Elizabeth Kapuûuwailani Lindsey (born April 17, 1956) is an actor, filmmaker and anthropologist. As an anthropologist, she works "to find, preserve and share the knowledge and traditions of indigenous populations before they disappear." She is also the first female National Geographic fellow and the first Polynesian explorer at the National Geographic Society.
Her work recognizes Pius "Mau" Piailug (Mau Piailug) of Micronesia, her mentor with whom she studied ethnonavigation.
Lindsey directed and produced Then There Were None, a 1996 documentary film that chronicles the plight of native Hawaiians. It received the CINE Golden Eagle Award.
Lindsey has also worked as an actor, perhaps most prominently in the recurring role of the nurse Mai on China Beach. Her guest roles include appearances on ' ("Home Soil"), The Byrds of Paradise, Magnum, P.I., and a number of other television shows and movies.
She was crowned Miss Hawaii in 1978.
Lindsey was married to John W. A. "Doc" Buyers, former chairman and chief executive officer of C. Brewer & Co., from 1999 until his death in 2006.
Lindsey married George D. Crowley, III in 2018.