Law and Order
Lisa Banes
Character
Elaine Frye Cavanaugh
Date of birth
July 9, 1955
Place of birth
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Date of death
June 14, 2021
Place of death
New York City, New York
IMDb profile

Lisa Lu Banes was an actress who guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Totem" as Elaine Frye Cavanaugh.

She is best known for her portrayals of Eve McBain on the soap-opera series One Life To Live and Ellen Collins on the comedy-drama series Royal Pains.

In 2014, she appeared in David Fincher's Gone Girl as Marybeth Elliott, mother of Amy Elliott (Rosamund Pike).

Banes was struck by a motor scooter in New York City on June 4, 2021, suffering severe brain trauma. She died of her injuries ten days later at Mount Sinai Hospital.