Liesl was born on August 17, 1979 in Norwalk, Connecticut
and is the middle child of three girls. Shortly after she was
born she and her family moved to London, England, followed
by Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. in the Middle East and in 1987 her family
moved back to the United States to Far Hills, NJ.

Her first acting experience came in middle school when she
was in "The Wizard of Oz" and at that point she was hooked.
Although she had been singing since she was 8 years old, this
was her first taste of acting. Once she got to high school she
joined the Drama Club, participated in the musicals spring plays
and one acts. She began taking musical theatre and acting
classes at HB Studio in NYC on her weekends and during the
summer of her junior year she enrolled at North Carolina School
of the Arts for a summer course in Filmmaking and that was
when she knew that TV and Film would be a part of her future.

She graduated high school in 1997 and went on to college
at the University of NC at Greensboro where she received
her BFA in Acting degree in May of 2001. While at UNCG

she appeared on "Dawson's Creek," a CBS TV movie "Holy Joe" with John Ritter and commercials for
FORD Focus and Mountain Dew.

Upon graduation she moved back home, to NJ, for the summer and then to Manhattan, NY on
September 1, 2001 to pursue her acting career full time!  Since her move to NYC she has appeared
on the daytime drama "Guiding Light" and will be featured in the upcoming movie starring Julia Roberts,
Kirsten Dunst and Julia Stiles entitled "Mona Lisa Smile." 

Liesl feels her travels around the world to Kenya, Australia, Sweden, Bangkok, Argentina, Paris, Oman,
Tahiti, Italy, Hong Kong, and many others including having lived in London and the U.A.E. have
familiarized her with many different cultures, customs, languages and people.  These experiences along
with the constant love and support from her family and friends has made her a more diverse and open
person, which she hopes will allow her to have a positive influence on the people she comes in contact
with no matter where her career does or does not take her.

You may contact Liesl at LieslEhardt@aol.com