Elise Mayfield
Birth Name:
Elise Mayfield
Birth Place:
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Profession
Actress
Fast Facts
- Earned her M․A․ in Interdisciplinary Arts at Columbia College Chicago
- Graduated from the University of Mississippi with honors and a BFA in Musical Theater
- Studied at I․O․ Chicago, The Second City Conservatory and The Artistic Home
- An e-learning administrator, she joined the season five cast of "MasterChef․"
- Became a member of The Ruckus and the Brain Surgeon Theater companies
- Her theater credits include "The Life and Death of Madam Barker" and "Zombie Project: The Sad World․"
- Moved from Alabama to Chicago, where she pursued dual careers as an actor and a baker
- Her special skills include jumping rope and hula hooping
- Started cooking as a hobby after moving to Chicago and realizing she couldn't find her favorite comfort foods from home there without making them herself
- When she was a child, she based her decision on whether to attend theater camp or summer camp on which one had air conditioning