Lizzy Caplan

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' (qv). 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)_ (qv). Other roles followed in TV shows such as _Freaks and Geeks (1999)_ (qv), _Smallville (2001)_ (qv) and _The Pitts (2003)_ (qv). Caplan made her big screen debut with a small role in _Orange County (2002)_ (qv) and went on to play Janis Ian in the hit _Mean Girls (2004)_ (qv). Further successes include _Cloverfield (2008)_ (qv), _Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)_ (qv) and _127 Hours (2010)_ (qv).More recently, Caplan has played Virginia Johnson in the television series _Masters of Sex (2013)_ (qv), for which she received an Emmy nomination. Her 2010s film work includes co-starring in _The Interview (2014)_ (qv), opposite 'Joseph Gordon-Levitt' (qv) in _The Night Before (2015)_ (qv), and alongside 'Jesse Eisenberg' (qv), 'Dave Franco' (qv), 'Woody Harrelson' (qv), and 'Daniel Radcliffe' (qv) in _Now You See Me 2 (2016)_ (qv).::Anonymous