Elizabeth Lackey Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Elizabeth: (on missing Australia) I miss it, but you go where the work is… until you can afford to retire and go where you want!

Elizabeth: I don’t have a competitive nature, so I didn’t want to win anything. So Heroes is great because I actually get to act. I don’t have the type of role where I’ve got to be gorgeous or glamorous or worried about my weight or what I look like.

Elizabeth: (on becoming a mother for the first time) I guess I'm nervous and excited. I really don't have a clue what to do, but I'm sure I can just make it up as I go along.

Elizabeth: (on the theatre) I am most content when I am on stage pretending to be somebody else.

Lackey: (on her worst job) "The worst job I ever had was being a checkout girl. I couldn't handle it at all. I was only there for about a day before I had had enough."

Elizabeth: Heroes is great because I actually get to act. I don't have the type of role where I've got to be gorgeous or glamorous.

Trivia

When she worked as a model, she was nicknamed 'Slackey' because she was supposed to call in everyday, but never did.

She was originally cast in John Doe to play Jamie Avery, but she was recast and replaced by Jayne Brook.

She starred in a commercial for tampons when her career was just beginning in Australia.

She loves to work alongside Greg Grunberg, who plays her on-screen husband on Heroes.

Her and her husband own two dogs named Punks and Oscar.

She enjoys not being as famous as other celebrities. But, she does enjoy getting recognition for her work.

Elizabeth’s husband’s name is Ben. They married in in a beach service at Byron Bay, Australia in 2006.