At 14, Elliott began her modeling career with Ford Models, and in 1989, she moved to
Los Angeles to star as a teen-aged model on the TV sitcom
Living Dolls (1989). Elliott is known for the films
The Underneath (1995),
The Spitfire Grill (1996),
The Wings of the Dove (1997) (for which she received Supporting Actress nominations for both a
Screen Actors Guild Award and
Boston Society of Film Critics Award, and a win from the
Las Vegas Film Critics Society),
The Miracle Worker (2000), and
Birth (2004). She also portrayed Virginia "Jinny" St. George in the
BBC mini-series production of
Edith Wharton's
The Buccaneers (1995). In 2007's critically acclaimed
western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Elliott appeared alongside
Brad Pitt,
Casey Affleck,
Sam Rockwell and
Paul Schneider in the role of Martha Bolton, the older sister of
Robert Ford. In addition to her film and television roles, Elliott has narrated multiple audio books, including ''Belle Prater's Boy
by Ruth White and its sequel, The Search for Belle Prater''. == Filmography ==