Liza Weil

Liza Rebecca Weil (born June 5, 1977) is an American actress. She is well known for her role as Paris Geller in the WB/CW/Netflix series Gilmore Girls. She is also known for her recurring roles as White House aide Amanda Tanner in the first season of the ABC series Scandal and as attorney Bonnie Winterbottom in the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder. 2Early life 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 caree