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Lizzy Caplan
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Elizabeth Anne Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. Her performances as Virginia E. Johnson in the Showtime series Masters of Sex (2013–2016) and as Libby Epstein in FX on Hulu's Fleishman Is in Trouble have earned her nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards.  Her first acting role was on  Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000). Since then, she has had series-regular roles in several television series, including Related (2005–2006), Party Down (2009–2010; 2023), Das Boot (2018), Castle Rock (2019), Truth Be Told (2019), Fatal Attraction (2023), and Zero Day (2025). Caplan's film breakthrough came with her role as Janis Ian in Mean Girls (2004). Her other film appearances include My Best Friend's Girl (2008) Cloverfield (2008), Hot Tub Time Machine, 127 Hours (both 2010), Save the Date, Bachelorette (both 2012), The Interview (2014), Now You See Me 2, Allied (both 2016), and Cobweb (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lizzy Caplan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Elizabeth Anne Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. Her performances as Virginia E. Johnson in the Showtime series Masters of Sex (2013–2016) and as Libby Epstein in FX on Hulu's Fleishman Is in Trouble have earned her nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards.  Her first acting role was on  Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000). Since then, she has had series-regular roles in several television series, including Related (2005–2006), Party Down (2009–2010; 2023), Das Boot (2018), Castle Rock (2019), Truth Be Told (2019), Fatal Attraction (2023), and Zero Day (2025). Caplan's film breakthrough came with her role as Janis Ian in Mean Girls (2004). Her other film appearances include My Best Friend's Girl (2008) Cloverfield (2008), Hot Tub Time Machine, 127 Hours (both 2010), Save the Date, Bachelorette (both 2012), The Interview (2014), Now You See Me 2, Allied (both 2016), and Cobweb (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lizzy Caplan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Simpsons
The League
Family Guy
True Blood
Once and Again
American Dad!
Freaks and Geeks
Childrens Hospital
Chelsea
The Cleveland Show
New Girl
Smallville
Orange County
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Hot Tub Time Machine
Now You See Me 2
127 Hours
Allied
My Best Friend's Girl
Das Boot
The Night Before
Cloverfield
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
The Interview
From Where I Sit
Zero Day
Mean Girls
Party Down
The Class
Bachelorette
Extinction
Masters of Sex
Castle Rock
Truth Be Told
Fatal Attraction
The Life & Times of Tim
Cobweb
Inside Job
Marvel One-Shot: Item 47
The Weekend with Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels and Jackie Alemany
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