Shiri Appleby Biography

Shiri Freda Appleby (born December 7, 1978) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her leading role as Liz Parker in the television series Roswell. Her film credits include A Time for Dancing, where she was one of the two female main characters; Swimfan; Havoc with Anne Hathaway; and Charlie Wilson's War with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.

In 2008, Appleby joined the cast of the final season of ER, playing an intern named Daria Wade, before starring as Cate Cassidy in the CW drama Life Unexpected that ran for two seasons. In the summer of 2012, she starred as Lucy in the comedy Dating Rules from My Future Self. Appleby currently guest stars on the NBC drama Chicago Fire and HBO American television series Girls.

Early life

Appleby was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Dina (née Bouader), a Hebrew school teacher, and Jerry Appleby, a telecommunications executive. Her mother is Israeli-born and of Sephardic Moroccan Jewish background, and her father is an American Jew. In Hebrew, shiri means either "my song", "my poem", or simply "sing" (in the imperative). She and her younger brother Evan were raised in Calabasas in Los Angeles County. She has a scar above her left eyebrow, which resulted 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 in 1997 and went on to major in English literature at the University of Southern California while also studying theater arts.

Career

Appleby began her acting career at the age of four, starting with advertisements for various products such as Cheerios and M&M's. Her first advertisement was for Raisin Bran but it was never aired. She made guest appearances on many television programs, most notably thirtysomething (1987), Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), ER (1994), Baywatch (1989), Xena: Warrior Princess (1995), 7th Heaven (1997), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), before landing her break-out role in the series Roswell (1999-2002), for which she tried out for the roles of both Isabel and Maria before landing the leading role of Liz Parker.

Appleby also featured in a number of music videos, such as Bon Jovi's video for "It's My Life" with Will Estes, and the 2004 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 for "Save Yourself" which is part of the Roswell soundtrack and featured in the first season DVD boxset.

In 2006, she took a recurring role on the short-lived ABC drama Six Degrees as Anya, a young assistant in a relationship with a much older photographer. Later that year she was chosen to play Hildy Young in the new USA Network series To Love and Die, that began airing in late December 2008. She also participated in a short film called Carjacking directed by Dan Passman and co-starring Geoff Stults.

In 2007, she appeared in the movie What Love Is alongside Cuba Gooding Jr., Matthew Lillard and Anne Heche. She also participated in another short film, Love Like Wind, from Shaolin Film Productions. At the end the year, she appeared as Charlie Wilson's press secretary in the film Charlie Wilson's War, which stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. In 2008, Appleby got a recurring role on the 15th and final season of ER, being her second time on the show, playing an intern named Daria Wade.

Appleby then starred in The CW network drama; Life Unexpected as Cate Cassidy, a radio talk show host whose daughter gets back into her life. The show was cancelled after two seasons. In the summer of 2012 she starred as the main character of "Dating Rules from my Future Self".

Personal life

Shiri became engaged to her boyfriend of two years, chef Jon Shook, during a trip to Ventotene, Italy in July 2012. In December 2012, Appleby and Shook announced that they were expecting their first child in early 2013. Shiri gave birth to a girl, Natalie Bouader Shook, on March 23, 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	'	Annie Winslow
1989	'	Grace Newman
1990	I Love You to Death	Millie
1993	Family Prayers	Nina
1999	Deal of a Lifetime	Laurie Petler
1999	'	Free Sample Girl
1999	'	Bridget Manilla
2002	'	Samantha 'Sam' Russell
2002	Swimfan	Amy Miller
2003	'	Carla
2003	'	Sarah
2004	Undertow	Violet
2004	Darklight	Lilith
2005	When Do We Eat?	Nikki
2005	Havoc	Amanda
2005	Everything You Want	Abby Morrison
2006	I-See-You.com	Randi Sommers
2006	I'm Reed Fish	Jill Cavanaugh
2006	Carjacking	Cary	Short film
2007	Love Like Wind	The Ghost	Short film
2007	'	Rebecca Fay
2007	What Love Is	Debbie
2007	Charlie Wilson's War	Jailbait
2013	'		Completed
2013	Last Chance Holiday		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Santa Barbara	Little Girl	Episode: "1.359"
1986	Mystery Magical Special	Shiri	TV movie
1987	Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife		TV movie
1987	thirtysomething	Little Hope	Episode: "The Parents Are Coming"
1988	'	Nicole	Episode: "Truancy Blues" Episode: "Behind Closed Doors"
1988	Freddy's Nightmares	Marsha at 10	Episode: "Freddy's Tricks and Treats"
1988	Go Toward the Light	Jessica	TV movie
1988	Dear John	Girl	Episode: "Hello/Goodbye"
1989	Knight & Daye	Amy Escobar	TV series
1989	Who's the Boss?	Kid #1	Episode: "To Tony, with Love"
1990	Knots Landing	Mary Frances - Age 10	Episode: "My First Born" Episode: "My Bullet"
1990	Adam-12	Debbie Lavender	Episode: "Teach the Children"
1991	Sunday Dinner	Rachel	6 episodes
1992	Perfect Family	Steff	TV movie
1993	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Molly Harris	Episode: "Love Makes the World Go 'Round... or Is It Money?"
1993	Raven	Jess (uncredited)	Episode: "The Guardians of the Night"
1993	Against the Grain	Claire	Episode: "Pilot"
1994	ER	Ms. Murphy	Episode: "24 Hours"
1995	Brotherly Love	Fairy #1	Episode: "A Midsummer's Nightmare"
1997	Baywatch	Jennie	Episode: "Hot Water"
1997	7th Heaven	Karen	Episode: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
1997	City Guys	Cindy	Episode: "Bye Mom"
1998	Xena: Warrior Princess	Tara	Episode: "Forgiven" Episode: "A Tale of Two Muses"
1999	Beverly Hills, 90210	René	Episode: "Local Hero"
1999	Movie Stars	Lori (scenes deleted)	Episode: "Pilot"
1999-2002	Roswell	Liz Parker	Main role
2000	Batman Beyond	Cynthia (voice)	Episode: "Terry's Friend Dates a Robot"
2000	'	Nerd	Episode: "2.16" Episode: "2.18"
2004	Darklight	Lilith / Elle	TV movie
2005	1/4life	Debra	TV movie
2005	Everything You Want	Abby Morrison	TV movie
2005	Pizza My Heart	Gina Prestolani	TV movie
2006	Thrill of the Kill	Kelly Holden	TV movie
2006-2007	Six Degrees	Anya	6 episodes
2008	Welcome to The Captain	Heather	Episode: "The Wrecking Crew"
2008	Fear Itself	Tracy	Episode: "Community"
2008-2009	ER	Dr. Daria Wade	9 episodes
2009	Unstable	Megan Walker	TV movie
2010-2011	Life Unexpected	Cate Cassidy	Main role
2011	Whole Day Down	Moon	Episode: "Genesis"
2011	Royal Pains	Stella	Episode: "Rash Talk"
2012	Dating Rules from My Future Self	Lucy	10 episodes
2012	Franklin & Bash	Emily Adams	Episode: "Waiting on a Friend" Episode: "650 to SLC"
2012	Chicago Fire	Clarice Carthage (Leslie Shay's girlfriend)	Episode: 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16 (season 1)
2013	Girls	Natalia (Adam Sackler's Girlfriend)	Episode: "It's Back" Episode: "On All Fours" Episode: "Together"

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1993	Nominated	Young Artist Award	Best Young Actress in a Cable Movie for: Perfect Family (1992) (TV)
2000	Nominated	Teen Choice Awards	TV "? Choice Actress for: Roswell (1999)