| Liza Weil | ||
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| Character Lara Todd | ||
| Date of birth June 5, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth Passaic, New Jersey | ||
| IMDb profile |
Liza Rebecca Weil is an actress who is well-known for her role as Paris Geller on the WB series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007) (with Kelly Bishop, Lauren Graham, Edward Herrmann, and Milo Ventimiglia) and its Netflix revival series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016). She is also known for her roles as White House aide Amanda Tanner in the ABC political drama series Scandal (2012) with Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Young, Joshua Malina, Guillermo Díaz, Scott Foley, and Joe Morton and as attorney Bonnie Winterbottom in the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020) with Viola Davis.
In 2001, she guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Tangled" as Lara Todd.
Weil was married to actor Paul Adelstein, who also guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Decaying Morality" as Dr. Neil Alexander from November 2006 to November 2017, and they have a daughter, Josephine Elizabeth Weil-Adelstein.
In 2022, she had a recurring role as FBI agent Katherine Russo in the Fox Crime drama series The Cleaning Lady (with Martha Millan, Navid Negahban, Jay Mohr, K.C. Collins, and Lou Diamond Phillips).