Elizabeth Gracen

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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.

1 Early life, beauty and acting careers
2 "Rough Sex" with Bill Clinton
3 Filmography
4 External links

[edit] Early life, beauty and acting careers

Born on 3 April 1961 in Ozark, Arkansas, and raised in Booneville, Arkansas,USA, 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. 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.

[edit] "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.

[edit] 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