Biography
Elizabeth Reaser is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for her role as Esme Cullen in the Twilight Saga.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Uninvited
2025
as Rose
Rose and Sammy enjoy an idyllic life with love, a Hollywood Hills home, and a curious son. During a party, Sammy assigns unusual significance to it, w...

Dark Harvest
2023
as Donna Shepard
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the to...

Embattled
2020
as Susan
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

Nightmare Cinema
2018
as Helen
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought ...

Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
as Alice Zander
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evi...

Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015
as Dr. Edwards
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.

One & Two
2015
as Elizabeth
In an isolated farmhouse, located in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a mysterious wooden wall, Zac and Eva, two siblings gifted with extraordi...

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
as Esme Cullen
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in fron...

Liberal Arts
2012
as Ana
Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a bo...

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011
as Esme Cullen
Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.

Young Adult
2011
as Beth Slade
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

The Art of Getting By
2011
as Charlotte Howe
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally,...

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010
as Esme Cullen
Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her que...

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
as Esme Cullen
Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob...

Against the Current
2009
as Liz Clarke
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.

Twilight
2008
as Esme Cullen
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be...

Purple Violets
2007
as Bernadette
Patti Petalson is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream. She longs to return to her writing, especially af...

The Wedding Weekend
2006
as Julep
A group of guys who sang together in a college a cappella group reunite 15 years later to perform at a friend's wedding and discover how their lives h...

Puccini for Beginners
2006
as Allegra
When her inability to commit leads to a breakup with her girlfriend, opera-loving writer Allegra winds up in the bed of amiable professor Philip. He i...

The Family Stone
2005
as Susannah Stone Trousdale
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that sh...

Sweet Land
2005
as Inge Altenberg
Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.

Stay
2005
as Athena
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and ...

Mind the Gap
2004
as Malissa Zubach
Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.

Killing Emmett Young
2002
as Alison Holmes
In the Philadelphia police department, Emmett Young is a hotshot, a workaholic newly promoted to homicide. He learns he has a disease that will soon k...

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
as Young Woman in Class
The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of...

The Believer
2001
as Miriam
A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy ...