Elisha Cuthbert

Elisha Cuthbert
Biography - Elisha Cuthbert

Canadian stunner Elisha Cuthbert achieved fame playing Kiefer Sutherland’s daughter on Fox’s smash hit series “24”. Currently on screen playing a disturbed high school cheerleader in the indie chiller “The Quiet”, Cuthbert is one of the most talented of today’s rosters of Hollywood starlets.

>Born in Calgary, Alberta on November 30, 1982, Cuthbert grew up in the large Montreal suburb Longueuil where she began modeling and acting as a child. Some of her impressive Canadian credits include the children’s horror series “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” and as a co-host of “Popular Mechanics for Kids”. The latter show allowed Cuthbert to globetrot at a young age, and former First Lady Hillary Clinton invited her to the White House after being impressed with the youngster’s reporting on the show. After graduating high school in 2000, the 17 year-old beauty immediately traveled to Hollywood to begin a screen career, and within six months nabbed the role of Kim Bauer in a pilot called “24”. The uniquely structured action series quickly became the biggest hit on television, and with one role Cuthbert became an overnight star.

Her first major movie appearances came in 2003, with hot-chick supporting turns in “Old School” and the syrupy British sleeper hit “Love Actually”. 2004’s “The Girl Next Door” was Cuthbert’s first starring role – an aspiring porn star that captures the attention of a shy neighbor. The film wasn’t much of a hit, but Cuthbert received more attention the next year for the horror remake “House of Wax”, which was extensively publicized due to Paris Hilton’s performance and the film’s R-rated disavowal of the genre’s recent crop of lightweight PG-13 offerings. A minor horror hit, “House of Wax” upped her profile, and 2006 is proving to be a make-or-break year for the promising actress, with two thrillers on the slate - “The Quiet” and “Captivity”. She was also recently cast in the coveted lead role of 2007’s “My Sassy Girl”, a remake of the one of the most popular Korean films of the decade