Background
Liza Lapira was born in Queens, New New York
Liza Lapira was born in Queens, New New York
She played Kianna in the 2008 film 21, Special Agent Michelle Lee in the Columbia Broadcasting System police procedural series NCIS and Ivy, Topher Brink"s assistant in Dollhouse. Lapira has also co-starred in the short-lived sitcoms Traffic Light, Don"t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, and Super Fun Night. She is of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry.
In New York, she acted on stage and in independent films.
She moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to work in television Stage Lapira"s New York stage credits include As You Like lieutenant, The School for Wives, The Odyssey, and Alexandra Cunningham"s Number.
11 Blue and White. Early film credits include director Tony Scott"s Domino and independent feature The Big Bad Swim, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival in 2006.