- Born
- Birth nameElizabeth Anne Caplan
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Actress Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan was born in Los Angeles, California, to Barbara (Bragman), a political aide, and Richard Caplan, a lawyer. She has two older siblings, Julie and Benjamin, and was raised in a Jewish household. Her mother was a cousin of publicist Howard Bragman. Caplan was educated at Alexander Hamilton High School, where she showed an interest in acting and was cast in school plays.
After graduating, Caplan made her onscreen debut in the TV movie From Where I Sit (2000). Other roles followed in TV shows such as Freaks and Geeks (1999), Smallville (2001) and The Pitts (2003). Caplan made her big screen debut with a small role in Orange County (2002) and went on to play Janis Ian in the hit Mean Girls (2004). Further successes include Cloverfield (2008), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and 127 Hours (2010).
More recently, Caplan has played Virginia Johnson in the television series Masters of Sex (2013), for which she received an Emmy nomination. Her 2010s film work includes co-starring in The Interview (2014), opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Night Before (2015), and alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson, and Daniel Radcliffe in Now You See Me 2 (2016).- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseTom Riley(September 2, 2017 - present) (1 child)
- ChildrenAlfie Riley
- ParentsBarbara Caplan (Bragman)Richard Caplan
- RelativesJulie Caplan(Sibling)Ben Caplan(Sibling)Howard Bragman(Aunt or Uncle)
- Was in a relationship with Matthew Perry from 2006-2012.
- She graduated from the prestigious Hamilton Academy of Music in Los Angeles, California, Class of 2000. Her classmates included actor Emile Hirsch.
- Her mother died of illness when she was 13 years old.
- Grew up in a Reform Jewish family. Her ancestors were from Latvia, Austria, Lithuania, and Russia.
- Godmother of Busy Philipps's daughter Birdie Silverstein.
- (About the role of Marjee Sorelli on WB's Related (2005)) She's just fun. I almost never get to play the one who has the good clothes and lots of boyfriends and is crazy and wild.
- (About the different characters that she has played and how they are like her actual self) I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now (on the series The Class (2006)). The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks (1999) Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.
- [when asked who she wants to work with] Hands down, the Streep, obviously.
- I think being mean to people in high school is healthy. It's sort of like you're in this situation with all these other kids and sometimes you need to get your aggression out. And if you'd had people be mean to you before, it really does build character.
- Don't peak in high school.
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