Shiri Freda Appleby was born on December 7, 1978 in Los Angeles,
California.
Shiri has been acting since the age of 4, landing jobs in several commercials.
Her first television job was on the soap "Santa Barbara". Next came various
roles on series like "thirtysomething", "The Bronx Zoo" and "Doogie Howser,
M.D.".
Shiri made her film-debut in the low budget sequel "Curse II: The Bite" (1988).
"I Love You to Death" (1990) came next and Shiri finally started to get secure
work as an actress. For the next four years Shiri worked steadily in television
movies and made various television appearances.
When Shiri entered high school, she took a small break and took part in
Yearbook, Student Council and was a cheerleader. Shiri graduated from Calabasas
High School In 1997.
Roles on "7th Heaven" and "City Guys" followed and then Shiri enrolled into the
University of Southern California where she planned on taking a break from
acting and studying English. However, her plans gave way when she landed the
role as Liz Parker on "Roswell". Shiri gave her education a break and decided to
try acting full-time. With the success of "Roswell", Shiri rose to fan-magazine
fame and was seen everywhere through the show's success.
With small roles in past films such as "The Thirteenth Floor" and "The Other
Sister" (Both 1999), Shiri Appleby landed the lead role as Amy Miller in
"Swimfan" (2002).
Misspellings & aliases:
Sheri, Sherri, Shery, Sherry, Shirri, Shiry, Shirry, Cheri, Cherry, Cherri,
Appelby, Apleby, Applebie, Applebye, Apellby.