| Paris Geller
Paris Geller is attending Chilton Prep in Rory's class and she is the president of student body
government. Since five generations of Gellers have gone to Harvard, Paris ultimate goal is to be
excepted to the school as well. Paris wants to become a cancer research scientist. She is always
aiming for the top and wants to be the best in everything. Paris is not very much of a social
person. She has a tendancy to always believe the worst in people and for a long while, this was
also true about her friendship with Rory. However, the two are now good friends who share secrets.
Liza Weil
Liza Weil stars as the brainy Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls. Although she was born in New Jersey,
Weil spent much of her childhood traveling throughout Europe with her parents, who had their
own comedy troupe. When Weil was 12, her family settled in Pennsylvania, and her mother began
taking her to New York for auditions. At 16, she began traveling to the city alone for auditions.
Her first acting jobs came in regional theatre, summer stock and off-Broadway plays. At 18, Weil
moved to the city to pursue her dream full-time. She began doing student films at Columbia
University, which led to an audition for an independent film called Whatever. Weil landed the
lead in the coming-of-age drama and made her film debut. Her other film credits include Stir of
Echoes opposite Kevin Bacon, and Dragonfly, with Kevin Costner.
After shooting Stir of Echoes, Weil moved to Los Angeles, landing memorable guest-starring
appearances in ER, as the wife of a murderous schizophrenic patient, and The West Wing as an
intern responsible for leaking a White House staffer's drug and alcohol problem. Last year she
appeared as a rape victim on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
As often as she can, Weil travels back to the East Coast. She is a film and video enthusiast.
She currently lives in Los Angeles.
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