Elizabeth Alderfer

{{Short description|American actress}}

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Elizabeth Alderfer is an American actress who is known for her role as Olivia in the Netflix comedy television series Disjointed and her recurring role as Lynette in NBC/Peacock comedy series A.P. Bio. Most recently, she played main character Lizzie on the CBS sitcom United States of Al.

Biography

Alderfer is known for playing the character Olivia in the Netflix original series Disjointed.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-chuck-lorre-kathy-bates-netflix-sitcom-1202391452/|title=TV News Roundup: Chuck Lorre Netflix Pot Sitcom 'Disjointed' Sets Premiere Date|last=Czachor|first=Emily Mae|date=2017-04-20|work=Variety|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}} The character Olivia worked at the pot dispensary and was a love interest of Travis. The show was cancelled after its lone two-part season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/arts/television/review-disjointed-netflix-kathy-bates.html|title=Review: 'Disjointed' Is One Buzzkill of a Pot Comedy|last=Poniewozik|first=James|date=2017-08-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/entertainment/disjointed-review/index.html|title=Netflix pot comedy 'Disjointed' runs on fumes|first=Brian |last=Lowry|work=CNN|access-date=2018-04-30}} She has also played the character Sarah in a few General Electric television ads. From 2019 through 2021, she had a recurring role in the NBC (and later Peacock) sitcom A.P. Bio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispot.tv/topic/actor-actress/wIx/elizabeth-alderfer|title=Elizabeth Alderfer TV Commercials|website=www.ispot.tv|language=en|access-date=2018-04-30}} Alderfer was cast in a lead role for the 2021 CBS sitcom United States of Al.

She has been married to cook and butcher Ali Bouzari since 2018.{{Cite web|last=Alderfer|first=Elizabeth|date=2019-04-01|title=My brilliant wordsmith husband @AliBouzari|url=https://twitter.com/lizalderfer/status/1112774333259083777|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428003203/https://twitter.com/lizalderfer/status/1112774333259083777 |archive-date=2021-04-28 }}

Filmography

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|+ Television and film roles

Year

! Title

! Role

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2013

|The Good Wife

|Anna Buday

|Episode: "Je Ne Sais What?"

2013

|Golden Boy

|Angie McGuire

|Episode: "McKenzie on Fire"

2013

|Turtle Island

|Laura

|Film

2014

|Unforgettable

|Lauren

|Episode: "Till Death"

2015

|Forever

|Lydia

|Episode: "The King of Columbus Circle"

2016

|Better Off Single

|Evy

|Film

2016

|Orange Is the New Black

|Ann-Marie

|Episode: "It Sounded Nicer in My Head"

2016

|The Passing Season

|Lindsey

|Film

2017

|Game Day

|Ricky

|Film

2017

|Disjointed

|Olivia

|Main role

2019

|The Passage

|Rachel

|Episode: "Whose Blood Is That"

2019–2021

|A.P. Bio

|Lynette

|Recurring role (seasons 2–4)

2019

|Bull

|Whitney Holland

|Episode: "Fantastica Voyage"

2021–2022

|United States of Al

|Lizzy Dugan

|Main role

2024

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Kelsey Sommers

|Episodes: "Fractured", "Economics of Shame"

References

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