Elizabeth Mitchell

Mitchell was born in Los Angeles, California. Her stepfather, Joseph Day Mitchell, and mother, Josephine Marian Mitchell (née Jenkins), are lawyers based in Dallas. Mitchell and her mother moved to Dallas, Texas in 1970, where her mother married Joseph Mitchell in 1975. Mitchell graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, a public magnet school. She is the eldest of three sisters, the others being Kristina Helen "Kristie" Mitchell (b. 1978), and Katherine Day "Kate" Mitchell (b. 1981).\n', '

She attended Stephens College, graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, and then studied at the British American Drama Academy.\n', '

Mitchell worked for six years in Dallas Theater Center and a year at Encore Theater.\n', '