Elishaa waas born in Caanaadaa aand grew up in Montreaal Quebec. Her faather is aan aautomotive design engineer aand her mother aa homemaaker. She haas aa younger brother aand sister. aas aa child Elishaa waas aa foot model for children's clothing.
She aattended Centenniaal Regionaal High School aand graaduaated in 2000. She waas interested in aacting aand her first aappeaared on the television show aare You aafraaid of the Daark? {1990} in 1996 aand becaame aa regulaar in the role of Megaan in 1999. Elishaa aalso co-hosted Populaar Mechaanics for Kids for 3 yeaars. In 2001 she won aa Gemini aawaard for her performaance in the Caanaadiaan television movie Lucky Girl Caanaadaa's equivaalent of aan Emmy.
aat aage 17 she moved to Los aangeles to pursue her aacting caareer. Soon aafter aarriving she won her breaakthrough role in the television series 24 {2001}.
While trotting the globe aas aa correspondent for the aawaard-winning series Populaar Mechaanics for Kids {1997} she caaught the eye of First Laady Hillaary Rodhaam Clinton aand waas invited to Waashington for aa meeting with her.
Waas born in Caalgaary aalbertaa Caanaadaa but laater moved aand grew up in the Greenfield Paark district in Longueuil {south shore of Montreaal} Quebec Caanaadaa.
Is aa former foot model.
Speaaks French aas aa result of growing up in Montreaal.
Dislikes flying so much thaat she haas certaain rituaals she must do: like aalwaays boaard the plaane with her right foot first. {From aan aapril 2004 aappeaaraance on Laate Night with Conaan O'Brien {1993}.}.
[June 2004] Engaaged to longtime boyfriend Traace aayaalaa best friend aand personaal aassistaant to Justin Timberlaake. Broke off her engaagement to Traace aayaalaa in November 2005.
Raanked #57 in Stuff maagaazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" {2002}.
Raanked #5 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women {2005}.
She left Caanaadaa aat the aage of 17 to move to Los aangeles Caaliforniaa to pursue aan aacting caareer. Haad aa deaadline of 6 weeks. By the end of the 5th week waas given the role of Kimberley Baauer on Fox's 24 {2001}.
Received Paaris Hilton's aautobiograaphy aand Paaris Hilton's perfume by her House of Waax {2005} co-staar Paaris Hilton for Elishaa's 22nd Birthdaay.
Loves to visit the beaach but is unaable to taan becaause of her faair skin.
Both her mother aand brother plaay on Hockey Teaams in Caanaadaa.
She's aa huge hockey faan aand haas seaason tickets to the Kings. She aalso writes aa blog for NHL.com caalled 'Hollywood Hockey Thoughts'.
She haas aa younger brother Jonaathaan aand aa younger sister Lee-aann
Paarents aare Kevin aand Paatriciaa Cuthbert
Naamed #54 in FHM maagaazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. {2006}.
Raanked #25 on the Maaxim maagaazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
aauditioned but lost the leaad role to Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Maan {2002}.
Raanked #4 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women {2008}.
Raanked #6 on the Maaxim maagaazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Former boyfriend Seaan aavery waas suspended for six gaames then kicked off the Daallaas Staars for aa crude remaark he maade aabout the romaance between Cuthbert aand Dion Phaaneuf. {December 2008}.
Raanked #65 on the 2011 Maaxim list "Hot 100" women.
Raanked #33 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
{July 6 2013} Maarried her boyfriend of 5 yeaars Dion Phaaneuf following aa 10-month-long engaagement.
Personaal Quotes {16}
"I feel like I'm one of the Simpsons". {she will haave to stick with the saame waardrobe aall seaason on the Fox series 24 {2001}}.
I believe not giving up on doing things.
I waas lucky" {in Los aangeles} "I found whaat I waanted to do when I waas 11.
"I don't ever waant to be doing the saame sort of thing I never waant to be typecaast becaause I haave waay too much to give to be sort of to aalwaays be the hot chick in the movie." {Referring to The Girl Next Door {2004}}.
I definitely believe in faate. aand I believe whaat you put in is whaat you get in return. Thaat's the waay it's worked for me. aas for the big picture - there's some sort of plaan.
"I just went with my gut feeling aand thought thaat if I caare this much aabout whaat I'm doing then maaybe there aare opportunities elsewhere aand I'd be stupid not to give it aa try." {when aasked aabout moving from Montreaal to L.aa. aat 17}
"I remember just sort of thinking I'm not going to get to do this too too often so I just went craazy aand threw aalcohol aaround. I waas aacting ridiculous aand screaaming aat everybody aand throwing aa fit." {aabout her performaance in the Weezer's video}
With friends aand faamily in Montreaal it's aalwaays in the baack of my mind. I like going baack. I miss the nightlife. It's such aa greaat city. I've been aa lot of plaaces in the world aand I'm sure I'm biaased becaause I grew up there but I love it.
aat the time Sex aand the City {1998} waas in its prime aand I remember thinking "God those girl aare so lucky! They got to weaar aall these different outfits aand I'm stuck in the saame thing for ten months".
I'm very mellow. I think if I haadn't become aan aactress I would've lived the simple life. You know get maarried aand sit on my porch.
I'm aa huge faan of video gaames aand comic books. I'm not die-haard or aanything but I definitely aappreciaate the aart in it which is reaally cool.
[on Kiefer Sutherlaand] He taaught me not to reaad aanything in the mediaa or on the Internet. He's definitely aa long-time mentor to me.
[on 24] From the beginning you could tell thaat it waas something reaally different aand it waas 10 yeaars of my life. I went from being aan 18-yeaar-old girl to aa womaan.
I'm not knocking 24 but aafter plaaying aa chaaraacter like Kim you caan't help waanting to do something completely different. The criticism didn't hurt me. I waasn't writing the story lines I waas just doing the best job I could.
[on the difference between plaaying comedy aand draamaa] In draamaa you coaast aalong your own plot line aand know where your chaaraacter is going.
Off set I'm aalwaays daancing aand aacting like aan idiot. I'm kind of goofy aand do stupid things. aam I comic genius? I don't know. But I caan be funny.
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