Shiri Appleby

Shiri Appleby is one of those actors who quietly built a really impressive career without ever making a big Hollywood noise about it. I first noticed her as Liz Parker in Roswell back in 1999 — she carried that whole show with this understated sincerity that made the alien-teen drama feel genuinely emotional rather than cheesy. But honestly, her best work came much later in Unreal, the sharp, uncomfortable Lifetime drama where she played a reality-TV producer wrestling with her own complicity. That role showed range I don't think enough people gave her credit for — morally complicated, raw, and hard to look away from. The USC education tracks too; there's a thoughtfulness to her choices that feels deliberate. She's also stepped behind the camera as a director, which makes total sense for someone who clearly understands story from the inside out.

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Name (English)

Shiri Appleby

Name (Japanese)

シリ・アップルビー

Reading

しり・あっぷるびー

Born

December 7, 1978 (age 47)

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / television director / director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Horse

High school

Calabasas High School

University

University of Southern California

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shiriappleby/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiri%20Appleby
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230686

Tags

• California
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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