Elisa Donovan

Elisa Donovan Biography

Elisa Donovan (born Lisa Adaline Donovan; February 3, 1971) is an American actress, writer, and producer.

Early life

Elisa was born Lisa Adaline Donovan in Poughkeepsie, New York, the daughter of Charlotte and Jack Donovan, who was a business executive. She later changed her first name to "Elisa" when she had to join the stage union, Actor's Equity, because there was already an actress in that union named Lisa Donovan. She grew up on Long Island where she was an accomplished gymnast, dancer and equestrian. She began studying acting at age 12. She attended The New School, in New York City, where she studied writing, literature and acting. She moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and got her first sitcom role as Tanya on Blossom.

Career

Donovan's major breakthrough role was in the film Clueless as Amber, Cher's nemesis. Donovan also reprised her role in the television series of the same name. Other notable roles included the film A Night at the Roxbury, Beverly Hills, 90210 as Ginger LaMonica and playing Morgan Cavanaugh on the television sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. She also played Sharona on Disney Channel's Sonny with a Chance, and has appeared in the films Complacent, The Dog Who Saved Christmas, and its sequel The Dog Who Saved the Holidays. Donovan starred in the web series, The Lake on TheWB.com. Additionally, Donovan played Gayle, an insurance agent in the small town of Maple Grove, in the web series In Gayle We Trust on NBC.com.

Donovan also had a role in the film A Golden Christmas, where she played Anna, the funny, younger sister of the main character.

In 2006 she played a guest role in the NCIS episode "Dead and Unburied".

She was also featured in 'N Sync's 1999 music video for "Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)" as the love interest for Joey Fatone.

Personal life

Donovan and her husband Charlie Bigelow have a daughter Scarlett Avery Bigelow (born May 8, 2012). They were married on October 20, 2012.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Café Babel	Lover (she)	Short film
1995	Clueless	Amber Mariens
1996	Encino Woman	Ivana	Television film
1997	Justice League of America	Cheryl	Television film
1998	'	Cambi
1999	Pop	Nora
1999	15 Minutes	E.D	Short film
1999	Loving Jezebel	Salli
2000	Best Actress	Lori Seefer	Television film
2001	Rebound Guy	Alexandra	Short film
2001	Liars Club	Mae
2002	Wolves of Wall Street	Annabella Morris
2004	Bandwagon	Elisa Donovan
2004	Eve's Christmas	Eve	Television film
2006	National Lampoon's TV: The Movie	Susie
2006	'	Martina
2006	Kiss Me Again	Malika
2007	Framed for Murder	June Baldwin	Television film
2007	Betrayals	Carson O'Conner	Television film
2008	15 Minutes of Fame	Red
2008	Shark Swarm	Brenda	Television film
2009	'	Belinda Bannister	Television film
2009	'	Anna	Television film
2010	Complacent	Jennifer Pulchek
2010	'	Belinda Bannister	Television film
2011	Chasing Happiness	Jen
2011	'	Laura Conners	Television film
2011	'	Belinda Bannister	Television film
2011	Spooky Buddies	Janice	Direct-to-DVD
2011	12 Wishes of Christmas	Laura Lindsey	Television film
2012	'	Belinda Bannister	Television film
2012	MoniKa	Andrea

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Blossom	Tanya	2 episodes
1995"1996	Beverly Hills, 90210	Ginger LaMonica	4 episodes
1995	Renegade	Tina Douglas	Episode: "The Ballad of D.B. Cooper"
1995	Simon	Holly	Episode: "Simon Gets Carl a Job"
1996"1999	Clueless	Amber Mariens	Main cast
1999	Oh Baby	Jennifer	Episode: "Sitting on Babies"
1999	Just Shoot Me!	Amber	Episode: "Jack Gets Tough"
2000	Jack & Jill	Annie	2 episodes
2000"2003	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Morgan Cavanaugh	Main cast (seasons 5"7); 54 episodes
2001	Spyder Games	Gail Sanders	Episode #1.43
2004	Judging Amy	Shelby Crawford	2 episodes
2006	NCIS	Rebecca Kemp	Episode: "Dead and Unburied"
2009	Sonny with a Chance	Sharona	Episode: "Poll'd Apart"

Web series
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Turbo Dates		Episode: "3:10 to Puma"
2009	'	Leslie	Main cast
2009"2011	In Gayle We Trust	Gayle Evans	Main cast; also producer
2012	Whole Day Down	Nadine	Main cast; 4 episodes

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