What Is Lizzy Caplan's Net Worth?
Lizzy Caplan is an accomplished American actress and producer with a net worth of $5 million. She is renowned for her roles as Kat Warbler on "The Class" (2006–2007), Casey Klein on "Party Down" (2009–2010), Virginia E. Johnson on "Masters of Sex" (2013–2016), Annie Wilkes on "Castle Rock" (2019), and Josie and Lanie Burhman on "Truth Be Told" (2019–2020). Over her career, Caplan has accumulated more than 60 acting credits, including notable films such as "Mean Girls" (2004), "Hot Tub Time Machine" (2010), "Bachelorette" (2012), "The Night Before" (2015), and "Now You See Me 2" (2016) as well as the television series "Freaks and Geeks" (1999–2000), "Related" (2005–2006), "True Blood" (2008), and "New Girl" (2012).
She also contributed as a producer on "Masters of Sex" and short films like "Successful Alcoholics" (2010) and "The Toll Road" (2019). Recently, Caplan started voicing Reagan Ridley on Netflix's "Inside Job" in 2021 and secured the role of Alex Forrest on the Paramount+ series "Fatal Attraction."
Early Life
Elizabeth Anne Caplan was born on June 30, 1982, in Los Angeles, California. Raised in a Jewish household, her mother Barbara worked as a political aide, and her father Richard was a lawyer. Lizzy has an older sister, Julie, and an older brother, Benjamin. She attended Jewish summer camp and had a disco-themed bat mitzvah. Tragically, she lost her mother to cancer at the age of 13. Caplan attended Alexander Hamilton High School, where she was on the soccer team and graduated from the school's Academy of Music in 2000. After switching her focus from piano to acting, Lizzy decided to pursue an acting career rather than attending college.
Career
Caplan's television debut came in 1999 with a recurring role on the cult classic "Freaks and Geeks." This led to parts in TV movies like "From Where I Sit" (2000) and "Everybody's Doing It" (2002), as well as guest appearances on shows like "Undeclared" (2001), "Smallville" (2001; 2003), and "Once and Again" (2001). Her first feature film role was in "Orange County" (2002), followed by her breakout role as Janis Ian in the 2004 hit "Mean Girls," where she starred alongside Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert. The movie, written by Tina Fey, was a commercial success, grossing $130.1 million against a $17 million budget and was later adapted into a Tony-nominated Broadway musical. Caplan continued her television career with roles on "The Pitts" (2003), "Tru Calling" (2005), "Related" (2005–2006), and "The Class" (2006–2007). During this period, she also played roles in "Love Is the Drug" (2006), "Crashing" (2007), and "Cloverfield" (2008), as well as having a recurring part as Amy Burley on HBO's "True Blood" in 2008. From 2009 to 2010, she portrayed Casey Klein on the Starz series "Party Down." In 2010, she appeared in "127 Hours" and co-starred in "Hot Tub Time Machine" with John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, and Clark Duke.
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Caplan's subsequent TV guest roles include appearances on "Childrens Hospital" (2010–2011), "Mr. Sunshine" (2011), "Wainy Days" (2011), "Newsreaders" (2013), "The League" (2013–2014), and a recurring role as Julia Cleary on Fox's "New Girl" in 2012. She continued to take on film roles in "High Road" (2011), "Save the Date" (2012), "Bachelorette" (2012), and "3,2,1… Frankie Go Boom" (2012). From 2013 to 2016, Lizzy starred as Virginia E. Johnson on Showtime's "Masters of Sex," which earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination. She furthered her film career with roles in "The Interview" (2014), "The Night Before" (2015), and "Now You See Me 2" (2016), which grossed $334.9 million at the box office. More recent appearances include cameos in "The Disaster Artist" (2017), guest roles on "Angie Tribeca," "Ill Behaviour," "I'm Sorry," and voice work on "The Simpsons." In 2019, she took on the iconic role of Annie Wilkes in Hulu's "Castle Rock" and portrayed twins Josie and Lanie Burhman on Apple TV+'s "Truth Be Told."
Personal Life
Lizzy Caplan dated "Friends" star Matthew Perry from 2006 to 2012. She became engaged to actor Tom Riley in May 2016, and they married on September 2, 2017. Caplan has owned cats named Lisa Turtle and Colbert, and she is the godmother of Birdie Silverstein, the eldest child of actress Busy Philipps and screenwriter Marc Silverstein.
Awards and Nominations
Lizzy Caplan's performance in "Masters of Sex" earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2014. She also won an Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and received nominations from the Critics Choice Television Awards, IGN Summer Movie Awards, and Satellite Awards. For her role in "Save the Date," she won an Achievement Award at the 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival and received a National Film Society Award nomination for Best Actress. Additionally, Lizzy earned Teen Choice Award nominations for "Hot Tub Time Machine" and "Now You See Me 2," received a Saturn Award nomination for "Cloverfield," and earned a NewNowNext Award nomination for "New Girl." In 2019, she received an IGN Summer Movie Award nomination for "Castle Rock," and in 2017, she shared a BAM Award nomination for Best Cast for "The Disaster Artist."
