I think it's necessary to identify with anything - with any character you play, there's got to be something in common, so you can link up to that person, even if it's like one tiny thing. But it's equally fun to play somebody completely different, and trying to find what that thing is to make it.

She played the alternative-styled Janis Ian named for the singer-songwriter. In March 2012 Lizzy Caplan filmed a television pilot for Showtime's Masters of Sex. She was named one of “10 Actors to Watch” that year by Variety.

Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan (born June 30 1982) is an American actress. On television her most notable roles include Avery Bishop in Tru Calling (2005) Marjee Sorelli in Related (2005-2006) Kat Warbler in The Class (2006-2007) Amy Burley in True Blood (2008) and Casey Klein in Party Down (2009-2010). In film Lizzy Caplan is best known for her roles as Janis Ian in Mean Girls (2004) Marlena Diamond in Cloverfield (2008) April in Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and Gena in Bachelorette (2012).