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Actor

Lizzy Caplan

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Acting credits

72

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

3.0

Moderate attention

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Movies: 34Series: 38Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 51988

IMDb ID: nm0135221

Known for: Acting

Born: June 30, 1982

Age: 43

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1989 - 2026

Years active: 38

Average TMDB rating: 6.52

Wikidata: Q236578

Also known as

Elizabeth Caplan • Elizabeth Anne Caplan

Other jobs

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Biography

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 (2022) have earned her nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Her first acting role was on the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000). Since then, she 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).

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