Shiri Freda Appleby (born
December 7 1978) is an
American actress. She is probably best known for her leading role as
Liz Parker in the
Roswell television series.
Biography
Early life
Appleby was born in
Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Dina (
née Bouader), an
Israeli-born
Hebrew school teacher, and Jerry Appleby, a Jewish-American
telecommunications executive.
[Shiri Appleby Biography (1978-)] She and her younger brother, Evan, were raised in
Calabasas, in
Los Angeles County. Her mother is of
Sephardic Moroccan Jewish background.
In
Hebrew, "Shiri" means either "my song" or simply "sing". She has a scar above her left eyebrow, resulting 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.
