Elizabeth Anne Caplan, better known by her stage name Lizzy Caplan, is an American television and movie actor who is best remembered for her role in the Janis Ian in the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls. She is also a prominent television celebrity who has been associated with the period drama Masters of Sex ever since it first aired in 2013. For her performance in the show, she received Primetime Emmy Award, Satellite Award, and Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series.

Early Life
Born in a Jewish household on the 30th of June, 1982, Lizzy Caplan’s father, Richard Caplan, was a lawyer, while her mother, Barbara, was a political aide, and also has an elder brother and sister. Unfortunately, she lost her mother when she was only but 13 years of age. Raised in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, California, Caplan attended the Alexander Hamilton High School and was also a student at the Academy of Music. She initially opted to learn to play the piano, however, opted out later to pursue drama. Having graduated from school in 2000, Caplan decided to not attend college since she wanted to focus on her acting career.

Personal Life
Lizzy Caplan started dating the Friends star Matthew Perry in 2006. The two remained together for roughly six years before they split in 2012. The actor then began dating English actor and producer Tom Riley in 2015, following which the two got engaged in 2016.

Television Career
Caplan started her acting career with the television teen comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks, which first aired in 1999, playing the character of Sara. Following this, she was seen in single episodes of a number of shows such as Undeclared, and Once and Again, and also appeared in TV movies like From Where I Sit, Close to Home, and Everybody's Doing It. She gained recognition after she appeared on the television show The Pitts in 2003, where she played the role of Faith Pitt. Starring in the second season of the supernatural series Tru Calling, Caplan played the role of Avery Bishop.

Next, she was seen in the comedy drama Related, which is about the lives of four sisters and first aired in 2005. Playing the role of one of the sisters, Marjee Sorelli, Caplan was seen in all of its 19 episodes. The following year, in 2006, Caplan was cast in the romantic comedy The Class alongside Andrea Anders, Jon Bernthal, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and was seen in its entire season. She was then cast in the 2008 dark fantasy horror series True Blood in its first season. She then lent her voice to the recurring character of Debbie in the animated sitcom American Dad! until 2009.

In 2009, she worked in the comedy series Party Down, playing the role of Casey Klein in both of its seasons. She featured in an episode or two of a number of other series such as Wainy Days, Mr. Sunshine, Newsreaders, Kroll Show, The League, and Beef, and also lent her voice to Patty’s character in the animated series The Cleveland Show. Playing the role of Julia Clearly in a number of episodes, Caplan was seen in the Zooey Deschanel-starrer American sitcom New Girl in 2012. Despite such an elaborate television career, Caplan’s most notable work on television is the 2013 period drama Master of Sex where she plays the role of Virginia Johnson. Cast alongside Michael Sheen, who plays her husband’s role in the show, Caplan’s performance won her Primetime Emmy Award, Satellite Award, and Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series.

Movie Career
After having made her acting debut on television in 1999, Caplan made her movie debut with a rather insignificant role in the movie Orange County in 2002. After her screen debut, she was signed to play the role of Janis Ian in the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls along with Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, which helped Caplan gain much wider recognition than her television work as of 2004. She was next seen in the 2006 thriller Love Is The Drug alongside John Patrick Amedori, and D. J. Cotrona. The movie about young college kids being involved in drug abuse opened to mixed reviews, however, Caplan’s performance was lauded with her being named one of the "10 Actors to Watch" by Variety. The following year, she was seen in the 2007 drama Crashing. It was her performance as Marlena Diamond in the 2008 monster horror film Cloverfield that won her her first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.

Following the success of Cloverfield, she was seen portraying the role of Ami in the romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Girl. She was then seen in movies like Crossing Over, Hot Tub Time Machine, The Last Rites of Ransom Pride, Save the Date, and Bachelorette. In 2014, she donned the character of Agent Lucey in the satire action spy comedy The Interview co-starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, who play the role of a television show host and producer respectively. She was next seen in Now You See Me’s 2016 sequel Now You See Me 2, playing the role of Lula May. Although the movie opened to mixed, mainly negative, reviews, Caplan’s performance garnered immense praise with Entertainment Weekly describing Caplan’s addition to the cast as one of the sequel’s biggest improvements. Next, she was seen in the romantic thriller Allied, which is based on the true story of two assassins who fall in love during the mission of killing a German official, opposite Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, and Matthew Goode.