Biography
Born near London and raised in Brighton, McElhone honed her craft in various stage productions throughout Britain. The elegant brunette with expressive eyes and high cheekbones studied at LAMBDA and landed her first stage role in "The Count of Monte Cristo" in the early 1990s. After amassing other credits (including a stint performing Shakespeare at an open-air theater in London), McElhone was cast as the mistress of the famous Spanish …
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Career Milestones
| Raised in Brighton, England | ||
1991 | Made acting debut on British television in an episode of "Bergerac" | |
1993 | Cast in production of "The Count of Monte Cristo" in Manchester, England | |
1995 | Appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Richard III" in open-air productions in London's Regent Park; spotted by Israel Merchant and filmmaker James Ivory | |
1996 | Feature film debut in the Merchant-Ivory production "Surviving Picasso" | |
1997 | Appeared opposite Brad Pitt in "The Devil's Own" | |
1998 | Co-starred with Robert De Niro in "Ronin" | |
1998 | Played Jim Carrey's ex-lover in "The Truman Show" | |
2000 | Appeared in Kenneth Branagh's musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" | |
2002 | Co-starred in the thriller feature "Feardotcom" | |
2002 | Landed female lead opposite George Clooney in the sci-fi epic "Solaris" | |
2005 | Cast as Sister Josepha Montafiore in the NBC miniseries, "Revelations" | |
2006 | Co-starred with David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg in the indie film, "Big Nothing" | |
2007 | Cast as David Duchovny's ex-girlfriend on the Showtime series, "Californication" | |