Elizabeth Wakefield

Elizabeth Wakefield
Sweet Valley High character
Elizabeth Wakefield from the cover of Sweet Valley High #1: Double Love
Created by	Francine Pascal
Portrayed by	Cynthia Daniel
Information
Nickname(s)	Liz
Gender	Female
Occupation	Reporter
Family	Jessica Wakefield (Twin Sister) Steven Wakefield (Older Brother) Ned Wakefield (Father) Alice Wakefield (Mother)
Nationality	American

Elizabeth Wakefield was one of the two main fictional characters in the book series Sweet Valley High. She was portrayed by Cynthia Daniel in the TV series of the same name. Her twin sister, Jessica was portrayed by Cynthia's twin, Brittany Daniel.

According to the SVH novel Last Wish the twins' birthday is June 13th, which would place them at Gemini, the sign of the twins on the zodiac. Despite being more sensible and down to earth than her twin sister, Elizabeth was one of few students in Sweet Valley who rivaled Jessica in the popularity stakes. She was known for being practical and a good listener, and her peers often confided in her. Elizabeth was born four minutes before Jessica. Like her sister, she was named after one of her ancestors, Elisabeth Johnson.

Although Liz has many friends, her best friend was Enid Rollins and later Maria Slater, a close friend from middle school. Her first boyfriend and first love was Todd Wilkins. She first fell for him in a way when she saw him in kindergarten and offered him a tissue when he was crying. She felt some sort of kismet with him ever since. It wasn't until high school that her goal of being with Todd became a reality.

Another dream of Liz's is to be a professional journalist and she was a dedicated staff member of her school newspaper The Oracle in which she wrote several features stories. She considered Oracle editor in chief Penny Ayala, arts editor Olivia Davidson, cartoonist Abbie Richardson; and, for a brief period, sports editor John Pfiefer amongst her closest friends. Staff advisor Roger Collins was her mentor. She also worked as an intern briefly at a magazine entitled "Flair" where she started to ignore Todd for work only to find out Todd himself got discovered as a model and was having an affair with his modeling partner, supermodel Simone.