SHIRI APPLEBY

'Shiri Freda Appleby' (born December 7 1978) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her leading role as Liz Parker in the ''Roswell'' television series.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Personal life

Career

Filmography

Footnotes

External links

Biography

Early life

Appleby was born in Los Angeles, California. She and her younger brother, Evan, were raised in the San Fernando Valley (northwest of downtown Los Angeles, over the Hollywood Hills, in Los Angeles County). Her father, Jerry Appleby, is a telecommunications executive and her mother, Dina Bouader, is an Israeli-born school Hebrew teacher of Sephardic Jewish background.^[1] In Hebrew, "Shiri" means either "my song" or simply "sing". Appleby has brown eyes, brown hair and is around 5'3" tall. She has a scar above her left eyebrow, resulting from a dog bite when she was young. To get over her fear of dogs, she went on the show ''Emergency Vets'', accompanying staff veterinarian Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald (she also overcame another phobia in the same episode by holding a live snake, one of Fitzgerald's patients) and shortly after adopted a Tabby, which she named Abby.
Appleby graduated from Calabasas High School (Calabasas, California) in 1997 and went on to major in English literature at the University of Southern California while also studying theater arts. She is known for her work in the community and active participation in charity events.

Personal life

She once dated Linkin Park drummer Rob Bourdon, with whom she attended the same high school. In June 2007, she began dating Zach Braff and was spotted making out with him in the middle of the day.

Career

Appleby began her acting career at the age of four, starting with advertising for various products such as Cheerios and M&M's. Her first advertisement was for Raisin Bran but it was never aired. She has had guest appearances on many television programs, most notably ''thirtysomething'' (1987), ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' (1989), ''ER'' (1994), ''Baywatch'' (1989), '' (1995), ''7th Heaven'' (1996) and ''Beverly Hills 90210'' (1990). For ''Roswell'', she tried out for the roles of both Isabel and Maria before landing the role of Liz Parker. She has also had minor roles in a significant number of movies before Roswell. On ''7th Heaven'', she played a gang member who hid weapons underneath her little brother's mattress.
Appleby was in Bon Jovi's music video "It's My Life" with Will Estes. She was also featured in the 2004 music video for the song "I Don't Want To Be" by Gavin DeGraw, opposite Scott Mechlowicz. She also appeared in Sense Field's music video "Save Yourself" which is part of the ''Roswell'' soundtrack and featured in the first season DVD boxset.^[2]
As of 2006, Shiri could be seen in a recurring role on the now cancelled ABC drama Six Degrees as Anya, a young assistant in a relationship with a much older photographer.

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
1986	''Mystery Magical Special''	Herself	TV
1987	''The Killing Time''	Annie Winslow
1988	''	Grace
	''		TV movie
	''Go Toward the Light''	Jessica	TV movie
1989	''Knight & Daye''	Amy Escobar	TV movie
1990	''I Love You to Death''	Millie
1991	''Sunday Dinner''	Rachel	TV movie
1992	''Perfect Family''	Steff	TV movie
1993	''Family Prayers''	Nina
1994	''ER''	Ms. Murphy	TV Show (pilot)
1999	''Deal of a Lifetime''	Laurie Petler
	''The Other Sister''	Free sample girl
	''The Thirteenth Floor''	Bridget Manilla
	''Movie Stars'' (pilot)	Lori	TV Show (pilot)
1999-2002	''Roswell''	Liz Parker	TV Show
2000	''A Time for Dancing''	Samantha 'Sam'
2002	''Swimfan''	Amy Miller
2003	''The Skin Horse''	Carla
	''The Battle of Shaker Heights''	Sarah
	''Project Greenlight 2''	Herself	TV special
2004	''Undertow''	Violet
	''Darklight''	Lilith/Elle
2005	''Everything You Want''	Abby Morrison
	''Pizza My Heart''	Gina Prestolani
	''1/4life'' (TV pilot)	Debra
	''Havoc''	Amanda
	''When Do We Eat?''	Nikki Stuckman
2006	''Thrill of the Kill''	Kelly Holden
	''I-See-You.Com''	Randi Sommers
	''I'm Reed Fish''	Woman
	''Carjacking''	Cary	Short Film
	''The Killing Floor''	Rebecca Fay
2006-2007	''Six Degrees''	Anya	TV Show
2007	''What Love Is''	Debbie
	''Charlie Wilson's War''	Jailbait
2008	''Love Like Wind ''		Short Film
	''Wake''	Lila
	''To Love and Die''	Hildy Young	TV Show

Footnotes

1. Valley to Hollywood: An Actress' Journey Naomi Pfefferman
2. DVD Review: Roswell: The Complete First Season Kenna

External links

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★ Shiri Online