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Elisa Donovan
Elisa Donovan, 2007
Born	Lisa Adaline Donovan February 3, 1971 (1971-02-03) (age 39) Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present

Elisa Donovan (born February 3, 1971) is an American actress.

Biography

Early life

Donovan was born Lisa Adaline Donovan in Poughkeepsie, New York, the daughter of Charlotte and Jack Donovan, who was a business executive.^[1] She later changed her first name to "Elisa" when she had to join the stage union, Actor's Equity, because there was already an actress in that union named Lisa Donovan.^{[citation needed]} She grew up on Long Island where she was an accomplished gymnast, dancer and equestrian. She began studying acting at age 12. She attended The New School, in New York City, where she studied writing, literature and acting. She moved to Los Angeles, in 1994, and got her first sitcom role on, "Blossom."^{[citation needed]}

Career & Anorexia

Donovan's breakthrough role was in the film Clueless. Other notable roles included the film A Night at the Roxbury, Beverly Hills, 90210 as "Ginger LaMonica" and playing "Morgan Cavanaugh" on the television sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. She has also recently played "Sharona" on Disney's "Sonny With a Chance," and will be seen in the upcoming films "Complacent" and "The Dog Who Saved Christmas." Donovan is currently starring in the web-series, The Lake,^[2] on TheWB.com. Additionally, Donavan is playing "Gayle," an insurance agent in the small town of "Maple Grove," in the popular web series, "In Gayle We Trust," on NBC.com.^[3] "Gayle" can also be seen on the American Family Insurance website, www.amfam.com. She has also recently (2009) had a part in the movie A Golden Christmas. In the film, she played Anna, the funny, younger sister of the main character. In 2006 she played a guest role in the NCIS episode "Dead and Unburied".^[4] She admitted to being a "hard-core anorexic" between 1993 and 1995 and her weight dropped to 90 pounds. She contributed a story to the book Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul regarding her battles with anorexia. She began to turn her life around when her eating disorder caused her to have a mild heart attack.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Elisa Donovan at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website