Elizabeth Reaser is an American actress who is best known for her work in the films Stay, The Family Stone, Sweet Land, Against the Current, The Twilight Saga, Young Adult, and Ouija. Additionally, Reaser is widely recognized for her role on the Netflix horror drama series The Haunting of Hill House.
Before her professional career as an actress took off, Reaser was born in Bloomfield, Michigan, and attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills. Following high school graduation, Reaser attended Oakland University for one year before transferring to the Juilliard School’s Drama Division in New York City. Reaser graduated from Juilliard in 1999 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1999.
Following college, Reaser began her professional acting career by landing a role on the legendary HBO drama series The Sopranos in 2000. Since then, Reaser has been a steadily working actress in both film and television, appearing in projects such as The Twilight Series, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Stay, The Family Stone, Sweet Land, Against the Current, The Ex-List, Saved, Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Wife, Mad Men, True Detective, and The Haunting of Hill House.
