Elisha Cuthbert
Biography
Elisha Cuthbert is a Canadian actress whose career started in childhood, with a bit part on the television series Are You Afraid of the Dark? and a co-hosting job on Popular Mechanics for Kids. Her first feature was the Canadian family drama Dancing on the Moon, and her first leading part came in the 1998 drama Airspeed; she earned a Gemini Award for the 2001 television movie Lucky Girl. Cast as Kim Bauer in 24 soon after she settled in Hollywood, she received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for that role. She then worked in Old School (2003) and Love Actually, and her breakout arrived with The Girl Next Door (2004), which brought MTV Movie Award nominations. House of Wax (2005), The Quiet (2005) and Captivity (2007) followed, and she also starred in the comedy series Happy Endings from 2011 to 2013, with a later recurring part on The Ranch.
43years old
Turns 44 on November 30in 49 days
- Born Calgary
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Elisha Ann Cuthbert (birth name)Also credited as Elisha Ann Cuthbert Phaneuf
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 24 years1998 to 2022
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A role that slipped away
Director Jamie Babbit gave the silent Dot in The Quiet to Camilla Belle, not Elisha Cuthbert, who had wanted that part; Thora Birch had pulled out first.
A role that slipped away
Cuthbert was expected to take the part of Trixie in the sports action comedy film Speed Racer, released in 2008, but Christina Ricci was eventually chosen for the role.
A first
Cuthbert co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids with Jay Baruchel, filmed in Montreal. Hillary Clinton noticed her reporting and asked her to come to the White House.
Elisha Cuthbert movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Elisha Cuthbert shares three films with Seann William Scott, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Seann William Scott's page
Larry Day's page
Clancy Brown's page
William H. Macy's page
Christian Slater's page
Luke Wilson's page
Luke GreenfieldDirector, 1 film, 2004
All films by Luke Greenfield
All films by Todd Phillips
Jaume Collet-SerraDirector, 1 film, 2005
All films by Jaume Collet-Serra
Box office
What Elisha Cuthbert's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$199 million
6 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 6 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$87M43.8% of the total
- 2$69M34.6% of the total
- 3$32M15.9% of the total
- 4$11M5.5% of the total
- 5$381K0.2% of the total
- 6$125K0.1% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors from 2001 to 2003.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2003 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble | Love Actually | Won |
| 2001 | Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Lucky Girl | Won |
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