Liza Snyder

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Liza Snyder
Born (1968-03-20) March 20, 1968 (age 56)
Northampton, Massachusetts
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present
Known for Sirens ; Jesse ; Yes, Dear ; Man with a Plan
Parent
  • Barbara Green [1] (mother)

Liza Snyder (born March 20, 1968 [2] ) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles, which include Officer Molly Whelan in the ABC (and syndicated) series Sirens , Linda in the NBC sitcom Jesse , Christine Hughes in the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear from 2000 to 2006, and Andi Burns in the CBS sitcom Man with a Plan from 2016 to 2020.

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Life and career

Snyder was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her father is a professor of theatre at Smith College, and her mother is a singer-songwriter. Her maternal grandparents were five-time Academy Award-winning composer, Johnny Green, and the actress and consumer reporter, Betty Furness. [3] Snyder is a graduate of New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre where she studied acting under the tutelage of Sanford Meisner.[ citation needed ]

Snyder began her career appearing in episodes of television dramas such as The Trials of Rosie O'Neill and Murder, She Wrote . In 1993, she landed the leading role of Molly Whelan in the ABC and then syndicated crime drama Sirens . After the series was canceled, she co-starred in two made-for-television movies, and guest starred on Chicago Hope , and Pacific Blue . From 1998 to 2000, she was a regular cast member in the NBC sitcom Jesse starring Christina Applegate. She made her big screen debut in a secondary role in Pay It Forward directed by Mimi Leder. Later in 2000, Snyder began starring as Christine Hughes on the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear . The series ended in 2006.

After Yes, Dear, Snyder had a five-year hiatus. In 2011, she returned to television with a guest starring role in an episode of House , playing a patient in need of a lung transplant. She reprised her Yes, Dear role in a 2013 episode of Raising Hope . [4] In 2016, Snyder returned to regular series television work starring alongside Matt LeBlanc in the CBS sitcom Man with a Plan . [5] [6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill N/AEpisode: "Double Bind"
1992 Down the Shore ClaireEpisode: "A Tale of Two Houses"
1993–1995 Sirens Off. Molly WhelanMain role, 22 episodes
1994 Murder, She Wrote Jeannine BonelliEpisode: "Proof in the Pudding"
1996Innocent VictimsAngela HennisTelevision film
1996Race Against Time: The Search for SarahMarthaTelevision film
1996 Chicago Hope Serena ParetskyEpisode: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
1997 Pacific Blue Rebecca SantoriEpisode: "Repeat Offenders"
1998–2000 Jesse LindaMain role, 42 episodes
2000 Pay It Forward MichelleFilm
2000–2006 Yes, Dear Christine HughesMain role, 122 episodes
2011 House VanessaEpisode: "Transplant"
2013 Raising Hope Christine HughesEpisode: "Sex, Clown and Videotape", Reprised role from Yes, Dear
2016–2020 Man with a Plan Andi BurnsMain role, 69 episodes

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