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Shiri Appleby Profile |
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Birth Date: December 7, 1978
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Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birth Name: Shiri Freda Appleby
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Height: 5'3"
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Biography |
Shiri Appleby is an American actress best known for
her leading role as Liz Parker in the Roswell television
series.
Appleby and her younger brother, Evan, were raised by their
parents in the San Fernando Valley (northwest of downtown
Los Angeles, over the Hollywood Hills, in Los Angeles
County). Her father, Jerry Appleby, is a Jewish American
telecommunications executive and her mother, Dina Bouader,
is an Israeli-born school teacher. Shiri has brown eyes,
brown hair and is around 5'3" tall. She has a scar above her
left eyebrow, resulting from a dog bite when she was young.
She graduated from Calabasas High School (Calabasas,
California) in 1996 and went on to major in English
literature at the University of Southern California while
also studying theater arts. She is known for her work in the
community and active participation in charity events.
Shiri began her acting career at the age of four, starting
with advertising for various products such as Cheerios and
M&M's. Her first advertisement was for Raisin Bran but it
was never aired. She has had guest appearances on many
television programs, most notably thirtysomething (1987),
Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), ER (1994), Baywatch (1989), Xena:
Warrior Princess (1995), 7th Heaven (1996) and Beverly Hills
90210 (1990). For Roswell, she tried out for the roles of
both Isabel and Maria before landing the role of Liz Parker.
She has also had minor roles in a significant number of
movies before Roswell.
Shiri was in Bon Jovi's music video "It's My Life" with Will
Estes. She was also featured throughout the 2004 music video
for the song "I Don't Want To Be" by Gavin DeGraw. She also
appeared in Sense Field's music video "Save Yourself" which
is part of the soundtrack and featured in the second DVD
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Other
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Audtioned for all 3 female roles on "Roswell" (1999) several
times before being cast as Liz.
Her first name, Shiri, means "song of mine" in Hebrew.
Has a younger brother, Evan.
Attended the University of Southern California, studying
English literature in addition to theatre arts.
Was voted "Most Spirited" by her classmates at Calabasas
High.
Graduated from Calabasas High School (located in Los
Angeles' West San Fernando Valley) class of 1997.
Graduated in 1997 from Calabasas High School (located in Los
Angeles' West San Fernando Valley) where she was voted "Most
Spirited" by classmates. While in high school, she was on
yearbook committee, student council, and was a cheerleader
for one year.
Girlfriend of Florida Panthers' back-up goaltender, Steve
Shields.
Her mother, Dina, was born in Israel |
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