Cara DeLizia

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Cara DeLizia
OccupationActress
Years active1989–2012
Spouses
  • Robert Chambers (m. 2004–06)
Nick Rich
(m. 2009)
Children3

Cara DeLizia is an American former actress. She is best known for her role as Fiona "Fi" Phillips in the Disney Channel Original Series So Weird .

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Career

Early career

DeLizia got her start in acting at the age of five doing theater productions. She was later discovered and starred regularly in the WB's Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher . Later she had guest spots on Mad About You , 7th Heaven , The West Wing (in "The Stackhouse Filibuster"), Strong Medicine , and ER . She has also starred in several TV movies and had minor roles in several motion pictures such as Sleepless in Seattle and Avalon . She co-starred in You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Sleepover Party, starring former Full House stars Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.

So Weird

In her breakout role on So Weird, DeLizia played Fiona "Fi" Phillips, an adolescent girl obsessed with the paranormal. She left the show after the first two seasons and was replaced by Alexz Johnson. To that point, the show had been "darker" for a Disney show in the vein of The X-Files , but when DeLizia departed, the show took on a lighter tone for the remainder of its run.

Later work

DeLizia's other major role was as Marcy Kendall on the FOX drama Boston Public , where she played the assistant to Chi McBride's Principal Harper.

She voiced Z, a minor character introduced in the spinoff Rugrats series, All Grown Up . In 2002, DeLizia co-starred in Anna's Dream alongside former Caitlin's Way star Lindsay Felton.

Personal life

DeLizia became engaged to Robert Chambers in 2001. The couple married in 2004 and lived in Burbank, California. In 2006, the couple divorced.[ citation needed ]

In December 2009, she married Nick Rich. [1]

Filmography

Movies

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Sleepover Party HerselfDirect-to-video
1995Under the GunDaughterUncredited[ citation needed ]
1997Crayola Kids Adventures: Tales of Gulliver's TravelsCara – Queen of the Big EndersDirect-to-video
Crayola Kids Adventures: The Trojan HorseAtheniea
2011RogueKit
2012HomecomingYoung BobbyVoice role

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Literary VisionsActorTelevision documentary
1996–1997 Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher SarahMain role, 22 episodes
1997 Don King: Only in America Teen Girl #1Television movie
1999 7th Heaven GlendaEpisode: "Sometimes That's Just the Way It Is"
Mad About You Teenage Mabel BuchmanEpisode: "The Final Frontier: Part 2"
1999–2000 So Weird Fiona 'Fi' PhillipsLead role (seasons 1 & 2); guest role (season 3)
2000 ER Andrea ParksEpisode: "Be Patient"
2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of DonnieBaru / MonkeyVoice role; television movie
Close to HomeAlisonTelevision movie
NYPD Blue JoannaEpisode: "Writing Wrongs"
The West Wing Winifred HooperEpisode: "The Stackhouse Filibuster"
Go Fish LisaEpisodes: "Go Student Council", "Go Wrestling"
Strong Medicine Felicity FarberEpisode: "Rebirth"
The Nightmare Room VanessaEpisode: "The Howler"
Just Shoot Me! RandyEpisode: "Maya Judging Amy"
2002 As Told by Ginger Laetitia BowansVoice role; episode: "New Girl in Town"
Anna's Dream Elizabeth "Beth" MorganTelevision movie
2002–2003 Boston Public Marcie KendallRecurring role, 15 episodes
2003TwinsN/ATelevision movie
2003–2004 All Grown Up! ZVoice role; episodes: "Bad Kimi", "It's Cupid, Stupid"
2004Still LifeWilla2 episodes; never-aired television series
JAG Midshipman Emma GreenEpisode: "One Big Boat"
Love's Enduring Promise Annie WalkerTelevision movie
2006Mr. Nice GuyMaxUnsold television pilot [2]
Ghost Whisperer Libby GrantEpisode: "Dead Man's Ridge"
2007 Close to Home Kaitlin HowardEpisode: "Hoosier Hold Em"

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