Liza Rebecca Weil (born June 5, 1977) is an American actress, known for her role as Paris Geller in the WB/CW series Gilmore Girls and its Netflix revival Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. She is also known for her roles as White House aide Amanda Tanner in the first season of ABC\'s Scandal and as attorney Bonnie Winterbottom in ABC\'s How to Get Away with Murder.\n', '

Weil was born in Passaic, New Jersey, into an acting family. She was raised in, and continues to practice, Reform Judaism.\n', '

Her parents, Lisa and Marc Weil, toured Europe with their comedy troupe, The Madhouse Company of London, with her in tow. Weil had aspirations of becoming an archaeologist in her younger years, because of the Indiana Jones film trilogy and a childhood crush on Harrison Ford. In 1984, at the age of seven, her family settled down in suburban Lansdale, Pennsylvania northwest of Philadelphia, where her parents continue to reside. Weil was a self-avowed average student in high school who focused more on her budding acting career than her studies.\n', '

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