Article: I was ready to quit and go home .. but life changed in just 24 hours; TV BABE ELISHA ON HER RISE AS HOLLYWOOD'S GIRL NEXT DOOR.(News)

Byline: DREW MacKENZIE

DEPRESSED and despondent, Elisha Cuthbert was ready to give up on her Hollywood dreams and head for home.

When she arrived in Los Angeles alone at 17, the beautiful Canadian had given herself six months to make it in a town strewn with shattered dreams.

But with just two weeks left to her deadline, Elisha was suddenly picked for a new TV drama, 24.

The show, in which she plays Kiefer Sutherland's rebellious daughter Kim Bauer, became a massive hit.

Three years on, Elisha, now a central character in the ...

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