Lizzy Caplan
Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan (born June 30, 1982 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actress . She gained greater fame in 2008 for her role in the monster film Cloverfield .
Life
Lizzy Caplan grew up in a Jewish family. She attended Alexander Hamilton High School in LA, where she took part in school productions. She began her television career in 1999 when she played the role of Sara Moll in the short-lived series Full Beside, Full in Life . She has made a number of guest appearances on other series and was also a guest on Sharon Osbourne's talk show. In 2001 she starred for the first time in the series Smallville (season 1, episode 4 and season 2, episode 11) with. She played the role of Tina Greer one more time in 2003. In 2004 she gained more attention in the role of Janis Ian in the movie Girls Club - be careful! where she starred alongside Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams .
She was also in the series Tru Calling - Schicksal reloaded! see, with Eliza Dushku in the lead role. From 2005 she played in series such as Related or The Class . However, both series were discontinued after a year. In 2008 she was one of the leading actors in the film Cloverfield . She also played supporting character Amy Burley in the first season of the HBO series True Blood . From 2009 to 2010 she played the female protagonist Casey Klein in the sitcom Party Down . Since 2013, she played Virginia Johnson alongside Michael Sheen in the Showtime series Masters of Sex , which earned her her first Emmy nomination in 2014 as the best leading actress in a drama series . The series ended in 2016.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 2001: From Where I Sit (TV movie)
- 2002: Hardcore Action News
- 2002: Get out of Orange County (Orange County)
- 2002: Everybody's Doing It (TV movie)
- 2004: Girls Club - be careful! (Mean Girls)
- 2006: Love Is the Drug
- 2007: crashing
- 2008: Cloverfield
- 2008: Men Are Pigs (My Best Friend's Girl)
- 2009: Crossing Over
- 2010: The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (The Last Rites of Ransom Pride)
- 2010: Hot Tub - The whirlpool ... is a damn time machine! (Hot Tub Time Machine)
- 2010: 127 hours
- 2012: The wedding of our thickest friend (Bachelorette)
- 2012: 3,2,1 ... Frankie Go Boom
- 2012: Marvel One-Shot : Object 47 ( Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 , short film)
- 2012: Save the Date
- 2014: The Interview
- 2015: The Highligen Three Kings (The Night Before)
- 2016: The Incredibles 2 (Now You See Me 2)
- 2016: Allied - Familiar Strangers (Allied)
- 2018: Extinction
Series
- 1999–2000: Totally wrong, full of life ( Freaks and Geeks , 4 episodes)
- 2001–2003: Smallville (2 episodes)
- 2003: The Pitts (7 episodes)
- 2005: Tru Calling - Schicksal reloaded! ( Tru Calling , 4 episodes)
- 2005–2006: Related (19 episodes)
- 2006–2009: American Dad ( American Dad ! , 5 episodes)
- 2006–2007: The Class (19 episodes)
- 2008: True Blood (6 episodes)
- 2009–2010: Party Down (20 episodes)
- 2011: Mr. Sunshine (Episode 1x09)
- 2012: New Girl (4 episodes)
- 2013-2016: Masters of Sex (46 episodes)
- 2017: Angie Tribeca (episode 3x08)
- 2017: Ill Behavior (miniseries, 3 episodes)
- 2017: I'm Sorry (Episode 1x05)
- 2018: The Boat (8 episodes)
- since 2019: Truth Be Told: On the trail of truth (Truth Be Told)
- since 2019: Castle Rock
Nominations and Awards
- 2008 : Nomination for the Saturn Award in the category Best Supporting Actress for Cloverfield
- 2010 : Nomination for the Teen Choice Award in the category Choice Movie Actress: Comedy for Hot Tub - The whirlpool… is a bloody time machine
- 2013 : Nomination for the Satellite Award in the category Best Actress in a Series - Drama for Masters of Sex
- 2014 : Nomination for the Satellite Award in the category Best Actress in a Series - Drama for Masters of Sex
- 2014 : Nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for Masters of Sex
- 2014 : Nomination for an Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series for Masters of Sex
Web links
- Lizzy Caplan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lizzy Caplan at filmreference.com (English)
- Lizzy Caplan in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gunther Reinhardt: Lizzy Caplan and the series "Das Boot". Interview with Lizzy Caplan about drugs, claustrophobia and Metoo. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . November 22, 2018, accessed July 21, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Caplan, Lizzy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caplan, Elizabeth Anne (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |