Dec. 9, 2007
Elizabeth Mitchell (born on March 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, California)
is an American actress who is currently known for her role as Dr. Juliet
Burke, one of the main characters on ABC's hit TV series Lost.
Mitchell was born in Los Angeles and her family moved to Dallas, Texas
in 1970, where she graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for
the Performing and Visual Arts, a public magnet school. She is the oldest
of three sisters, the others being Kristie, who is seven years younger,
and Kate, who is twelve years younger. In 1991, she graduated from Stephens
College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Mitchell worked for six years
in Dallas Theater Center and a year at Encore Theater. She is married
to actor Chris Soldevilla. They have a son, Christopher Jr, who was
born on September 4, 2005. Mitchell broke her nose filming "Frequency"
in 2000.
The brightest rising stars gathered in Hollywood last night for the
Breakthrough of the Year Awards.
Scrubs star Donald Faison hosted the event at the Music Box at the
Fonda on Hollywood Blvd. Donald, who dates Jessica Simpson’s former
assistant Cacee Cobb, gave Simpson’s new man Tony Romo his seal of approval
on the red carpet saying, “He’s a great guy.”
Josh Duhamel presented a Breakthrough Award to his Transformers co-star
Megan Fox who looked scorchingly sexy in a Dolce & Gabbana corset dress.
Also on hand were the Superbad boys, Jonah Hill and McLovin’ himself,
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who lamented that he wasn’t old enough to
drink the special Cabo Wabo cocktail of the night named after his character.
Heroes Masi Oka revealed on the red carpet that his co-star Milo Ventimiglia
was “the maestro” and advises him on everything from dealing with the
press to picking up chicks.