Liz Phair

Did You Know?

• Liz is married to Jim Staskausas and they have one son, James.
• Liz lives in Chicago with her husband, step-son Aidan and James.
• She was adopted as an infant.
• Liz is only 5'2" tall.
• Her father, John Phair, is an AIDS researcher for Northwestern University and her mother is an art instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago.
• Liz grew up in Winnetka, Ilinois. She describes it as a "cross between Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club."
• She has one older brother, Philip.
• Liz spent a year in Britain at age seven when her father took a sabbatical to Sheffield University.
• Liz graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio with a degree in Art History/Studio in Art. She interned in New York for artists Nancy Spero and Leon Golub.
• Liz is a rocker. She has three albums released plus many appearances on soundtracks and compilations.

Actor Credits

1. Seeing Other People (2004)
2. Cherish (2002)

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