Shiri Appleby(as Liz Parker) Date of Birth: 12/07/78 Shiri Appleby Current Month TV Schedule at TVNow. |
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Biography
Shiri Appleby started acting in commercials at the young age of four. She worked almost non-stop as a child, eventually appearing in more than 50 commercials. Her first recurring role was on the soap opera "Santa Barbara" and her first guest role followed shortly after, on the hit show, "Thirtysomething". Appleby made her motion picture debut in the 1987 flick "The Killing Time".
The following year she made three guest appearances on various television shows, and in 1989 she landed a regular role in a television series called "Knight and Daye". Although the show lasted less than one season, Appleby quickly bounced back with a role in a major motion picture starring Kevin Kline, River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, called "I Love You to Death". A regular role in "Sunday Dinner", another television series, followed, but the series was again short lived. In 1992, Appleby landed a sizeable role as the oldest daughter in a television movie called "A Perfect Family", starring alongside Bruce Boxleitner. Another movie role followed, this time on the big screen, in a film called "Family Prayers".
Appleby made several more guest appearances on series such as "Doogie Howser M.D." and on "E.R." in 1994, but the teen decided at that point that she wanted to withdraw from acting for a while and concentrate on high school. The tiny, lively girl became a cheerleader as well as the yearbook editor, and discovered a love of photography.
After graduation, Appleby found herself more in demand than ever. In quick succession, she made guest appearances on "Baywatch", "7th Heaven", "City Guys", "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Beverley Hills, 90210". At the same time, she was enrolled in a full time program at the University of Southern California, majoring in English. In her sophomore year, Appleby auditioned for a new series called Roswell. The casting director didn't think Appleby was right for any of the roles, even though she auditioned for all three female leads. After several more auditions, the casting director finally changed her mind, and Appleby landed the plum role of Liz Parker, a teenager living in Roswell, New Mexico, who falls in love with an alien. The show won a huge fan base and ran for three seasons.
Her biggest feature role to date came in 2002 with the teenage thriller "Swimfan", in which she played the girlfriend of a championship swimmer who becomes the object of unwanted attention from a new girl in town.
In her spare time, Appleby likes to hang out at the beach with her friends. Her hobbies include knitting, crocheting, reading, and playing guitar, and she claims to be obsessed with the board game, backgammon.
Source: Tribute.ca
Miscellaneous
- Appeared in numerous commercials like Taco Bell, M&M and Cheerio.
- Was on the yearbook staff, a Student Council member and a cheerleader at Calabasas High School.
- Appeared in the Bon Jovi video "It's my Life".
- Appeared in the Sense Field video "Save Yourself".
- Appeared in Gavin Degraw's video I Don't Want To Be.
Articles
- AskMen.com – Shiri Appleby
- SHIRI APPLEBY TALKS ROSWELL: SEASON 3 at UGO.com -08/2005
- Shiri Appleby Interview -08/08/2005
- The Shiri Appleby Interview with Tony Bray at TV-now.com -July 2005
- Former 'Roswell' Star Wants 'Everything' at Zap2it.com -04/16/2005
- SCIFI.COM Chat Transcript: Shiri Appleby -01/07/03
- We're Hangin' With... SHIRI APPLEBY at A Girl's World.com -09/05/02
Filmography
Movies
- Wake (2008) as Lila
- Charlie Wilson's War (2007) as Jailbait
Official Site | Official Site - France | Official Site - Germany
- What Love Is (2007) as Debbie
Official Site
Site at Big Sky Motion Pictures
- The Killing Floor (2007) as Rebecca Fay
- Love Like Wind (2007) as the ghost
- Carjacking (2006) as Cary
- Thrill of the Kill MOW (2006) as Kelly Helms
¤ trailer (3.60 MB - mov) ¤ trailer (2.54 MB - wmv)
- I'm Reed Fish (2006) as Woman
Reed Fish, etc. (Blog)
- I-See-You.Com (2006) as Randi Sommers
- Pizza my Heart (2005) as Gina Prestolani
- Everything you Want (2005) as Abby Morrison
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- When Do We Eat? (2004) as Nikki
Official Site
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- Havoc (2004) as Amanda
Site at Media 8 Entertainment
Site at New Line
¤ trailer (4.20 MB - mov)
- Undertow (2004) as Violet
Official Site
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- Darklight (2004) as Lillith
mini site at SciFi
- The Skin Horse (2003) as Carla
- The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003) as Sarah
¤ trailer 1 (5.69 MB - mov) ¤ trailer 2 (7.43 MB - mov)
Official site at Miramax
- Swimfan (2002) as Amy
¤ trailer 1 (4.53 MB - mov) ¤ trailer 2 (5.22 MB - mov)
- A Time For Dancing (2000) as Samantha
¤ trailer 1 (4.70 MB - mov) ¤ trailer 2 (6.45 MB - mov)
Official Site at East of Doheny
- Deal of a Lifetime (1999) as Laurie Petler
- Thirteenth Floor (1999) as Bridget Manilla
- The Other Sister (1999) as sample girl
Official Soundtrack site
- Family Prayers (1993) as Nina
- Perfect Family (1992) as Steff
- I Love You to Death (1990) as Millie
- Curse II: The Bite (1989) as Grace
- Go Toward the Light (1988) as Jessica
- Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987)
- The Killing Time (1987) as Annie Winslow
Links checked: 06/22/2008
Television
- "ER" (2008) as Daria Wade
- "Welcome to the Captain" (2008) as Heather
- "Fear Itself" (2008) as ?
- "To Love and Die in L.A." (2007) as Hildy
- "Six Degrees" (2006) as Anya
- "1/4 Life" (2005) (pilot wasn't picked up by ABC)
- Roswell (1999-2002) as Liz Parker-Evans
- "The Amanda Show" (2000) as Nerd
- "Moviestars" (1999) as Lori (unaired pilot)
- "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1998-99) as Tara
- "City Guys" (1997) as Cindy
- "7th Heaven" (1997) as Karen
- "Baywatch" (1997) as Jennie
- "ER" (1994) as Ms. Murphy
- "Beverly Hills 90210" as Rene
- "Against the Grain" (1993) as Claire
- "Doogie Howser, M.D." (1993) as Molly Harris
- "Sunday Dinner" (1991) as Rachel
- "Knots Landing" (1990) as Mary Frances - Age 10
- "Knight & Daye" (1989) as Amy Escobar
- "Dear John" (1988) as Girl
- "Freddy's Nightmares" (1988) as Marsha - Age 10
- "The Bronx Zoo" (1988) as Nicole
- "Thirtystomething" (1987) as Little Hope
- "Santa Barbara" (1985) as Little Girl
Trivia
Ever wonder what the name Shiri means?
Is the name of Hebrew origin it means - 'song', 'my song', 'song of my
soul' (these three variations I found while searching for this name). If the name is of Anglo-Saxon origin it means - 'from the white
meadow'.
The name Liz, Shiri's character on Roswell, is a derivation of the name Elisabeth and stems from the Hebrew name 'Elisjeba', which means 'consecrated to God', 'God's oath', 'dedicated'.