Cara DeLizia Biography

Cara Elizabeth DeLizia (born April 10, 1984) is an American television actress most known for her portrayal as Fiona "Fi" Phillips alongside Mackenzie Phillips in the Disney Original Series So Weird.

Career

Early career

She got her start in acting at the age of 5 doing theater productions. She was later discovered and starred regularly in the WB's Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher. Later she had guest spots on Mad About You, 7th Heaven, The West Wing (in "The Stackhouse Filibuster"), Strong Medicine, and ER. She has also starred in several TV movies and had minor roles in several motion pictures such as Sleepless in Seattle and Avalon. She also starred in some Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen Productions, such as You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Sleepover Party, singing a song called "Gimme Pizza!" and the popular line "whipped cream pouring like waterfalls!" At this stage in her career, DeLizia was known for her high-pitched voice and pixie haircut.

So Weird

It was her role on So Weird that was her breakout. She starred as Fiona "Fi" Phillips, an adolescent girl obsessed with the paranormal. She traveled around the country on a tour bus with her rockstar mother (Phillips). At various stops along the way Fi would encounter paranormal activity ranging from aliens, to ghosts, to Bigfoot. Fi's interest was driven to find out what had caused her father's death when she was a child. Her investigations culminated in the show's Season 2 finale. DeLizia left the show in the Season 3 premiere and was replaced by a young Canadian Alexz Johnson. To that point, the show had been "darker" for a Disney show in the vein of The X-Files. However, when DeLizia departed, the show took on a lighter tone for the remainder of its run.

Later work

Her other major role was as Marcy Kendall on the FOX drama Boston Public where she played the assistant to Chi McBride's Principal Harper.

She voiced school bad boy, "Z" for three episodes of the Nickelodeon cartoon series All Grown Up!.

DeLizia became engaged to Robert Chambers in 2001. The couple married in 2004 and lived in Burbank, California. In 2006, the couple divorced.

In December 2009, she married Nick Rich.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Sleepover Party	Cara	Video
1995	Under the Gun	Daughter (uncredited)
1997	Crayola Kids Adventures: Tales of Gulliver's Travels	Cara - Queen of the Big Enders	Video
1997	Crayola Kids Adventures: The Trojan Horse	Atheniea	Video
2011	Rogue	Kit
2012	Homecoming	Young Bobby (voice)	Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Literary Visions	Actor	TV documentary
1996-1997	Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher	Sarah	22 episodes
1997	Don King: Only in America	Teen Girl #1	TV movie
1999	7th Heaven	Glenda	Episode: "Sometimes That's Just the Way It Is"
1999	Mad About You	Teenage Mabel Buchman	Episode: "The Final Frontier: Part 2"
1999-2000	So Weird	Fiona 'Fi' Phillips	Lead role
2000	ER	Andrea Parks	Episode: "Be Patient"
2001	'	Baru, Monkey (voice)	TV movie
2001	Close to Home	Alison	TV movie
2001	NYPD Blue	Joanna	Episode: "Writing Wrongs"
2001	'	Winifred Hooper	Episode: "The Stackhouse Filibuster"
2001	Go Fish	Lisa	Episode: "Go Student Council" Episode: "Go Wrestling"
2001	Strong Medicine	Felicity Farber	Episode: "Rebirth"
2001	'	Vanessa	Episode: "The Howler"
2001	Just Shoot Me!	Randy	Episode: "Maya Judging Amy"
2002	As Told by Ginger	Laetitia Bowans (voice)	Episode: "New Girl in Town"
2002	Anna's Dream	Beth Morgan	TV movie
2002-2003	Boston Public	Marcie Kendall	Recurring role
2003	Twins		TV movie
2003	All Grown Up!	Z (voice)	TV series
2004	Still Life	Willa	Episode: "Disappearances" Episode: "Gravity"
2004	JAG	Midshipman Emma Green	Episode: "One Big Boat"
2004	Love's Enduring Promise	Annie Walker	TV movie
2006	Mr. Nice Guy	Max	TV series
2006	Ghost Whisperer	Libby Grant	Episode: "Dead Man's Ridge"
2007	Close to Home	Kaitlin Howard	Episode: "Hoosier Hold Em"