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Liza Weil (born June 5, 1977 in New Jersey) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Paris Geller in the television comedy Gilmore Girls and has guest-starred on The Adventures of Pete & Pete, ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The West Wing. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (522x755, 84 KB)Liza Weil at the 100th Episode Celebration Party for Gilmore Girls; property of MrSchimpf (mrschimpf@yahoo. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (522x755, 84 KB)Liza Weil at the 100th Episode Celebration Party for Gilmore Girls; property of MrSchimpf (mrschimpf@yahoo. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 kmÂ²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Paris Geller, played by Liza Weil, in a second season promotional photo. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Gilmore Girls is an hour-long American television drama/comedy that has aired since 2000. ... The Adventures of Pete & Pete was a U.S. television series produced and broadcast by the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... ER is a long-running serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... The West Wing is a popular and widely acclaimed American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin and produced and co-written by John Wells. ...

Biography

Weil was born into a family of actors, and with both of her parents Lisa and Marc touring Europe with their own comedy troupe, The Madhouse Company of London with her in tow, she took on those same acting expectations. However in an interview with the Boston Globe in 1998 during a publicity tour for her first feature film Whatever, she admitted to having aspirations of becoming an archaeologist in her younger years, because of the Indiana Jones film trilogy and a childhood crush on Harrison Ford. [1] World map showing Europe Political map (neighboring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Link title:For legal meaning of acting, see Acting (law). ... The Boston Globe is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Dr. Henry Indiana Jones Jr. ... The cover of the 2004 DVD release of the modified original Star Wars triology, one of the best known film trilogies For other uses, see Trilogy. ... Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...

Early life

In 1984 (at the age of 7), her family settled down in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, a community north-northwest of Philadelphia. She soon traveled frequently to New York for professional auditions, and acted in productions both off-Broadway and in Philadelphia's theatrical community before pursuing her film and television career. She is a 1995 graduate of the borough's North Penn High School. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lansdale is also the surname of a famous American author Joe R. Lansdale. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... North Penn High School is a part of the North Penn School District and is located in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, about a mile outside of Lansdale along Valley Forge Road (Pa. ...

Career

Weil continues to be active in the Los Angeles theatrical community during hiatuses, and still occasionally performs in live theater in Philadelphia and New York. She has acted with every member of her family; in 2004, she headlined with her father Marc in a well-received community theater production of Proof at the Montgomery Theater in Souderton, Pennsylvania, just north of her adopted hometown of Lansdale. Her first ever television role in 1994, which was an episode of The Adventures of Pete & Pete called "Yellow Fever", found her playing a bully alongside of her mother Lisa, who played a teacher. Finally her younger sister Samantha shared the screen with Liza in Gilmore Girls's third season finale, "Those Are Strings, Pinocchio". Samantha Weil played a student named Bernadette (who was unrelated to Paris) making out a video yearbook entry in front of an impatient Paris, standing off to the side waiting to make her own. Image File history File links Liza_Weil_Ojai_Playwrights_Conference. ... Image File history File links Liza_Weil_Ojai_Playwrights_Conference. ... Downtown Ojai Ojai (pronounced ) is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. ... The Ojai Playwrights Conference is a theatre festival held annually each August in Ojai, California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area Ranked 27th - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 kmÂ²) - Width 285 miles (455 km) - Length 330 miles (530 km) - % water 13. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Proof is a play by David Auburn which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play. ... Souderton is a borough located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Lansdale is a borough located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Adventures of Pete & Pete was a U.S. television series produced and broadcast by the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... Gilmore Girls is an hour-long American television drama/comedy that has aired since 2000. ... A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually as a report or summary of statistics or facts. ...

An alumna of Columbia University, Weil received her first major feature film role co-starring with Kevin Bacon in Stir of Echoes. Before that role, her first film was the short A Cure For Serpents, where she played the daughter of a mysophobic woman bringing to her home a boyfriend who wasn't as obsessive with cleanliness, and how the mother deals with that. She has also done several short and feature-length independent films, which include Motel Jerusalem, Scar, and Lullaby. She has also shown interest in behind-the-camera work. Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... Kevin Norwood Giovanni Bacon Sconza (born July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American film and theater actor who has starred in Footloose, Stir of Echoes, Wild Things, JFK, and Apollo 13, among many others. ... Stir of Echoes is an American film which was released in 1999 and directed by David Koepp. ... The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear or hatred (the latter is often ignored) of a particular thing or subject. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Her newest project is a horror short called Grace, which is set around a miscarriage gone bad by her character, and features Brian Austin Green as her love interest. The short film premiered at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention on June 2, 2006, and may possibly be reworked as a full-length feature film depending on demand and financing [2]. She will also have minor roles in the 2007 biographical film Neal Cassady, and the Molly Shannon film Year of the Dog. One Stop Carnival CD by Brian Austin Green Brian Austin Green, (born Brian Green on July 15, 1973 in Van Nuys, California), American actor, is best known for his role as David Silver on the television series Beverly Hills 90210, a character he portrayed from 1990 until 2000. ... Fangoria is a nationally-distributed US film fan magazine specializing in the genres of horror, psycho and exploitation films, in regular publication since 1979. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2007. ... Neal Cassady, left, with Jack Kerouac, photograph by Carolyn Cassady. ... Molly Claire Shannon (born September 16, 1964 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American actress and writer. ...

Personal life

At present, Weil resides in Santa Monica and is a film and movie buff. She is also engaged to actor Paul Adelstein, who plays Paul Kellerman on the Fox series Prison Break [3]. Location of Santa Monica in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: Country State County United States California Los Angeles Incorporated November 30, 1886 City Council Bobby Shriver Robert Holbrook (mayor) Ken Genser Kevin McKeown Herb Katz Pam OConnor Richard Bloom Area - City 41. ... Paul Adelstein is an actor who plays agent Paul Kellerman in the hit TV series Prison Break. ... This is a list of characters in the Fox television drama, Prison Break. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States and Canada. ... Prison Break is an American television series that premiered on the Fox Network on 29 August 2005. ...

Trivia

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External links

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Early life

Career

Personal life

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