biography of Elisha Cuthbert

Elisha Ann Cuthbert : 

(/əˈliːʃə/; born November 30, 1982)  is a Canadian actress. As a child actress, she made her first televised appearance as an extra on Are You Afraid of the Dark? and co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids. She made her feature-film debut in the 1997 Canadian family drama Dancing on the Moon. Her first major lead role came in the 1998 drama film Airspeed (No Control) alongside Joe Mantegna. In 2001, she starred in the movie Lucky Girl, for which she received her first award, the Gemini Awards.

After moving to Hollywood in 2001, she was cast as Kim Bauer in the series 24, her first big role in an American production, alongside Kiefer Sutherland. For this role, she was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards twice. In 2003, she played Darcie Goldberg in the college comedy Old School and Carol-Anne in Love Actually. Cuthbert received wide recognition for her breakout role as Danielle in the 2004 teen comedy film The Girl Next Door, being nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, and for her next role as Carly Jones in 2005's House of Wax, for which she received two nominations for the Teen Choice Awards, including Best Actress: Action/Adventure/Thriller. Subsequently, Cuthbert appeared in the lead role in the drama The Quiet (2005) and the horror Captivity (2007). This role, along with Are You Afraid of the Dark?, 24 series and House of Wax, established her as a scream queen. 

From 2011 to 2013, Cuthbert starred as Alex Kerkovich in the three seasons of the ABC comedy Happy Endings. From 2016 to 2020, she had a recurring role as Abby Phillips on the Netflix series The Ranch, before becoming a main cast member in the series' second season. She received praise for her performance on the Canadian comedy series Jann (2020), being nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Performance in a guest role.

Cuthbert has appeared in numerous magazines, such as Maxim, Complex, and FHM. In 2013, Maxim magazine named her "TV's most beautiful woman". 

Elisha Cuthbert was born in Calgary, Alberta, the daughter of Kevin, an automotive design engineer, and Patricia, a housewife.^{[citation needed]} She grew up in Greenfield Park, Quebec. In 2000, she graduated from Centennial Regional High School and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17. As a child, she participated in Girl Guide programs as a member of Girl Guides of Canada.

Mini bio : 

Elisha Ann Cuthbert (born November 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress and model. She became internationally known for playing Kim Bauer in the series 24 (2001); Danielle in the teen comedy film The Girl Next Door (2004) and Carly Jones in the horror remake House of Wax (2005). She was voted the sexiest actress in the world in 2015 by the magazine Glam'Mag. In 2013, she was elected the most "Beautiful woman of American TV."

Cuthbert is considered a sex symbol, and she has often been cited as one of the "sexiest" women and as one of the "most beautiful" in the world.

At the age of 14, Cuthbert made her feature film debut in the 1997 family-drama Dancing on the Moon (1997). Her first major lead role came in the 1998 drama film Airspeed (1999) (No Control) alongside Joe Mantegna. In 2001, she starred in the movie My Daughter's Secret Life (2001), in which she received her first award, the Gemini Awards, but her career began in earnest in the decade of 2000 when she was listed to play Kim Bauer, daughter of Jack Bauer in the award-winning action series 24 (2001). Subsequently, Cuthbert appeared in the lead role in the films The Quiet (2005) and Captivity (2007).

From 2011 to 2013, Cuthbert starred as Alex Kerkovich, in the series Happy Endings (2011).

In 2011, Cuthbert was named one of "The 100 Hottest Women of the 2000s", and also entered the list of "The 25 Hottest Blonde Bombshell Actresses" by Complex magazine. In 2013 GQ Magazine listed her among "The 100 Hottest Women of the 21st Century."

trivia : 

• She left Canada at age 17 to move to Los Angeles, CA, to pursue an acting career. Had a deadline of six weeks. By the end of the fifth week she was given the role of Kimberley Bauer on Fox's 24 (2001).
• Both her mother and her brother play on hockey teams in Canada.
• She's a huge hockey fan and has season tickets to the Kings. She also writes a blog for NHL.com called "Hollywood Hockey Thoughts".
• Auditioned for but lost the lead role to Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Man (2002).
• Speaks French as a result of growing up in Montreal.
• Is a former foot model.
• In December 2008 former boyfriend Sean Avery was suspended for six games by the Dallas Stars, then kicked off the team, for a crude remark he made about the romance between Cuthbert and Dion Phaneuf.
• (July 6, 2013) Married her boyfriend of 5 years Dion Phaneuf at St. James Catholic Church in Summerfield, Prince Edward Island, following a 10-month-long engagement.
• Dislikes flying so much that she has certain rituals she must do, such as always boarding the plane with her right foot first. (From an April 2004 appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993).).
• Mother, with husband Dion Phaneuf, of daughter Zaphire Phaneuf (b. December 21, 2017).
• Was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada but later moved and grew up in the Greenfield Park district, in Longueuil (south shore of Montreal), Quebec, Canada.
• In June 2004 she became engaged to longtime boyfriend Trace Ayala, best friend and personal assistant to Justin Timberlake. Broke off her engagement in November 2005.
• While trotting the globe as a correspondent for the award-winning series Popular Mechanics for Kids (1997), she caught the eye of First Lady Hillary Clinton and was invited to Washington for a meeting with her.
• Ranked #6 on Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2008 list.
• Her surname is derived from the Old English elements cuþ "famous" and beorht "bright". Saint Cuthbert was a 6th-century hermit who became the bishop of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of England. He was known as performer of healing miracles. Because of the saint, this name remained in use in England even after the Norman conquest. It became rare after the Protestant Reformation, but it was (briefly) revived in the 19th century.
• Loves to visit the beach, but is unable to suntan because of her fair skin.
• She has a younger brother, Jonathan, and a younger sister, Lee-Ann
• Ranked #5 in the 2005 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
• Her name comes from the Hebrew name Elisha, a contracted form of Elishu'a meaning "my God is salvation". According to the Old Testament, Elisha was a prophet and miracle worker. He was the attendant of Elijah and succeeded him after his ascension to heaven.
• Surname is pronounced "kooth-BURT." The first syllable rhymes with "booth.".
• Ranked #4 in the 2008 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
• Named #54 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
• Ranked #33 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
• Ranked #25 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.
• Ranked #65 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2011 list.
• Parents are Kevin and Patricia Cuthbert
• Ranked #57 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
• For her 22nd birthday, her co-star in House of Wax (2005) Paris Hilton gave Cuthbert her autobiography and a bottle of her perfume.

  Personal life

  Cuthbert has two younger siblings and enjoys painting. She is also an ice hockey fan. In 2005, she maintained a blog on the NHL website, though she did not post for most of the season

  Filmography

  Year	Title	Role
  1997	Dancing on the Moon	Sarah
  	Nico the Unicorn	Carolyn Price
  1998	Airspeed	Nicole Stone
  1999	Believe	Katherine Winslowe
  	Time at the Top	Susan Shawson
  2000	Who Gets the House?	Emily Reece
  2003	Love Actually	American Goddess Carol
  	Old School	Darcie Goldberg
  2004	The Girl Next Door	Danielle
  2005	House of Wax	Carly Jones
  	The Quiet	Nina Deer
  2007	Captivity	Jennifer Tree
  	He Was a Quiet Man	Vanessa
  2008	My Sassy Girl	Jordan Roark
  	Guns	Frances Dett
  2009	The Six Wives of Henry Lefay	Barbara "Barby" Lefay
  2014	Just Before I Go	Penny Morgan
  2017	Goon: Last of the Enforcers	Mary
  2020	Eat Wheaties!	Janet Berry-Straw
  2022	The Cellar	Keira Woods
  	Bandit	Andrea
  	Friday Afternoon in the Universe	Eleanor

  Marriage : 

  Cuthbert and ice hockey player Dion Phaneuf, then the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced their engagement in September 2012 and married 6 July 2013 at St. James Catholic Church in Summerfield, Prince Edward Island. Living in Ottawa during the ice hockey season, Cuthbert and Phaneuf spend their summers at their waterfront estate outside New London, Prince Edward Island, his parents' home province  The couple have two children, a daughter born in 2017 and a son in 2022. 

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