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Shiri Appleby

  • Actress
  • Director
  • Producer
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,00084
Shiri Appleby
Official trailer for the second season of UnReal, a behind-the-scenes look at the chaos surrounding the production of a dating competition program.
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UnREAL (2015–2018)
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Shiri jumped in front of the lens as a youngster appearing in Norman Lear Sunday Dinner and Lawrence Kasden's I Love You To Death. At 19 she had her breakout performance on the series Roswell, playing the leading role of Liz Parker. She went on to appear in ER, Six Degrees, as well as Mike Nichols' Charlie Wilson's War, HBO's GIRLS, CW's Life Unexpected, before starring in Lifetime's critically acclaimed dramady UnReal, playing Rachel Goldberg, a producer working behind the scenes of a dating competition show, which received the Peabody Award. In 2016, Shiri was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Actress for her work on the show. Shiri directed four episodes of UnReal before focusing most of her attention on directing. Shiri has directed shows such as Minx, UnPrisoned, Blackish, New Amsterdam, Young Sheldon, and many others, across all platforms.
BornDecember 7, 1978
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BornDecember 7, 1978
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,00084
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  • Awards
    • 5 nominations

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Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, and Alexis Dziena in Havoc (2005)
Shiri Appleby and Alexis Dziena in Havoc (2005)
Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer in UnREAL (2015)
Shiri Appleby and Natasha Wilson in UnREAL (2015)
Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer in UnREAL (2015)
Shiri Appleby in UnREAL (2015)
Shiri Appleby in UnREAL (2015)
Shiri Appleby in UnREAL (2015)
Shiri Appleby, Craig Bierko, Constance Zimmer, and Josh Kelly in UnREAL (2015)
Shiri Appleby, Constance Zimmer, and Caitlin FitzGerald in UnREAL (2015)
Shiri Appleby and Joe Abraham in UnREAL (2015)
Shiri Appleby, Alex Hernandez, and Josh Kelly in UnREAL (2015)

Known for

The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
The Thirteenth Floor
7.0
  • Bridget Manilla
  • 1999
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Charlie Wilson's War
7.0
  • Jailbait - Charlie's Angels
  • 2007
Havoc (2005)
Havoc
5.5
  • Amanda
  • 2005
Katherine Heigl, Jason Behr, Shiri Appleby, and Brendan Fehr in Roswell (1999)
Roswell
7.5
TV Series
  • Liz Parker

Credits

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Actress

  • Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher in Your Place or Mine (2023)
    Your Place or Mine
    • Vanessa
    • 2023
  • Nathan Parsons, Amber Midthunder, Michael Trevino, Heather Hemmens, Tyler Blackburn, Jeanine Mason, Michael Vlamis, and Lily Cowles in Roswell, New Mexico (2019)
    Roswell, New Mexico
    • Allie Meyers
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Fred Savage in What Just Happened??! (2019)
    What Just Happened??!
    • Lisa
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    • Kitty Bennett
    • Officer Amelia Albers
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2019
  • Discover Indie Film (2019)
    Discover Indie Film
    • Violet Novak
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Drunk History (2013)
    Drunk History
    • Margaret Howe Lovett
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer in UnREAL (2015)
    UnREAL
    • Rachel Goldberg
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2018
  • Strangers (2017)
    Strangers
    • Julie
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Nia Long, Shiri Appleby, Michael Cera, Judy Greer, Brett Gelman, and Gillian Jacobs in Lemon (2017)
    Lemon
    • Ruthie
    • 2017
  • Jason Biggs, Busy Philipps, and Jenny Mollen in I Like You Just the Way I Am (2016)
    I Like You Just the Way I Am
    • Baz
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Shiri Appleby, Sean Bell, Susan Hull, Debra Spidell, Gary Wolf, Dylan Sanford, Ryan Tanner, Linda Morel, Yancy Berns, Jason Oldak, Amy Millan, and Lucas Putnam in An Entanglement (2016)
    An Entanglement
    • Violet Novak
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
    Code Black
    • Carla Niven
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne in The Meddler (2015)
    The Meddler
    • TV Daughter
    • 2015
  • Ethan Embry in The Devil's Candy (2015)
    The Devil's Candy
    • Astrid Hellman
    • 2015
  • Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu in Elementary (2012)
    Elementary
    • Dalit Zirin
    • TV Series
    • 2014

Director

  • Delroy Lindo and Kerry Washington in Unprisoned (2023)
    Unprisoned
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
    Young Sheldon
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Yara Shahidi and Marcus Scribner in Grown-ish (2018)
    Grown-ish
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2023
  • New Amsterdam (2018)
    New Amsterdam
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Rebecca Rittenhouse in Maggie (2022)
    Maggie
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Wonder Years (2021)
    The Wonder Years
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Anderson, Jenifer Lewis, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, and Marsai Martin in Black-ish (2014)
    Black-ish
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Queens (2021)
    Queens
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gary Cole, Tracee Ellis Ross, Christina Anthony, Tika Sumpter, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Arica Himmel, and Ethan William Childress in Mixed-ish (2019)
    Mixed-ish
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020–2021
  • Nathan Parsons, Amber Midthunder, Michael Trevino, Heather Hemmens, Tyler Blackburn, Jeanine Mason, Michael Vlamis, and Lily Cowles in Roswell, New Mexico (2019)
    Roswell, New Mexico
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2020
  • Haley Ramm and Liana Liberato in Light as a Feather (2018)
    Light as a Feather
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019)
    Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer in UnREAL (2015)
    UnREAL
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2018
  • Sketchy (2012)
    Sketchy
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Dating Rules from My Future Self (2012)
    Dating Rules from My Future Self
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012

Producer

  • Dating Rules from My Future Self (2012)
    Dating Rules from My Future Self
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2012
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The Devil's Candy
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The Devil's Candy
All American Christmas Carol
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All American Christmas Carol
The Battle of Shaker Heights
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The Battle of Shaker Heights
When Do We Eat?
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When Do We Eat?
The Killing Floor
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The Killing Floor
Swimfan
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I See You.com
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I See You.com
Havoc
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Havoc

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • December 7, 1978
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Jon Shook2013 - present (2 children)
  • Children
      Natalie Bouader Shook
  • Parents
      Dina Appleby
  • Relatives
    • Evan Appleby(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Print ad for Levi's Lot 53 (Spring 2000)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 2 Articles
    • 6 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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    Audtioned for all 3 female roles on Roswell (1999) several times before being cast as Liz.
  • Quotes
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