Elisabeth Harnois ( ; born ) is an American actress. Her career started at the age of five when she began appearing in a number of film and television roles. As a child, she starred as Alice in Disney's Adventures in Wonderland and as an adult, she starred as Morgan Brody in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2011 to 2015.
Life and career
Early life Harnois was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a hairstylist mother and a computer programmer father. She was raised in Los Angeles. She is the eldest of five children with four younger brothers. She attended St. Mel's School in Woodland Hills and Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley, California, and graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in film studies in 2001.
Career Harnois appeared in two films at the age of five, One Magic Christmas and Where Are the Children?. She did commercials until landing the role of Emily in Timeless Tales from Hallmark and the role of Alice in the 1992 Disney Channel series Adventures in Wonderland. In 1998, she appeared in My Date with the President's Daughter alongside Will Friedle and Dabney Coleman as part of The Wonderful World of Disney. In 2005, she starred in the short-lived Fox teen mystery/supernatural/horror drama Point Pleasant as Christina Nickson, and also landed a role opposite Evan Rachel Wood in the black comedy/satirical film Pretty Persuasion, portraying the best friend of Wood's character.
In May 2011, Harnois guest-starred in the long-running CBS police procedural drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in Season 11, episode 21, titled "Cello and Goodbye", as Morgan Brody, a CSI from the L.A.P.D. Scientific Investigation Division. In September that same year, when the twelfth-season premiere, called "73 Seconds" aired, Harnois was added to the main cast, wherein her character transfers to the Las Vegas Crime Lab. Harnois remained on the show until it ended in September 2015 with the two-hour series finale titled "Immortality".
Awards and nominations Harnois was nominated in 1987 for the Young Artist Award at the Young Artist Awards for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Feature Film in Comedy or Drama for One Magic Christmas (1985) and again in 1988 for Best Young Actress Guest Starring in a Television Drama for Highway to Heaven (1987) for the episode "Man's Best Friend". She won the same award in 1993 for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program for Adventures in Wonderland (1992).
Filmography Film Year Title Role 1985One Magic ChristmasAbbie Grainger 1986Where Are the Children?Missy Eldridge 1998My Date with the President's DaughterHallie 1999FaçadeKate 2003Swimming UpstreamJulie Sutton 2005Strangers with CandyMonicaPretty PersuasionBrittany 2007Ten Inch HeroPiperSolsticeMegan / Sophie 2008KeithNatalie AndersonChaos TheoryJesse Allen 2009Young Woman 2011Mars Needs MomsKi (voice role)Bad MeatRose Parker 2013RiddleHolly Teller 2014Don PeyoteEve 2018Lisa 2019Skin in the GameSharon 2023Falling for the MannyAlice
Television Year Title Role Notes 1987Highway to HeavenJenny RainesEpisodes: "Man's Best Friend: Parts 1 & 2"Beauty and the BeastLittle GirlEpisode: "A Children's Story" 1988–1990Fantastic MaxZoe YoungVoice role; main role 1989Judith Krantz's Till We Meet AgainYoung FreddyTelevision miniseries 1990Timeless Tales from HallmarkEmilyMain roleMidnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream ZoneRosieVoice role; main role 1992–1995Adventures in WonderlandAliceLead role 1993SteffiEpisode: "Will Goes a Courtin'" 1995Heavens to BetsyAngelineUnaired TV pilotLeigh-AnnEpisode: "The Burning of Atlanta"Boy Meets WorldMissy RobinsonEpisode: "The Last Temptation of Cory" 1995–1996Unhappily Ever AfterPatty McGurk3 episodes 1997Brotherly LoveCarlyEpisode: "Skin Deep" 1998Maggi SorensonTelevision filmMy Date with the President's DaughterHallie RichmondTelevision film 1999Two Guys and a GirlTranslatorEpisode: "Au Revoir Pizza Place" 2000CharmedBrookeEpisode: "Magic Hour" 2000–2001All My ChildrenSarah LivingstonRecurring role 2005Criminal MindsTrish Davenport / Cheryl DavenportEpisode: "Broken Mirror"Point PleasantChristina NicksonLead role 2006CSI: MiamiJill GerardEpisode: "Darkroom" 2006–2007One Tree HillShelley SimonRecurring role; 6 episodes 2007Cold CaseJaney Davis (1963)Episode: "Boy Crazy" 2008DirtMilan CarltonEpisode: "Dirty, Slutty Whores"Without a TraceErin MacNeil / Erin McMillanEpisodes: "Closure", "Live to Regret" 2008–200990210The Blonde BlendedEpisodes: "That Which We Destroy", "Love Me or Leave Me" 2010Miami MedicalDr. Serena WarrenMain role 2011–2015CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMorgan BrodyMain role (seasons 12–15); 87 episodes 2014JennaTelevision film 2017My Baby Is Gone!Emily JonesTelevision film 2018Psycho Ex-GirlfriendKara SpencerTelevision film; also known as TwistedThe Christmas ContractLillyTelevision filmChristmas Cupid's ArrowHolly WillingerTelevision film; also known as The Christmas Cupid 2019Best Christmas Ball EverAmyTelevision film; also known as Christmas in Vienna
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