Leslie Stefanson is an American actress and sculptor.
She is most known for playing the title role as Capt. Elisabeth Campbell in the film The General's Daughter, and Joan Bennett Kennedy in the television miniseries Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot. Her sculpture, La Bestia, won the top prize from The National Sculpture Society in 2019.
Leslie Stefanson | |
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Born | Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. |
Education | Barnard College (BA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1994–present |
Partner | James Spader (2002–present) |
Children | 1 |
Website | lesliestefanson |
Stefanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1971, and raised in Moorhead, Minnesota. She is of Icelandic heritage, with her paternal grandparents, Skúli Stefánsson and Heffie Einarson, emigrating from Iceland. She studied literature in New Jersey at Drew University and in New York at Columbia University. In 1993, she graduated with a degree in English literature from Barnard College. She was a member of a New York theater group, modeled, and appeared in an ad for Lee's Jeans in 1997, which was shown during the Super Bowl.
On August 29, 2008, Stefanson gave birth to her first child, a son, with actor James Spader.
As of 2019, she makes bronze and terracotta sculptures in New York City.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | The Cowboy Way | Girl at Party | |
1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Sara Myers | |
1997 | Fool's Paradise | Elizabeth "Liz" | |
1997 | Flubber | Sylvia (Weebo's hologram) | |
1997 | As Good as It Gets | Cafe 24 Waitress | |
1998 | Delivered | Claire Moore | |
1998 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | Michelle Rafferty | |
1998 | Break Up | Shelly | |
1999 | The General's Daughter | Capt. Elisabeth Campbell | |
2000 | Beautiful | Joyce Parkins | |
2000 | Unbreakable | Kelly | |
2001 | The Stickup | Natalie Wright | |
2001 | Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot | Joan Bennett Kennedy | TV miniseries |
2002 | Desert Saints | Agent Donna Marbury | |
2002 | MDs | Shelly Pangborn | 10 episodes |
2003 | The Hunted | Irene Kravitz | |
2003 | Alien Hunter | Nyla Olson | |
2019 | Glass | Kelly | Archival footage from Unbreakable |
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