Cara DeLizia is an American former actress. She is best known for her role as Fiona "Fi" Phillips in the

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''.

Career

Early career

DeLizia got her start in acting at the age of five doing theater productions. She was later discovered and starred regularly in the WB's '' Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher''. Later she had guest spots on ''

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'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''

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'' (in " The Stackhouse Filibuster"), ''

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'', and '' ER''. She has also starred in several

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and had minor roles in several motion pictures such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. She co-starred in ''You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Sleepover Party'', starring former ''

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and

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''So Weird''

In her breakout role on ''So Weird'', DeLizia played Fiona "Fi" Phillips, an adolescent girl obsessed with the

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. She left the show after the first two seasons and was replaced by

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. To that point, the show had been "darker" for a Disney show in the vein of ''

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'', but when DeLizia departed, the show took on a lighter tone for the remainder of its run.

Later work

DeLizia's other major role was as Marcy Kendall on the

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'', where she played the assistant to

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's Principal Harper. She voiced Z, a minor character introduced in the spinoff ''

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'' series, '' All Grown Up''. In 2002, DeLizia co-starred in ''Anna's Dream'' alongside former ''

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'' star Lindsay Felton.

Personal life

DeLizia became engaged to Robert Chambers in 2001. The couple married in 2004 and lived in

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. In 2006, the couple divorced. In December 2009, she married Nick Rich.

Filmography

Movies

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delizia, Cara 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)