Elizabeth Saunders

{{Short description|British actress}}

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| birth_name = Elizabeth Brown

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1986–present

| spouse = Cliff Saunders (m. 1994)

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Elizabeth Saunders (née Brown) is a Canadian actress who has acted on stages throughout Canada over her career, including performing in several seasons at the Shaw Festival where she appeared in This Happy Breed, Counsellor-At-Law, Too True To Be Good, among other productions.

She is best known for playing Donna in the American television series From (2022).{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2021-09-14 |title=From: Corteon Moore, David Alpay, Elizabeth Saunders, Elizabeth Moy Join Epix Horror Series |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/from-corteon-moore-david-alpay-elizabeth-saunders-elizabeth-moy-epix-horror-series-1234832597/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Deadline}}{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=Nominee Interview Series: Elizabeth Saunders |url=https://www.myentertainmentworld.ca/2019/02/elizabeth-saunders/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=My Entertainment World |language=en-US}} as for her role as the voice of Mrs Turtle in the Canadian animated series Franklin (1997-2004). She is credited for over 80 on screen and voice acting roles including in The Shrouds 2024, The Boondock Saints (1999), Slings & Arrows (2005), It (2017), Alias Grace (2017), When Hope Calls (2019) and Clarice (2021).{{Cite web |date=2023-05-10 |title=FROM: Donna's Boisterousness Frightened Elizabeth Saunders |url=https://www.looper.com/1282522/from-donnas-boisterousness-frightened-elizabeth-saunders/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Looper |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Link: Elizabeth Saunders on her Mary Kills People role and joining the cast {{!}} TV, eh? |url=https://www.tv-eh.com/2019/05/26/link-elizabeth-saunders-on-her-mary-kills-people-role-and-joining-the-cast/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.tv-eh.com|date=26 May 2019 }} She is also the voice of Mailperson Mary on Henry's World.

She received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting actress nomination for her role as Donna in From at the 52nd annual Saturn awards [https://deadline.com/2024/12/saturn-awards-nominations-2025-list-1236195149/], a Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Program or Series at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for her performance in Mary Kills People,Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2020/02/18/csas-20-schitts-creek-breaks-awards-record-with-26-noms/ "CSAs '20: Schitt's Creek breaks awards record with 26 noms"]. Playback, February 18, 2020. and won an ACTRA Award in 2024 for her performance in the short film SmokeBreak.Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/sort-of-takes-members-choice-series-ensemble-award-at-actra-toronto-awards/ "'Sort Of' takes Members' Choice Series Ensemble honour at ACTRA Toronto awards"]. Broadcast Dialogue, April 23, 2024.