Kari Lizer

The American actress, writer, and producer Kari Lizer was born in San Diego, California. Her acting work on television includes Cassie Phillips on Matlock, Diana Benedict on Sunday Dinner, and Chris Burgess on The Van Dyke Show. For three years she was a co-executive producer on Will & Grace, a job that earned her an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. She also created the comedy Maggie Winters, and she created and executive produced the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine, which CBS canceled in May 2010 after five seasons; Lizer criticized the network and suggested the cancellation was sexist. In April 2020 she published her first book, Aren't You Forgetting Someone?: Essays from My Mid-Life Revenge.