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Lizzy Caplan
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| Lizzy Caplan | |
| Birth name | Elizabeth Anne Caplan |
| Born | June 30, 1982 (age 24) Los Angeles, California  United States |
| Notable roles | Janis Ian in Mean Girls; Marjee Sorelli in Related; Kat Warbler in The Class. |
Elizabeth Anne Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. She is known for her role in the 2004 film, Mean Girls and for starring in the hit comedy The Class.
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Caplan was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in a Reform Jewish family.[1] 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, a series about Superman as a teenager. 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).Season 3 of this show starred Mischa Barton and Evan Rachel Wood.
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 the lesbian singer-songwriter Janis Ian. Caplan's character's attitude has been compared to that of Nancy McKeon's character Jo from The Facts of Life. 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. Caplan played the starring role of "Sara Weller" in Wesley Strick's thriller, Love is the Drug. Caplan currently appears in the CBS sitcom The Class, which premiered on September 18, 2006.
Personal Life Lizzy is rumored to have dated Friends star Matthew Perry at some point, but it is unknown.
- The Class (2006) TV Series - starring role of Kat Warbler
- Love is the Drug (2006) "Sara Weller"
- Tru Calling (2005) "Avery"
- Related (2005) TV Series - starring role of Marjee Sorelli
- Mean Girls: Only the Strong Survive (2004, home video)
- Mean Girls (2004, "Janis Ian")
- You and I Both (2004, music video, by Jason Mraz)
- Hardcore Action News (2002, "Lizzy Lions")
- Everybody's Doing It (2002, television movie, "Angela")
- Orange County (2002) "Party Girl"
- From Where I Sit (2000, television movie, "Lilly")
- ^ Miller, Gerri (2005). "Mean girl no more". American Jewish Life Magazine. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.