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 |
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. [1]
Stefanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1971, and raised in Moorhead, Minnesota. [2] She is of Icelandic heritage, with her paternal grandparents, Skúli Stefánsson and Heffie Einarson, emigrating from Iceland. [3] [4] She studied literature in New Jersey at Drew University and in New York at Columbia University. [2] 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. [2]
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. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | The Cowboy Way | Girl at Party | [2] |
1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Sara Myers | [2] |
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 | [6] |
1998 | Break Up | Shelly | |
1999 | The General's Daughter | Capt. Elisabeth Campbell | [7] [8] |
2000 | Beautiful | Joyce Parkins | [9] |
2000 | Unbreakable | Kelly | [2] |
2001 | The Stickup | Natalie Wright | |
2001 | Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot | Joan Bennett Kennedy | TV miniseries [2] |
2002 | Desert Saints | Agent Donna Marbury | |
2002 | MDs | Shelly Pangborn | 10 episodes |
2003 | The Hunted | Irene Kravitz | [10] |
2003 | Alien Hunter | Nyla Olson | |
2019 | Glass | Kelly | Archival footage from Unbreakable |
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