Cara Elizabeth DeLizia (born April 10, 1984 in
Silver Spring,
Maryland) is an American television actress most known for her portrayal as Fiona "Fi" Phillips alongside
Mackenzie Phillips in the
Disney Original Series So Weird.
Career
Early career
She got her start in acting at the age of 5 doing theater productions. She was later discovered and starred regularly in the
WB's
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher. Later she had guest spots on
Mad About You,
7th Heaven,
The West Wing,
Strong Medicine, and
ER. She has also starred in several TV movies and had minor roles in several motion pictures such as
Sleepless in Seattle and
Avalon.
So Weird
It was her role on
So Weird that was her breakout. She starred as
Fiona "Fi" Phillips, a 14-year old girl obsessed with the
paranormal. She traveled around the country on a comeback tour bus with her rockstar mother (Phillips). At various stops along the way Fi would encounter paranormal activity ranging from
aliens, to
ghosts, to
Bigfoot. Fi's interest was driven to find out what had caused her father's death when she was a child. Her investigations culminated in the shows
Season 2 finale. DeLizia left the show in the
Season 3 premiere and was replaced by a young Canadian
Alexz Johnson. To that point, the show had been "darker" for a Disney show in the vein of
The X-Files. However, when DeLizia departed, the show took on a lighter tone for the remainder of its run.
