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Lizzy Caplan Profile |
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Birth Date: June 30, 1982
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Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birth Name: Elizabeth Anne Caplan
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
Lizzy Caplan is an
American actress. She is best known for her roles in the CBS
show The Class, in the 2004 film Mean Girls, and the 2008
film Cloverfield.
Caplan was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in a
Reform Jewish family. She attended Alexander Hamilton High
School in Los Angeles, where she starred in such productions
as Much Ado about Nothing and You Can't Take It with You.
Caplan began her television acting career in 1999, when she
played the minor role of Sara on the short-lived series
Freaks and Geeks. She had a series of guest appearances on
other shows, and has been a guest on Sharon Osbourne's talk
show. Lizzy also appeared in Jason Mraz's music video for
"You and I Both". Another of her major television characters
came on Smallville. She debuted on that show on November 6,
2001, playing "freak of the week" Tina Greer on the episode
"X-Ray". She reprised her role on the show on January 14,
2003, in the episode "Visage". For two episodes she also
appeared on the series, Once and Again, as a girl named
Sarah, playing an ex-girlfriend of Katie Singer (Mischa
Barton).
Although she was already an experienced actress, she gained
much notice in the 2004 movie Mean Girls, where she played
alternative styled girl Janis Ian, named for
singer-songwriter Janis Ian. In 2003, she starred in the
television series The Pitts, playing Faith Pitt. In the
second season of Tru Calling, she played Avery Bishop, a
friend of Tru Davies.
Caplan landed a starring role in 2005, playing Marjee
Sorelli, the troubled sister in Related, a one-hour dramedy
on The WB. The show was cancelled after one season. In 2006,
Caplan played the starring role of Sara Weller in Wesley
Strick's thriller, Love is the Drug. After Related ended,
Caplan was cast in the CBS sitcom The Class, which premiered
on September 18, 2006 and lasted one season. The final
episode aired March 5, 2007.
Caplan, along with Jason Ritter, presented a People's Choice
Award for Favorite Soundtrack From a Movie, in January 2007.
On May 16, 2007, the CBS sitcom The Class was announced as
officially canceled. The Class was taped in front of a live
studio audience in Burbank, California on Stage 24, the same
soundstage that popular sitcom Friends was filmed on. Lizzy,
along with her co-star Heather Goldenhersh, appeared on the
talk show The View in early 2007.
Lizzy has recently appeared in the J.J. Abrams project,
Cloverfield, where she plays Marlena Diamond. She is
currently filming the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Girl
where she plays Ami, the roommate of Kate Hudson's character
Alexis, which is due out September 19 2008. She is also
lending her voice to the character of Faith Pitt, in the
animated version of her canceled TV show, The Pitts in 2009.
Caplan has recently been nominated for a Saturn award for
her work in Cloverfield as "Best Supporting Actress". Caplan
has just finished a short film with Cloverfield co-star T.J.
Miller entitled Successful Alcoholics, which will be
released on the internet sometime in the summer.
Caplan resides in the Hollywood Hills with some roommates.
She has a cat named Lisa Turtle, which she named after her
favorite character on Saved By The Bell. She is going to be
the godmother of friend Busy Philipps' daughter when she is
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Other
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She graduated from the prestigious Hamilton Academy of Music
in Los Angeles, California, Class of 2000. Her classmates
included actor Emile Hirsch.
Has an older sister, Julie.
Has an older brother, Ben.
Named one of Variety's Top 10 Actors to Watch 2006.
Grew up in a Reform Jewish family.
Lives in the Hollywood Hills.
Loves the show "Saved by the Bell" (1989).
Has a cat named Lisa Turtle.
Her character from Cloverfield, Marlena Diamond, has her own
MySpace. |
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since June 10, 2008