His family consists of his mother Patricia, a housewife, her father Kevin Cuthbert, a designer of car decals, and his two younger brothers, Jonathan Y Lee-Ann.
Some years after she was born, the family decided to move to the city of Montreal, which offered them better job opportunities. There, he attended the Centennial Regional High School where, after graduation, she decided to go to the city of Los Angeles, to follow her dream of being an actress.
Since she was little, when she was seven years old, she had already started modeling children’s clothes and was later included in the stable cast of the series “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”, A Canadian production that was very successful at the time.
Later he worked for the Discovery Kids Channel, in the famous program “Popular Mechanics for Kids“, Which in Spanish-speaking countries was known as”Popular Mechanics for Children”.
Until 2000 he worked in Canada making some productions directly for television, such as “Dancing in the Moon“,”Nico the Unicorn“,”Airspeed“Y “Believe” among other.
Upon arriving in Los Angeles, he auditioned for the role of Kim bauer, the daughter of Jack in the hugely popular television series “24”. For three full seasons he acted alongside Kiefer Sutherland. Although he did not appear in the fourth season, he returned for a few episodes in the fifth season.
Immediately after this, she auditioned for the role of Mary jane watson, in the movie “Spider Man“(2002). Finally, the couple of Tobey Maguire in the film it was e Kirsten dunst.
His career continued with the film “Love Actually”(2003), together with Alan Rickman, Hugh grant Y Liam Neeson, and in that same year he also participated in “Those college sprees“A comedy for teenagers with Will ferrell, Luke wilson Y Vince vaughn.
In 2004 he was offered the role of Danielle on “The next door neighbor”. This character was a former porn actress who tries to escape from an industry where her manager has her practically like a slave. A year later he was the protagonist of the remake “House of Wax”(2005) together with Paris hilton Y Chad michael murray. Unfortunately, despite having superglue glued to its mouth for added realism, this film was a complete flop for critics.
She was a producer and lead actress in the independent production “The Quiet”(2005). In it, a deaf-mute and orphan young woman is sent to live with her godparents, where she meets Little girl, interpreted by Elisha. The independent film festivals gave the film an excellent reception in general and since then the appreciation of her work as an actress has increased, giving her better roles in recent years.
In 2007 he appeared in “Captivity“A thriller where she is a model chased by a psychotic obsessed with her and in”He Was a Quiet Man“, Which she starred in with Christian slater. His last works for the cinema were comedies “My sassy girl“(2008), together with Jesse bradford; Y “The Six Wives of Henry Lefay“(2009), with Eric Christian Olsen.
Currently, back on television, Elisha has the leading role of Alex, in the new series of ABC, “Happy endings“, soon to be released in the 2010-11 season, in the United States.