Leslie Stefanson (born May 10, 1971) 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.
Biography Stefanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1971, and raised in Moorhead, Minnesota, the youngest of three girls. Her father, Randy Gustafson, was a lawyer while her mother, Corinne, operated a clothing store. She is of Icelandic heritage, with her paternal grandparents, Skúli Stefánsson and Heffie Einarson, emigrating from Iceland. She studied literature in New Jersey at Drew University and in New York City at Columbia University. 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 advertisement for Lee's Jeans in 1997, which was shown during the Super Bowl.
In August 2008, Stefanson gave birth to her first child, a son, with actor James Spader.
As of 2024, she makes bronze and terracotta sculptures in New York City.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1994 The Cowboy Way Girl At Party 1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces Sara Myers 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 1998 Break Up Shelly 1999 The General's Daughter Captain Elisabeth Campbell 2000 Beautiful Joyce Parkins 2000 Unbreakable Kelly 2001 The Stickup Natalie Wright 2001 Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot Joan Bennett Kennedy TV miniseries 2002 Desert Saints FBI Agent Donna Marbury 2002 MDs Shelly Pangborn 10 episodes 2003 The Hunted Irene Kravitz 2003 Alien Hunter Nyla Olson 2019 Glass Kelly Archival footage from Unbreakable
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