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Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan

Birthday: 1982-06-30 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Elizabeth Caplan better known as Lizzy Caplan was born on June 30, 1982 in Los Angeles, CA. She is an American actress, best known for her roles in the CBS show The Class, in the 2004 film Mean Girls, and the 2008 film Cloverfield. 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. 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."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, namesake of the lesbian singer-songwriter Janis Ian. Caplan's character 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 currently appears in the CBS sitcom, The Class, which premiered on September 18th, 2006 but was cancelled before its second season. Undaunted, she has since moved on to more prominent movie roles in Cloverfield and Hot Tub Time Machine.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Mean Girls

as    Janis Ian

2021
Inside Job

as    Reagan Ridley (voice)

2020
Extinction

as    Alice

2018
Castle Rock

as    Annie Wilkes

2017
Ill Behaviour

as    Nadia

2016
Allied

as    Bridget Vatan

2016
Now You See Me 2

as    Lula

2015
The Night Before

as    Diana

2014
The Interview

as    Agent Lacey

2013
Masters of Sex

as    Virginia Johnson

2012
Marvel One-Shot: Item 47

as    Claire Wise

2012
Bachelorette

as    Gena Myers

2012
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

as    Lassie

2012
Save the Date

as    Sarah

2012
High Road

as    Sheila

2010
Hot Tub Time Machine

as    April

2010
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

as    Juliette Flowers

2010
127 Hours

as    Sonja Ralston

2008
My Best Friend's Girl

as    Ami

2008
Cloverfield

as    Marlena

2007
Crashing

as    Jacqueline

2006
The Class

as    Kat Warbler

2005
Related

as    Marjee Sorelli

2003
The Pitts

as    Faith Pitt

2002
Everybody's Doing It

as    Angela