| Elizabeth Lail | |
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| General Information | |
| Gender: | Female |
|---|---|
| Birthday: | March 25, 1992 |
| Age: | 31 |
| Birthplace: | Williamson County, Texas, U.S. |
| Social Networks: | Twitter Instgram |
| Other Information | |
| Height: | 5'8" (1.73 m) |
| Occupation(s): | Actress |
| Education: | Asheboro High School University of North Carolina School of the Arts |
| Talents: | Acting |
| Family & Friends | |
| Family: | Dean Franklin Lail (father) Kay Lurene Surratt (mother) Kathryn Dean Lail (sister) |
| Relationships: | Nieku Manshadi (husband) |
| Series Information | |
| Character: | Princess Anna / Joan |
| First appearance: | A Tale of Two Sisters |
| Last appearance: | Heroes and Villains |
Elizabeth Dean Lail is an American actress. She played the recurring role of Anna in the fantasy adventure series Once Upon a Time (2014), and starred as Amy Hughes in the supernatural series Dead of Summer (2016) and Guinevere Beck in the psychological thriller series You (2018–2019).
Visit the Elizabeth Lail Gallery.[]
Early life[]
Lail was born in Williamson County, Texas, and grew up in Asheboro, North Carolina. After graduating from Asheboro High School in 2010, she attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, graduating in May 2014.
Career[]
Lail mostly worked in student film productions, such as Model Airplane and Without, immediately after graduating from university. She had moved to New York City to pursue stage work when she landed an audition for ABC's Once Upon a Time, after which she was cast as Anna in the fourth season of the series, released in 2014. Lail was cast in a starring role in the 2016 Freeform horror series Dead of Summer, playing the role of camp counselor Amy.
In 2017, Lail was cast as Guinevere Beck in the Lifetime/Netflix television series You, opposite Penn Badgley and Shay Mitchell. Released in 2018, she received a nomination for Best Actress in Streaming Presentation at the 45th Saturn Awards. In October 2019, Lail reprised her role as Guinevere Beck in a guest appearance on the second season of You. Following this, Lail played the lead in the 2019 horror film Countdown, which was a commercial success. In March 2021, Lail joined the cast of the upcoming HBO Max teen drama Gossip Girl in an undisclosed role and capacity.
Personal life[]
In April 2021, Lail married dentist Nieku Manshadi.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Type | Role |
| 2011 | Model Airplane | Short | Anna (as Elizabeth Dean Lail) |
| 2014 | Without | Short | Emily (as Elizabeth Dean Lail) |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | TV Series | Princess Anna / Joan |
| 2016 | Dead of Summer | TV Series | Amy Hughes |
| 2017 | The Blacklist | TV Series | Natalie Luca |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | TV Series | Emily Chapin |
| 2018 | Unintended | Lea | |
| 2018 | You | TV Series | Guinevere Beck |
| 2019 | Countdown | Quinn Harris | |
| 2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s Movie | Vanessa Shelly |
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress in Streaming Presentation | You | Nominated |
Trivia[]
- She was among the actresses considered for the title role in Supergirl (2015 - ) before Melissa Benoist was cast.
- After initially moving to New York to pursue theater, she received her breakthrough role as Anna in the ABC series Once Upon a Time. She then booked a starring role in Freeform's Dead of Summer.
- Her only previous acting experience was in a couple of student film productions.
- She was cast as a series regular for David Fincher's planned HBO series Video Synchronicity in 2015 but the project was eventually passed on by HBO.
- Her role in Dead of Summer (2016) was written specifically for her.
- Her only previous acting experience was in a couple of student film productions.
- She was born to parents Dean Franklin Lail and Kay Lurene Surratt in Williamson County, Texas, later moving to Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. She has a sister named Kathryn Dean Lail. In April 2021, Lail married dentist Nieku Manshadi.
- She studied acting at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
- She co-starred in You alongside Penn Badgley.