- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 6, 1977 (48 years old)
- Place of birth
- Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Liz Cackowski
Liz Cackowski (born Elizabeth T. Cackowski, November 6, 1977, in Woodbridge, Virginia) is an American actress, comedian, comedy writer, and producer who began her career performing and writing at The Second City in Chicago before being hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live (2003–2006, 59 episodes), for which she won a WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety Series. She is married to director Akiva Schaffer (since 2003) and they have two children. Her most notable film credits include Liz Bretter in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Zooey's Friend in I Love You, Man (2009), Flint's Teacher (voice) in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), Wendy the Realtor in Neighbors (2014) and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Poppies Producer in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), Lisa the Sommelier in Wine Country (2019, also writer and co-producer), Susan O'Malley in An American Pickle (2020), Stage Mom in Licorice Pizza (2021), and multiple voice roles in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022). On television she is best known as Joyce in Speechless (2016–2019, 12 episodes, ABC), with writing and producing credits on The Last Man on Earth (2015, 6 episodes, also co-producer), Girls5eva (2021–2022, also co-executive producer), and Community (2009, 2 episodes), and she created the web series The Jeannie Tate Show (2007–2008).
