Liz Phair Profile

Birth Name: Elizabeth Clark Phair

Birth Date: April 17th, 1967

Birth Place: New Haven, Connecticut

Raised In: Cincinnati, Ohio

Education:
New Trier High School
Oberlin College in Ohio

Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)

Spouse:
Jim Staskouskas (1995 - 2001) (divorced) 1 child

Children: Son, James Nicholas Staskouskas (born December 21st, 1996)

Genres: Rock, Pop

Debut Album: Exile in Guyville (1993)

Breakthrough Singles: "Why Can't I?"

Soundtracks:
Raising Helen (2004) (song "Extraordinary")
13 Going on 30 (2004) (song "Why Can't I?")
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) (song "Why Can't I?")
How To Deal (2003) (song "Why Can't I?")
Thirteen (2003) (song "Explain It To Me")
Julie Johnson (2001) (song "Uncle Alvarez")
High Fidelity (2000) (song "Baby Got Going")
She's All That (1999) (song "Baby Got Going")
The Horse Whisperer (1998) (song "Chopsticks")
First Love, Last Rites (1997) (song "Erecting A Movie Star")
Chasing Amy (1997) (song "California")
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) (song "Six Dick Pimp")
Stealing Beauty (1996) (song "Rocket Boy")
Walking and Talking (1996) (song "Go West")
Higher Learning (1995) (song "Don't Have Time")
Amateur (1994) (song "Girls! Girls! Girls!")

Did You Know:
Was adopted as an infant by parents John and Nancy Phair.
Plays the guitar and piano, writes all of her own songs, and is an artist.
Is a feminist, and kept her maiden name in marriage.