Elisha Ann Cuthbert (born November 30, 1982) is a Canadian film and television actress. Cuthbert is known as the former co-host of the Canadian children's television series
Popular Mechanics for Kids. She had her first film role in the 1998 feature film
Airspeed. She followed this up in 2003 with a role in
Old School and starred the following year in
The Girl Next Door. She has also had starring roles in the 2005
House of Wax film and the 2007 horror film
Captivity. Her most prominent role is as Kim Bauer in the American action-thriller television series
24Early life
Cuthbert was born in Calgary, Alberta, the daughter of Patricia, a homemaker, and Kevin, an automotive design engineer.
She has two younger siblings, Jonathan and Lee-Ann, and she grew up in Greenfield Park, near Montreal, Quebec. In 2000, she graduated from Centennial Regional High School and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career.
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