Elizabeth Lail

Elizabeth Lail is an American actress who grew up in Asheboro, North Carolina, and took up acting as a teenager after a small part in a local staging of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She earned a B.F.A. in drama in 2014 and worked in student short films before landing the part of Anna in the fourth season of Once Upon a Time in 2014. She then played Guinevere Beck in the thriller series You, earning a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress in Streaming Presentation, and returned to the role in guest appearances on later seasons. Her other television credits include Dead of Summer, the Gossip Girl spin-off, Ordinary Joe, and Elsbeth. Films include Countdown (2019), Mack & Rita (2022), Five Nights at Freddy's (2023), and Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025). In 2025 she took the role of Eva in the Williamstown Film Festival staging of Not About Nightingales.