Elizabeth Gracen

Elizabeth Gracen
Born	Elizabeth Ward Gracen
Years active	1987-present

Elizabeth Ward Gracen is an American actress known almost as much for her off-screen activities as for her movie and television roles. She was born "Elizabeth Ward" but should not be confused with another Elizabeth Ward who worked as a television actress during the first half of the 1980s.

Early life, beauty and acting careers

Born on 3 April 1960 in Ozark, Arkansas, and raised in Booneville, Arkansas,U.S., the daughter of Jimmy Young Ward and Patricia "Pat" (Murphy) Ward, she won the titles of Miss Arkansas in 1981 and Miss America in 1982. She posed nude for Playboy magazine in the May 1992 issue. She built an acting career, and in 1989, while filming Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, she met actor Brendan Hughes and they married soon after. The couple divorced in 1994. Before that she was married to John Birmingham. Gracen gave birth to a daughter, Quinlan Murphy, on July 28, 2005.

Elizabeth Gracen's best-known acting role has been as the character of the Immortal Amanda in the series Highlander, and its spin-off from that character, Highlander: The Raven.

"Rough Sex" with Bill Clinton

During the time of the sex scandals involving then-President Bill Clinton, Gracen admitted that she had had "rough sex" with Clinton in 1983 when he was Governor of Arkansas. A friend of hers had claimed Gracen was raped by Clinton. After Gracen's admission she was publicly thanked by Clinton lawyers without admitting or denying Clinton had had "rough sex" with her.

Filmography

• Interceptor Force 2 (2002) (TV) - Adriana Sikes
• Highlander: The Raven (1998) TV Series - Amanda Darieux aka Amanda Montrose (1998-1999)
• Kounterfeit (1996) - Bridgette
• Extreme (1995) TV Series - Callie Manners (1995)
• The Expert (1995) - Liz Pierce
• Highlander (1992) TV Series - Amanda Darieux (1994-1998)
• Discretion Assured (1993) - Miranda
• Final Mission (1993) (V) - Caitlin Cole
• The Sands of Time (1992) (TV)
• Lower Level (1992) (V) - Hillary
• Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991) - Alice
• 83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990) (TV) - Maria Ranfield
• Marked for Death (1990) - Melissa
• The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990) (TV) - Jasmin
• Lisa (1989) - Mary
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1989) (TV)
• Pass the Ammo (1988) - Christie Lynn
• Three for the Road (1987) - Nadine

External links

• Elizabeth Gracen at IMDb