Home   >   Movie Stars   >   L   >   Liza Lapira
Liza Lapira
  • Biography

Liza Lapira

Liza Lapira began her career doing workshops and Off-Broadway plays with various theater companies, including Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, The Play Company and New Dramatists. Her theater credits include As You Like It, School for Wives, The Odyssey and No. 11 (Blue and White).

Lapira's first television series regular role was as Maggie, Oliver Platt's long-suffering assistant on the cable series Huff. Most recently she played neuroscientist Ivy on Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. She has also had recurring roles on Dexter, ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and NCIS.

Film credits include Tony Scott's Domino, the independent feature The Big Bad Swim, J.J. Abrams' Cloverfield, 21, Fast & Furious and Repo Men. Lapira was most recently seen in Crazy, Stupid, Love, opposite Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon and Ryan Gosling.

Lapira is a proud supporter of LA's BEST, an after-school enrichment program in conjunction with the Los Angeles Unified School District. Originally from Queens, NY, she currently divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2012.

Liza Lapira Facts

OccupationActress
BirthplaceQueens, New York City, New York, USA
Height5' 2" (1m57)  How tall is Liza Lapira compared to you?

Selected Filmography

Not available.