Lizzy Caplan

## Elizabeth Anne Caplan

**Elizabeth Anne Caplan**, better known as **Lizzy**, is an American actress who portrays Tina Greer on The CW's *Smallville*.

## Biography

Caplan was born and raised in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, California. Her family were Reform Jews. Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a political aide. She was the youngest of three children with an older brother and sister. Her mother died of illness when she was 13 years old. Her uncle is publicist Howard Bragman. Caplan attended Alexander Hamilton High School, and was a student at the school's Academy of Music. She first focused on playing the piano, then later decided to pursue drama. She was also on her school's soccer team. She graduated in 2000, but did not attend college because it was time consuming and she wanted to focus on acting.

Caplan began her acting career in 1999, first playing a girl named Sara in the critically acclaimed series Freaks and Geeks. Due to her performance, her character became the girlfriend of Jason Segel's character. She then had a series of guest appearances on numerous shows, and appeared in Jason Mraz's music video "You and I Both". In 2000 she appeared in her first film From Where I Sit which was released straight to television. In 2001, she played Tina Greer in an episode of Smallville, and reprised her role on the show in 2003. She appeared in two episodes of the ABC series Once and Again. In 2003, she starred in the television series The Pitts, playing Faith Pitt. She gained wider notice for playing Janis Ian in the 2004 film Mean Girls. She played Avery Bishop in the second season of Tru Calling.

## Trivia

* She graduated from the prestigious Hamilton Academy of Music in Los Angeles, California, Class of 2000. Her classmates included actor Emile Hirsch.
* Has an older sister named Julie.
* Has an older brother named Ben.
* Named one of Variety's Top 10 Actors to Watch 2006.
* Grew up in a Reform Jewish family. Her ancestors were from Latvia, Austria, Lithuania, and Russia.
* Lives in the Hollywood Hills.
* Loves the show Saved by the Bell (1989).
* Has a cat named Lisa Turtle.
* Godmother of Busy Philipps's daughter Birdie Silverstein.
* Played Ami in the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Girl (2008). [October 2007]
* Was in a relationship with Matthew Perry from 2006-2012.
* In 2003 she named her (male) cat Colbert, after Stephen Colbert, who at that time was a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (1996). As of May 2016, that cat was still alive.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/the-liberation-of-lizzy-caplan-20140825?page=2
2. ↑ http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092005/falltv/lizzy.html
3. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10991713/Lizzy-Caplan-interview-for-Masters-of-Sex-Sex-is-easy-to-fake-comedy-isnt.html
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0xSqOoyufo
5. ↑ http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/lizzy-caplan-on-her-new-show-masters-of-sex.html
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/howardbragman/status/212520689327026176
7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20090204125135/http://www.cbs.com:80/primetime/the\_class/bio/caplan.shtml
8. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/the-naked-truth-lizzy-caplan-on-masters-of-sex-8854733.html