Editing Elizabeth Gracen (section)

==Career==
===Pageants and modeling===
[[File:Elizabeth Ward, Miss America press photo (cropped).jpg |right |thumb |Gracen as [[Miss America 1982]]]]
Gracen won the titles of [[Miss Arkansas]] in 1981 and [[Miss America]] in 1982. After her yearlong work as Miss America, she enrolled in acting classes then relocated to [[California]] to pursue a film and television career.

Gracen posed nude for ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's May 1992 issue.<ref name=Playboy92>{{cite journal| journal= [[Playboy]]| title= [Unknown]| date= May 1992}}</ref>

===Acting===
Gracen made her professional feature film debut in ''Three For The Road'' with [[Charlie Sheen]]. Her film credits also include a featured role in ''[[Marked for Death]]'', opposite [[Steven Seagal]], ''Pass The Ammo'' with [[Tim Curry]], and the CBS feature ''83 Hours Till Dawn'' with [[Peter Strauss]] and [[Robert Urich]]. Gracen starred in ''[[Lower Level]]'' and ''Discretion Assured'' with [[Michael York (actor)|Michael York]].

On television, Gracen has appeared in [[Shelley Duvall]]'s ''[[Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'', [[Sidney Sheldon]]'s ''[[The Sands of Time (Sheldon novel)|The Sands of Time]],'' and [[The Death of the Incredible Hulk|''The'' ''Death of the Incredible Hulk'']]. She also appeared with a starring role in the series ''Extreme'' for NBC and the syndicated series ''[[Renegade (TV series)|Renegade]]'' and ''[[Queen of Swords (TV series)|Queen of Swords]]''.

Gracen's best-known acting role has been as the recurring character [[Amanda (Highlander)|Amanda]], a 1,200-year-old immortal, in the series ''[[Highlander: The Series]]'' and its spin-off series ''[[Highlander: The Raven]]''.

[[File:Elizabeth Gracen by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Gracen, speaking about writing at [[TusCon]] 43 in Tucson, Arizona (2016)]]
In December 1999,<ref name=comgrawc /> Gracen filed for bankruptcy protection.<ref name=comgrawc /> After few television guest roles, and a supporting role in the made-for-television movie ''Interceptor Force 2'', she took a long leave of absence from acting, beginning in 2002. Gracen began doing voiceover work for Blue Hours Productions, which has revived the classic radio anthology ''[[Suspense (radio drama)|Suspense]]'', which airs on [[Sirius XM]].  In 2012, Gracen did a character voice-over in the Malaysian animated science fiction film ''[[War of the Worlds: Goliath]]''.

===Directing, producing, and writing===
In 2012, Gracen formed Flapper Films.<ref>{{cite news| first= Claudia| last= Palma| title=Lineage Performing Arts Center to screen documentary highlighting dancing with Parkinson's classes| url=http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/health/20150813/lineage-performing-arts-center-to-screen-documentary-highlighting-dancing-with-parkinsons-classes|access-date=21 March 2016|work=The Pasadena Star-News|date=13 August 2015}}</ref> In 2014, she starred in ''Coherence'', a sci-fi indie thriller.<ref>{{cite news | last =Barnard | first = Linda | title =Coherence: Comet shakes things up in thriller: review | work= thestar.com| date =18 September 2016 | url =https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/09/18/coherence_comet_shakes_things_up_in_thriller_review.html | access-date =14 July 2016}}</ref> In January 2016, Gracen established Flapper Press and self-published ''Shalilly'', a young adult fantasy novel.<ref>{{cite news | last = Keegan  | first = Simon | title =Highlander star and Miss America Elizabeth Gracen launches new career as children's book author | work= mirror.co.uk| date =13 April 2016 | url =https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/highlander-star-miss-america-elizabeth-7744222| access-date =14 July 2016}}</ref>

Gracen made her directorial debut with a [[documentary film|documentary]] [[short film|short]], "The Damn Deal," about three young [[drag queen]]s from Arkansas who compete in female impersonator beauty pageants.