Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979, in Oak Park,
Illinois, USA) is an actress known for a starring role in the 2002
film Home Room, and supporting roles in the 2004 Wayans brothers film
White Chicks, and on the TV series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's
Creek. She auditioned for the lead role of Lindsay Weir on Freaks and
Geeks before being cast as Kim Kelly. She also auditioned for the
television show Roswell.
Her parents gave her the nickname Busy because, as an infant, she was
always moving, and the nickname stuck; it even appears on her driver's
license. She attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona,
where she was taught by high-school theatre teacher Deborah Carrick.
She attended Loyola Marymount University at the same time as Colin
Hanks and Linda Cardellini (her Freaks and Geeks costar). She worked
the toy-fair circuit as a real-life Barbie before making her
show-business debut.
Filmography
* White Chicks (2004)
* Mummy an' the Armadillo (2004)
* Home Room (2002)
* Dawson's Creek (1998) (TV series) (2001-2003)
* Spring Break Lawyer (2001) (TV)
* Anatomy of a Hate Crime (2001) (TV)
* The Smokers (2000)
* Freaks and Geeks (1999) (TV series)
* Saving Graces (1999) (TV series)