Liza Weil as Paris Geller:
Birthday: June 5
Hometown: Landsdale, PA
Actress Bio:
Liza Weil stars as the brainy Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls.
Although she was born in New Jersey, Weil spent much of her childhood traveling throughout Europe with her parents, who had their own comedy troupe. When Weil was 12, her family settled in Pennsylvania, and her mother began taking her to New York for auditions. At 16, she began traveling to the city alone for auditions.
Her first acting jobs came in regional theatre, summer stock and off-Broadway plays. She then moved to New York City to pursue her dream full-time. She began doing student films at Columbia University, which led to an audition for an independent film called Whatever. Weil landed the lead in the coming-of-age drama and made her film debut. Her other film credits include Stir of Echoes, opposite Kevin Backon, and Dragonfly with Kevin Costner.
After shooting Stir of Echoes, Weil moved to Los Angeles, landing memorable guest-starring appearances in ER, as the wife of a murderous schizophrenic patient and The West Wing, as an intern responsible for leaking a White House staffer's drug and alcohol problem. Last year she appeared as a rape victim on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Liza participated in the intensive Sundance filmmakers' lab, workshopping Scar, which was written and directed by Teboho Mahlasi, opposite the South African cult star Ronnie Nyakale. On stage, she recently starred in a production of Proof, and had the great pleasure of working with her father for the first time.
She currently lives in Los Angeles.
Besides Gilmore Girls Liza has been in the following movies and TV shows: Lullaby, Dragonfly, Motel Jerusalem, Stir of Echoes, Whatever, A Cure for Serpents, ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The West Wing, and The Adventures of Pete & Pete.
Character Bio:
Paris Geller has always been known as the brain at Chilton Academy, but now Rory
Gilmore is giving her a run for her money. Often sarcastic and rarely at a loss
for words, Paris always adds a little spark to whatever conversation she is
participating in.