I don't know what Elizabeth you are speaking of, but I presume it was because she was a female Shakespearean actress who was acting after the year 1660 sometime. Sometimes actresses play the male roles in Shakespeare as well.
Females were not allowed to play on stage so men and boys played all the female roles.
Shakespeares "Othello"
The audience
Miranda
All seasons.
In Shakespeare's time, all female roles were played by young boys or men because women were not allowed to perform on stage. This was a common practice due to societal norms and restrictions at the time.
Females were not allowed to play on stage so men and boys played all the female roles.
all of them
Women were barred from the stage. Female parts were acted by Boy Players whose voices had not deepened through puberty. Some were apprentices learning the art of acting as a profession. On occasion older men might play comic women characters in the same way that Monty Python or Tyler Perry do women's roles.
Ophelia
Shakespeares "Othello"
The audience
hamlet
James I, who became patron of the acting company Shakespeare belonged to and who regularly had them play the palace, much more often than Queen Elizabeth did.
Julius Caesar
Miranda
All seasons.