Lizzy Caplan
Biography
Lizzy Caplan is an American actress who began her acting career in 1999 with a role on the television series Freaks and Geeks. Born in Los Angeles and raised in its Miracle Mile district, she attended Alexander Hamilton High School and its Academy of Music before choosing acting over college. Her film breakthrough came as Janis Ian in Mean Girls (2004). She went on to appear in Cloverfield (2008), 127 Hours (2010), The Interview (2014), Now You See Me 2 (2016), and Cobweb (2023), among other films, and held series regular roles on Party Down, Das Boot, Castle Rock, and Truth Be Told. She played Virginia E. Johnson on Masters of Sex, which brought a Primetime Emmy nomination, and earned another Emmy nomination as Libby Epstein in Fleishman Is in Trouble. She was also nominated for a Saturn Award for Cloverfield.
44years old
Turns 45 on June 30in 231 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Elizabeth Anne Caplan (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 21 years2004 to 2025
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Beyond film
In the Masters of Sex episode "Phallic Victories," Caplan sang a cover version of "You Don't Know Me" using her own vocals.
Early training
Caplan first focused on playing the piano at Alexander Hamilton High School's Academy of Music before deciding to pursue drama, and she skipped college to focus on acting.
Lizzy Caplan movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
James Franco appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Franco's page
Morgan Freeman's page
Woody Harrelson's page
Seth Rogen's page
Jesse Eisenberg's page
Isla Fisher's page
Also two films together3 more actors
- Dave FrancoNow You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) and Now You See Me 2 (2016)
- Randall ParkThe Night Before (2015) and The Interview (2014)
- Devin BarrySave the Date (2012) and Crashing (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Lizzy Caplan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.2 billion
14 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 14 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$335M27.2% of the total
- 2$244M19.8% of the total
- 3$171M13.9% of the total
- 4$130M10.6% of the total
- 5$120M9.7% of the total
- 6$65M5.3% of the total
- 7$52M4.3% of the total
- 8$42M3.4% of the total
$71.1 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.