Elizabeth Hendrickson (born July 3, 1979) is an American actress. Her big break came when she was cast as character Frankie Stone on the daytime drama All My Children. Her equally popular role of Maggie Stone, the character's identical twin, launched the character into iconic status as one half of supercouple Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone.
Following her departure from All My Children, Hendrickson guest starred in several primetime shows. Since 2008, she starred as fashion vixen Chloe Mitchell on The Young and the Restless.
Early life
Hendrickson was born in New York City. Her family later moved to Northport, Long Island, and maintained a home there. At an early age, Hendrickson showed an interest in the performing arts. "Artistic people have always surrounded me," she stated in a Q&A interview, citing her actor/artist family as her inspiration for wanting to become an actress. "Their talent and love for the arts continue to inspire me and always will." Her cousin is documentary filmmaker Dennis Michael Lynch. By the age of 5, Hendrickson was tap dancing on tabletops at family weddings. Unfortunately, the Culliton murder storyline could not be rewritten, so Frankie was killed and Bianca's mother, Erica Kane (Susan Lucci), was seen standing over her corpse holding a gun.
This prompted uproar in the soap opera community,
Bianca and Maggie became one of the most demanded couples in soap opera history. Hendrickson subsequently gained a loyal lesbian following. In 2006, Lesbianation.com, self-proclaimed as the leading online community for lesbians, voted her on their top ten list of Women We Love. The following year, Hendrickson again made the list.
Hendrickson portrayed the popular role of Maggie until February 2005. Onscreen, Maggie exited Pine Valley with Bianca, traveling with her and her daughter, Miranda, to live in Paris. In late 2005, during Bianca's visit to Pine Valley, it was revealed that Maggie and Bianca had become lovers offscreen. In real life, Hendrickson and former castmate Eden Riegel have since separately moved to Los Angeles, and are pursuing other acting ventures. Riegel, however, did return to All My Children for a year, as part of a major storyline in late 2006, early 2007. Hendrickson returned again in January 2007 for a short 3-week stint. Her last airdate was February 7, 2007 when her character returned to Paris.
Other roles
Since leaving All My Children, Hendrickson has earned guest starring roles in the television shows Medium, Cold Case, CSI: Miami and an uncredited role in Criminal Minds. She was to guest star on an episode of Criminal Minds titled Doubt on April 25, 2007, in the role of Katie, but the episode was pulled in deference to the tragedy at Virginia Tech and similar subject matter. The episode became the Season 3 premiere instead.
Hendrickson signed on to play the role of Chloe Mitchell, a fashionista who stirs up trouble on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless in early 2008. It was revealed on the August 29, 2008 episode that the character was actually Kate, daughter of Katherine Chancellor's maid, Esther Valentine. Hendrickson exited the program in May 2014, but made guest appearances in October 2014 and October 2015. In May 2016 it was announced that Hendrickson would be returning to The Young and the Restless. She appeared from July 2016 to July 2017. She returned again in June 2019, and has remained on the series on a recurring status. In June 2023, Henderson announced on Instagram that she was no longer under contract.
Hendrickson has starred in the web series Imaginary Bitches with Riegel. In May 2018, it was announced that Hendrickson had joined the cast of General Hospital as Margaux Dawson. However, she left the show the following year in order to return to her role on The Young and the Restless.
Personal life
Hendrickson married Rob Meder on June 29, 2019, after becoming engaged in December 2018. The couple have one daughter, born on March 27, 2020. Hendrickson's pregnancy was written into her character's storyline on The Young and the Restless.
Filmography
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! scope="col" | Year
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! scope="col" | Role
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! colspan="4"| Film
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| 2005 || Searching for Bobby D || Denise || TV movie
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| 2006 || That Guy || 411 Partygoer || Comedic short
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! colspan="10"| Television
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| 2001 || Law & Order: Special Victims Unit || Mandy Schumacher || Episode: "Consent"
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| 2006 || Medium || Mindy || Episode: "Method to His Madness"
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| 2006 || Cold Case || Emma Elizabeth Vine - 1968 || Episode: "Debut"
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| 2006 || CSI: Miami || Rebecca Roth || Episode: "Going, Going, Gone"
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| 2001–05, 2007 || All My Children || Mary Frances "Frankie" Stone / Mary Margaret "Maggie" Stone || Contract roles
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| 2006–07 || Criminal Minds || Amy Cole / Katie || Episodes: "P911" & "Doubt"
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| 2008–17; 2019–present || The Young and the Restless || Chloe Mitchell || Contract role; February 6, 2008 – May 27, 2014; <br> guest star: October 14, 2014 and October 12-October 14, 2015
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| 2015 || NCIS: New Orleans || Beth ||
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| 2015 || Major Crimes || Sarah ||
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| 2018–19 || General Hospital || Margaux Dawson || Contract role; May 29, 2018 – June 18, 2019
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! colspan="4"| Other work
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| rowspan ="1"| unknown || Tide || Young wife || TV commercial
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| 2009 || McDonald's || Girlfriend || TV commercial
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| 2009 || Bud Light: Language of Love || Hot girl || TV commercial
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| 2009 || Ford Fusion: Ice || Girlfriend || TV commercial
|}
Awards and nominations
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|+List of acting awards and nominations
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|Daytime Emmy Award
| Outstanding New Approaches - (Daytime Entertainment)
| Imaginary Bitches
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|Daytime Emmy Award
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
| The Young and the Restless
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|Daytime Emmy Award
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
| The Young and the Restless
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| Daytime Emmy Award
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|The Young and the Restless
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! scope="row"|
| Daytime Emmy Award
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|The Young and the Restless
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References
External links
- Elizabeth Hendrickson in Bud Light Commercial
- Elizabeth Hendrickson in Ford Fusion Commercial
- Imaginary Bitches Web Series