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Liz Vassey (born August 9, 1972, in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American actress, best known for playing Captain Liberty on the 2001 TV series The Tick^[1] and Wendy Simms on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Career

Vassey played Emily Ann Sago on the soap opera All My Children from 1988 to 1991. From 2004 to 2005 she had a recurring role on the series Tru Calling as Dr. Carrie Allen. She appeared on the Two and a Half Men episode "The Last Thing You Want to Do Is Wind Up with a Hump" (2003).

Since 2005, Vassey has had a recurring role as Wendy Simms on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Starting with the tenth season, Vassey was promoted to a regular cast member and began appearing in the show's opening credits.

Vassey has a cameo on Joss Whedon's web-based musical, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, as "Fury Leika".

Along with fellow actress Kristin Bauer, Vassey runs a company called Neurosis to a T(ee), which designs and sells slogan-covered t-shirts for women. The slogans poke fun at female worries and neuroses, often relating to relationships.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Married with Children T-R-A Something, Something Spells Tramp (1992)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992) as Marcie St. Claire
• Calendar Girl (1993) as Sylvia
• The Secrets of Lake Success (1993) as Suzy Atkins
• The New Leave It to Beaver (1988, 1989) as Candy
• All My Children (1988–1991) as Emily Ann Sago Martin
• Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Conundrum" (1992) as Kristin (character name as credited is never actually spoken on-screen)
• Grapevine: "The Janice and Brian Story" (1992) as Janice
• ER (1994) as Liz
• Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas (1994) as Carla
• Pig Sty (1995) as Tess Galaway
• The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995) as Princess Tyra, Pangea's Leader
• Brotherly Love (1995-1997) as Lou Davis
• Maximum Bob (1998) as Kathy Baker
• The Tick (2001–2002) as Captain Liberty/Janet
• Push, Nevada (2002) as Dawn F. Mitchell
• Nikki and Nora (2004) (pilot only) as Nikki
• Man of the House (2005) as Maggie Swanson
• Tru Calling (2005) as Dr. Carrie Allen
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005—) as Wendy Simms
• 3Way (2008) as Mikki Majors
• Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) as Fury Leika

Awards

• 1990 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Juvenile Female in a Drama Series on All My Children (nominated).

References

External links

• Liz Vassey at the Internet Movie Database
• Liz Vassey at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Photos from CSI Astro Quest