From All Movie Guide: Hailed by Interview Magazine as one of the "14 To Be" emerging creative women back in October of 2004, Independent Spirit Award nominee Elizabeth Reaser has proven to be one of the most promising onscreen talents of her generation thanks to memorable roles in the independent drama Sweet Land and the hit medical drama Grey's Anatomy. The Bloomfield, Michigan native worked a series of odd jobs before graduating from high school and enrolling in Oakland University - eventually realizing that her only hope for escaping the Midwest and accomplishing her goal of becoming an actress was convincing her parents to let her study drama at Juilliard's. Much to her surprise, Reaser's parents were entirely supportive of her decision and the aspiring actress was soon enrolled in one of the most prestigious drama programs in the country. In May of 1999 Reaser graduated from Julliard's with her M.F.A. and went about the formidable task of procuring an agent. A supporting role in the long-running daytime drama Guiding Light proved just the break Reaser needed to get her foot in the door, with stage roles in a La Jolla Playhouse revival of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth and a New York Classic Stage Company production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale (in which she appeared opposite David Strathairn and Barbara Garrick) following in quick succession. Shortly thereafter, the rising star would make her London debut as the kept girlfriend of a Lower East Side addict in a critically acclaimed production of Adam Rapp's intense play Blackbird. Despite her notable stage presence, however, it was Reaser's roles in film and television that truly served to solidify her career as an actress. One the heels of supporting roles in such profile releases as Thirteen Conversations About One Thing and Stay, Reaser scaled back to surprising effect with her Independent Spirit-nominated performance as a lovelorn immigrant in director Ali Selim's 2005 period drama Sweet Land. Later that same year, Reaser would find herself sharing the screen with Diane Keaton and Sarah Jessica Parker in The Family Stone. Back on the small screen, a recurring role as a pregnant mother suffering from amnesia following an intense ferry accident in Grey's Anatomy found Reaser the anchor for one of the show's most memorable storylines. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide