25 Things You Didn't Know About Lizzy Caplan

Hop on the bandwagon of the "Masters of Sex" star before it's too late.

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Lizzy Caplan is billed as a "breakthrough actress" every time she takes on a role. It started with Mean Girls, continued with Party Down, happened again with True Blood, and then once more with her lead role in Save the Date. We all get in now, though, right? She's arrived. She's been here. You fools were just too lost in other actors of the moment to keep your attention on her. But with her starring role as Virginia Johnson in Showtime's Masters of Sex, she's hard to look away from. 

Easily this fall's best new drama, Masters of Sex is finally fixing the spotlight on the 31-year-old entertainer. By the end of the season, she'll be more than just "that girl who did that one show, remember her?" Get to know your new favorite actress with 25 Things You Didn't Know About Lizzy Caplan.

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Her bat mitzvah theme was disco.

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Her biggest role model growing up was Robin Tunney in Empire Records.

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In high school, she tried to convince herself she was a lesbian so she could fit in with the musical theater clique, which was led by a gay student she admired named Benji.

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Her first car was a Honda Passport. Before that, she would steal her mom's car just to go to the drive-thru at McDonalds.

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Her first boyfriend in high school was a Scientologist.

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On a backpacking trip to Amsterdam at 19, Caplan stopped in the city's red light district and watched a live sex show.

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She was on the soccer team at Hamilton High School. Her name is stitched into a championship banner hanging in its gym.

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She would blast Stone Temple Pilots, Tripping Daisy, Sublime, Operation Ivy, and Liz Phair in her car as a teenager. A self-proclaimed ska fan, she would also draw straight-edge Xs on her hand.

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Born and raised in the Miracle Mile on Los Angeles, she admits to being very anti-Valley.

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She was a huge Adam Sandler and Michael Douglas fan growing up. She would watch The American President on loop.

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Her first big screen role with an actual name was as Janis Ian on Mean Girls (2004). She almost didn't get it because producers thought she was too beautiful.

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Contrary to her character in Save the Date, Caplan can't draw. The artist behind her character's drawings

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She starred in a little known Western with Peter Dinklage called The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2010).

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She played Jason Mraz's love interest in his video for "You and I Both."

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Her first trip to Sundance was for a short film she produced and starred in, Successful Alcoholics (2010), which could be found on YouTube.

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She played Mischa Barton's character's ex-girlfriend on Once and Again.

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Her favorite stand-up comics are TJ Miller, Nick Kroll, Tig Notaro, Louis CK, Andy Kindler.

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Famous for playing a caterer on Party Down, Caplan was briefly a caterer in real life.

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She can't eat meatloaf without picturing a dick because of browsing her parents' X-rated cookbook as a kid.

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She likes shooting sex scenes because of how awkward they are.

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Her first TV role was as Sara in Freaks and Geeks.

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She's fascinated with sex tapes and has seen Dustin Diamond's (though not in its entirety).

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She has known Save the Date co-star Martin Starr since second grade, when he kissed her friend on the butt.

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When a Redditor asked her if she ever had any weird interactions with A-listers, she answered: "One day, if we find ourselves running into each other drunk at a little bar on the beach in Costa Rica, I will answer this question honestly."

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Her cat's name is Lisa Turtle.

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