Lizzy
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 comedy The Class.
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,
Lizzy Caplan gained much notice in the 2004 movie Mean Girls, where
she played alternative
styled girl Janis Ian, named for lesbian 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.
Lizzy 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. And 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 also, along
with Jason Ritter, presented a People's Choice Award for Favourite
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 just finished the upcoming J.J.
Abrams project Cloverfield, where she plays Marlena Diamond. Her
character is described as a "sarcastic
outsider" who isn't close friends with the group, she is the
outsider in their midst. She is currently filming the romantic comedy
My Best Friend's Girl where she plays Ami, the room mate of Kate
Hudson's character Alexis, which is due out in 2008 along with Cloverfield.
She is also lending her voice to the character of Faith Pitt, in
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