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  Though she has an Ivy League degree, Leslie Stefanson decided to parlay her all-American beauty into a modeling and acting career in the 1990s. Raised in Moorhead, MN, Stefanson left behind her small-town roots to attend Columbia University's Barnard College in New York City. First stepping in front of the cameras as a model, Stefanson added acting to her resume a couple of years after graduation with a bit part in the comedy The Cowboy Way (1994). Stefanson bolstered her new career with small roles in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) and Flubber (1997), as well as playing Helen Hunt's fellow waitress in the Oscar-winning hit As Good As It Gets (1997). Stefanson landed her first starring role in the comic thriller Delivered (1998), but it was the flashy John Travolta vehicle The General's Daughter (1999) that finally earned her more than passing notice. As the mysteriously murdered title character, Stefanson's wholesome blondeness became an innocent, fragile surface for the military woman's seamy after-hours exploits and dark past. Though the critics deemed the onscreen treatment of the general's daughter grossly exploitative, complete with an overly stylized gang rape, The General's Daughter became a summer hit. Stefanson further raised her profile the following year by playing Joan Kennedy in the TV miniseries Jackie, Ethel, Joan: the Women of Camelot (2000) and by taking a small role in Hollywood wunderkind M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable (2000). But her lead performance in Sally Field's critically lambasted beauty pageant satire Beautiful (2000), was little-seen. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

  Alien Hunter (2003) .... Nyla Olson
The Hunted (2003) .... Irene Kravitz
"MDs" (2002) TV Series .... Shelly Pangborn
Desert Saints (2002) .... Agent Donna Marbury
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001) (TV) .... Joan Kennedy
... aka Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Kennedy Women (USA: video title)
The Stickup (2001) .... Natalie Wright
Untitled Charles Randolph Project (2001) (TV)
Unbreakable (2000) .... Kelly
Beautiful (2000) .... Joyce Parkins

The General's Daughter (1999) .... Capt. Elisabeth Campbell
... aka Wehrlos - Die Tochter des Generals (Germany)
Break Up (1998) .... Shelly
Delivered (1998) .... Claire Moore
... aka Death by Pizza (USA: TV title)
As Good as It Gets (1997) .... Cafe 24 Waitress
Flubber (1997) .... Sylvia
... aka Disney's Flubber: The Absent Minded Professor (promotional title)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) .... Michelle Rafferty
... aka Burn Hollywood Burn (UK: video title)
Fool's Paradise (1997) .... Elizabeth 'Liz'
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) .... Sara Myers
The Cowboy Way (1994) .... Girl at Party