
* "House, M.D.": (2004/TV Episode) Sister Mary Augustine
* 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story: (2004/TV) Teresa Earnhardt
* "Boston Legal": (2004/TV Episodes) Christine Pauley
* "Everwood": (2004/TV Episode) Sara Beck
* "The Lyon's Den": (2003/TV Episodes) Ariel Saxon
* "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation": (2003/TV Episode) Melissa Winters
* "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit": (2003/TV Episode) Andrea Brown
* The Santa Clause 2: (2002) Principal Carol Newman
* Man and Boy: (2002/TV) Cyd Mason
* "Spin City": (2001/TV Episode) Nancy Wheeler
* Double Bang: (2001) Dr. Karen Winterman
* "The Beast": (2001/TV Episodes) Alice Allenby
* "ER": (2000-2001/TV Episodes) Dr. Kim Legaspi
* Hollywood Palms: (2001) Blair
* "Time of Your Life": (2000/TV Episodes) Ashley Holloway
* The Linda McCartney Story: (2000/TV) Linda McCartney
* Nurse Betty: (2000) Chloe Jensen
* Frequency: (2000) Julia 'Jules' Sullivan
* Molly: (1999) Beverly Trehare
* "Significant Others": (1998/TV Series) Jane Chasen
* Gia: (1998/TV) Linda ..
Getting Lost: What Happens Now?
Britain may have gotten the Beatles and the Rolling Stones before the U.S. did, but one thing America can still crow about — for two more days, at least — is that we got to see the “Lost” season finale before they did. The two-hour cliffhanger won’t be broadcast in Britain until Sunday, and dedicated viewers there are practically twisting themselves into pretzels as they try to guess what the fateful episode might have in store. (Not that we weren’t doing the very same thing until recently.)
At the TV & Radio Blog of The Guardian, Richard Vine offers an interesting codification of 10 questions he hopes the “Lost” finale will answer, and how he thinks the episode might answer it. It’s worth reading even if — and especially if — you’ve already watched the finale yourself: it may help you organize your own thoughts about the show, and remind you just how much this seemingly cryptic episode really did reveal — not to mention all the answers that “Lost” still owes us next season.
(It’s also a great opportunity to gloat, starting from the moment when Mr. Vine wonders “if Locke’s really going to be able to kill Jacob.” Hee hee hee…)
His 10 questions and our musings on them appear below:
1. Since when did the island start “talking” to Locke?
Before we respond to this, let’s move on to question No. 2…
2. Is Jacob really Locke?
We now know, of course, that Locke isn’t Jacob; Jack isn’t Jacob; and Christian Shephard isn’t Jacob either. The operative question now is, Who is Locke? Could the man who led Ben to Jacob and simultaneously turned up dead in a coffin be one and the same?
3. Is Ben faking it?
This was one of our greatest frustrations with the season finale, that the disconnect between young Ben (who Sayid shot with the intent to kill him) and his adult incarnation was never addressed. Could there be two separate time lines in which young Ben dies and also grows up to be the creepy Michael Emerson? Was young Ben saved by the Others? When does he go bonkers and help to overthrow the Dharma Initiative? Guess we won’t know until next year, if ever.
4. If you could change the past, would you want to?
We’ve since learned that at least a couple of characters, including Jack and Juliet, would indeed. Whether they did remains to be seen.
5. Did Faraday’s mum know that if she sent her son Daniel back to 1977, she’d end up killing him?
Being a wacky British person, Mr. Vine of course means “Faraday’s mom.” Again, we’ll have to wait for the final season to learn the answer to this.
6. Will that submarine really take Sawyer and Dr Juliet back to the mainland safely?
Nope. Next question.
7. What lies in the shadow of the statue?
We now have our answer to this, too: it’s Jacob’s home. What we now wonder is, How did the statue get destroyed? Is it at all significant that it once depicted the Egyptian god AnubisSobek holding a pair of ankhs (or possibly gigantic keychains)?
8. Who are the Others?
Still a very interesting question. We have to believe that the opening scene of the finale, in which Jacob watches as a Spanish galleon approaches the island, and a later scene in which Jacob refers to Richard as “Ricardo,” are somehow connected to each other and to this question.
9. When will it all end?
Mr. Vine writes that “Lost” will end next season. But given how savvy the “Lost” creative team is with matters of time travel and life and death, maybe they’ll find a way to stretch the show out even after it’s gone off the air. In any case, we aren’t expecting a clarifying, “Newhart”-style finale in 2010.
