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American actress

Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, ) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series Freaks and Geeks (–), Dawson's Creek (–), and ER (–), and for her portrayal of Laurie Keller on the ABC series Cougar Town (–), for which she received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.^[1] She has also appeared in supporting roles in numerous films, such as The Smokers (), Home Room (), White Chicks (), Made of Honor (), He's Just Not That Into You (), The Gift (), and I Feel Pretty ().

From to , Philipps hosted her own television talk show Busy Tonight, on E!. From to , she starred on the Peacock / Netflix original series Girls5eva.

Early life

Philipps was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.^[2][3] She received the nickname "Busy" as a child; sources conflict on whether the nickname came from h