 At 14, Elliott began her modeling career with Ford Models, and in 1989, she moved to Los Angeles to star as a teen-aged model on the TV sitcom "Living Dolls" (1989).Elliott is known for the films "The Underneath" (1995), "The Spitfire Grill" (1996), "The Wings of the Dove" (1997) (for which she received a SAG Awards nomination), "The Miracle Worker" (2000), and "Birth" (2004).She also portrayed Virginia "Jinny" St. George in the BBC production of Edith Wharton's 'The Buccaneers' (1995).