Elisa Eliot

**Vaultwiki** · Feb 8th, 2011, 08:58 PM

Bio

Elisa started her professional acting career at the age of 13 playing a young boy in Verdi's "Attila" at the Houston Grand Opera. By the end of high school Elisa had performed in over 30 plays and musicals including lead roles in "Guys & Dolls", "Oklahoma", and "Little Shop of Horrors".

Elisa then attended Yale University's Drama program where her acting coursework included dramatic literature, playwriting, Advanced Acting, Speech and Performance, and Shakespeare. She joined the Yale Dramat acting company and worked on over 40 plays and musicals including the role of Alice in "Closer", Truvy in Steel Magnolias", Ophelia in "Hamlet", and Paquette in "Merrily We Roll Along".

After graduation, Elisa moved to New York and was cast as the lead in the awardwinning new musical "Belles of the Mill". After the show's run closed, she moved to Los Angeles, joined SAG and booked appearances on E!, FX's Nip/Tuck, MTV, Nickelodeon and the WB while working on numerous film projects including "The Caregiver" and "Necrosis" starring Tiffany, George Stults, and James Kyson-Lee. Elisa currently works as a professional actress, singer and voiceover artist, and is also founder and owner of the renowned Elisa Eliot's Acting Studio!

Fun Fact

Elisa invented a way to exterminate termites.
Unlike her character, she loves cooking (and can do it well) and confessed to not having a green thumb.

Stories from the Set of We're Alive

Sometimes we have to do really interesting things to get the sound right, like attacking heavy pillows, digging through dirt, eating dry bread, or recording in a pool!