Liz Parker

Liz Parker
Roswell character
Liz Parker as portrayed by Shiri Appleby
First appearance	"Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"Graduation" (episode 3.18)
Created by	Character Melinda Metz Developed for Television Jason Katims
Portrayed by	Shiri Appleby
Information
Full name	Elizabeth Parker
Nickname(s)	Liz (by everyone) Lizzy, Beth
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	High school student (at Roswell High; graduated) Waitress
Family	Jeffrey "Jeff" Parker (father) Nancy Parker (mother)
Spouse(s)	Maxwell "Max" Evans (husband)
Abilities	Premonitions, Telekinesis, Pyrokinesis, Psychic power, Healing, and Molecular combustion

Elizabeth "Liz" Parker is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Roswell High book series and Roswell T.V. series that ran from 1999 to 2002. The character was portrayed by Shiri Appleby.

Liz is considered to be the protagonist of the series, along with Max Evans. Liz is the main narrator throughout the three seasons and she has been described as the "heart and soul" of the show. She made her first appearance in the Roswell pilot episode and remained a core character until the series finale.

Liz Parker attends Roswell High School, where her favorite subject is science. Her best friends are Alex Whitman and Maria DeLuca. At the beginning of the series, she breaks up with boyfriend Kyle Valenti and engages in a dramatic relationship with alien-human hybrid Max Evans, which is the of the television series.

Liz Parker is portrayed as a typical girl next to door, at least from the outside. She is beautiful though she doesn't really realize it. She is smart and very direct about her opinions, sensible, confident and levelheaded. Her home was above the diner her family owns, the Crashdown Café, and until the last episode, she worked there as a waitress after school. She did well in school, especially in science that had been her passion since she was a child. Her dream was to go into molecular biology at Harvard university. However, after the events in the season three finale, Liz's whereabouts are unknown.

Liz is a complex character; very sweet and kind overall, yet strong and determined. Control is something very important for her: with it, she can get facts and answers and this makes her feel more safe about herself, those she loves, and life in general. However, her real nature isn't really so controlled. When Max saves her life and she falls in love with him, everything in her life changes; Max is the living proof that people cannot control everything and even science doesn't have all the answers. She understands this, and realizes that she has to follow her heart and live in the moment, because no matter how people try, they can't control everything and they can't choose with whom they fall in love.