Liza Weil

Liza Weil
Weil at a Warner Bros. Television event celebrating the 100th episode of her series Gilmore Girls, 2005
Born	Liza Rebecca Weil (1977-06-05) June 5, 1977 (age 39) Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	1984–present overall, 1993–present professionally
Spouse(s)	Paul Adelstein (m. 2006; filed for divorce 2016)
Children	Josephine Adelstein

Liza Rebecca Weil (born June 5, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Paris Geller in the WB/CW/Netflix series Gilmore Girls. She is also known for her recurring role as White House aide Amanda Tanner in the first season of the ABC series Scandal and currently as attorney Bonnie Winterbottom in the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder.

Weil was born in Passaic, New Jersey, into an acting family. She was raised in, and continues to practice, Reform Judaism.

Her parents, Lisa and Marc Weil, toured Europe with their comedy troupe, The Madhouse Company of London, with her in tow. Weil had aspirations of becoming an archaeologist in her younger years, because of the Indiana Jones film trilogy and a childhood crush on Harrison Ford. In 1984, at the age of seven, her family settled down in suburban Lansdale, Pennsylvania, where her parents continue to reside. Weil was a self-avowed average student in high school who focused more on her budding acting career than her studies.

Weil traveled frequently to New York City for professional auditions and acted in productions both off-Broadway and in Philadelphia's theatrical community before pursuing her film and television career. She is a 1995 graduate of the borough's North Penn High School, graduating in the summer rather than the regular term due to her acting commitments.