Lizzy Caplan Biography, Movies, TV Shows and Her Weight Loss Journey

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Lizzy Caplan is an American actress best known for her role in the movie Mean Girls and TV series Masters of Sex. It’s no secret that this American actress has worked hard to nail role after role in an effort to create an impressive resume in Hollywood and so far, it’s safe to say she’s succeeded. She chooses the roles she takes on with certainty, because her films are great fun to watch. Here’s everything you need to know about the star.

Lizzy Caplan: Biography

Elizabeth Anne Caplan was born on the 30th day of June 1982 and was raised in a Jewish Reform household in Los Angeles, California. Her father – Richard Caplan is a lawyer while her mother – Barbara Caplan was a political aide but died of an undeclared illness when Lizzy was only 13 years old. The star is the youngest of the family with an older brother, Benjamin and an older sister, Julie.

The actress attended Alexander Hamilton High School and enrolled in the school’s Academy of Music. Her intention was to play the piano, but she later signed up for acting lessons. She acted in many plays and played football for the school team. After graduating in 2000, a young Lizzy Caplan decided she would drop out of college and pursue her pursuits full-time.

Career – Movies and TV Series

She had started acting before graduation with a minor role in the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000). She has also starred in several television shows such as Smallville (2001), The Pitts (2003) as Faith Pitts, and the ABC series Again. Her first screen film was Where I Sit (2000) after which she landed the role of Janis Lan in the 2004 hit film Mean Girls. The film was a hit and brought him great recognition and took his career to new heights.

In 2006, Variety Magazine named Lizzy Caplan one of the top 10 actors to watch due to her role in the thriller. Love is the drug. The Mean Girl star then had a cast in the CBS sitcom The Classy (2006) but the sitcom only lasted one season before being cancelled.

She later landed the role of Marlena Diamond in the 2008 film Cloverfield which earned her a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She also bolstered her filmography by appearing in My Best Friend’s Daughter (2008), HBO’s True Blood, 127 Hours (2010), Save the Date (2012), Bachelorette (2012) and the Fox sitcom New Girl.

In 2013, Lizzy Caplan was part of the Showtime series Masters of Sex where she played Virginia Johnson, a pioneer of human sexuality from the 1960s. She starred alongside Michael Sheen who played William H. Masters.

For Lizzy, it was her first time portraying an actual person on screen and it made her feel a deep responsibility for the real Virginia Johnson. As the first dramatic actress, she was named Outstanding Actress at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Satellite Award, and Critics’ Choice Television Award. The series ran from 2013 to 2016.

Other films she has worked on include The Interview, The Night Before and Now You See Me 2.

Her husband

Lizzy was previously in a long-term relationship with famous actor Matthew Perry from 2006 to 2012.

In 2015, she started dating British actor Tom Riley, whom she met while working on a film in London. In February 2016, they formalized their relationship on the red carpet by attending the Prague Opera Ball together. In May 2016, they got engaged.

Their engagement lasted 16 months before finally being tied in an intimate ceremony in Revello, Italy over Labor Day weekend in September 2017.

Lizzy Caplan’s weight and weight loss

It’s easy to assume that Lizzy Caplan has gone through some type of weight loss journey over the years thanks to the change in appearance; however, the only changes to one’s body are the natural changes that occur as one ages. The fact that the actress now wears more flattering clothes that favor her body adds to this perception of having lost weight.

The Masters of Sex star hates exercising and for some of her roles she barely completes a fitness routine due to her tight schedule. Instead, she focuses on healthy eating. In her effort to give up meat, she eats more fish. She also takes vitamin supplements every day.

Lizzy Caplan’s height is estimated at 1.63m and her weight at 54.5kg.

Although she doesn’t like to exercise, she still has to work to maintain her figure. His favorite workout routine is exercising twice a week: squats, lunges, deadlift, deadlift, hamstrings for the back legs, pecs, and seated wall.

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