Liza Lapira

LIZA LAPIRA hails from Queens, New York, and moved to Los Angeles in 2004. She began her acting career performing in workshops and off-Broadway plays with various theatre companies, including Pan Asian Repertory, New York Theatre Workshop, The Play Company, and New Dramatists. Her credits include "As You Like It," "School For Wives," "The Odyssey" and Alexandra Cunningham's "No. 11 (Blue and White)."

Lapira's first regular television role was as Maggie, Oliver Platt's long-suffering assistant, on the Showtime series "Huff." She also played neuroscientist Ivy on Joss Whedon's series "Dollhouse." She's had recurring roles on "Dexter," "ER," "Law & Order: SVU," and two seasons of "NCIS," as Agent Michelle Lee. She was also a regular on the new Fox series "Traffic Light."

Her early film credits include "Domino," directed by Tony Scott, and the independent feature "The Big Bad Swim," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006. She later appeared in J.J. Abrams' "Cloverfield" and, in 2008, she starred in "21," opposite Kevin Spacey, Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth and Laurence Fishburne. Lapira then worked with Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the hit action film "Fast & Furious," and in 2010 she was in "Repo Men," with Jude Law and Forrest Whitaker.

In addition to her work, Lapira is a proud supporter of the after school enrichment program LA's BEST.

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