Elizabeth Gracen

Elizabeth Gracen is an American actress, producer and director who came to screen acting by way of the pageant circuit, winning Miss Arkansas in 1981 and Miss America in 1982. Born in Ozark, Arkansas, and raised in Booneville, she used her pageant scholarship to study acting at HB Studios in New York City. Her first feature was Three for the Road with Charlie Sheen, followed by Marked for Death (1990) opposite Steven Seagal and Pass the Ammo with Tim Curry. On television she appeared in The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990) and starred in the series Extreme, Renegade and Queen of Swords. She is best known as Amanda, the immortal in Highlander: The Series and Highlander: The Raven. Later credits include Interceptor Force 2 (2002) and a voice role in War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012). She also starred in Coherence (2013), formed Flapper Films, and made her directing debut with the documentary short The Damn Deal.