Elisa grew up between Italy, Egypt and Paris. In 2006, after finishing school, she started to model full time in Paris, Milan, London, Barcelona and New York, although her first experiences were in 2003 when she was noticed in Paris and appeared in 2 main fashion editorials by Oscar Falk on Harper’s Bazaar.
Elisa has shot numerous world class photographers, including Ellen Von Unwerth, Albert Watson, Aldo Fallai, Oliviero Toscani, Michel Comte, Antoine Verglas, Giovanni Gastel, and she has been featured in editorials for top level magazines, such as WWD, L'Officel, Citizen K, Vogue France, Amica, Harpers Bazzar, D Della Repubblica, Mixt.
She has featured several international advertising campaigns including Diesel, Hogan, Rare, L'oreal Paries, Emilo Pucci, Victoria Secret, Brioni, Women Secret, Love Moschino. Recently, she has also played in several TV commercials such as BMW, Diesel Fuel for Life and John Frida.
From September 2007 till April 2008, Elisa starred in her first feature film, Eastern Drift directed by Sharunas Bartas and which will be released in 2009. In October 2008, Elisa shot the short movie La Baie Du Renard in Marseille, France, next to Pierre Torreton and directed by French actor Gregoire Colin. The film was selected to close the Critics Week (Semaine de la Critique) at Cannes Fim Festival 2009.
From April to June 2009 she's been shooting Christopher Thompson's first feature film, Bus Palladium, co-starring with Marc Andre' Grondin and Arthur Dupont, released in 2010.