Eliza Clark is an American actress and writer. She is the older sister of Spencer Treat Clark.

Early life

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, she was a member of the improvisational comedy group Viola Question, and the sketch comedy group The Fifth Humour.

Career

She has acted in minor parts in movies and commercials. In 1990 she briefly played

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on the

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'' One Life to Live''. Clark has also directed many productions at

since September 2003, including

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's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'' and

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's '' House of Yes''. She is also a playwright; her play, ''The Metaphysics of Breakfast'', appeared in the 2005

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. She is a member of Youngblood at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, which is a collective of professional playwrights. She wrote for and performed in the web sitcom, ''Inconvenient Molly''. Her plays have appeared at

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, and in the Yale Playwrights Festival at the

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, for three years in a row: "The Metaphysics of Breakfast" (2005), "Hiccup" (2006), and "Puppy." Her most recent play, "Edgewise" performed at the

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in August 2008. She was the recipient of the 2010 P73 playwriting fellowship from Page 73 Productions. In 2010 she was on the writing staff of the

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series ''

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''. In 2016-2019, she was producer of the

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series '' Animal Kingdom'' and writer of 11 episodes. In 2021, she is the showrunner for the FX series '' Y: The Last Man'' based on the comic book series of the same name by Brian K. Vaughan and

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. In October 2021, the series was canceled after one season. However, Clark is committed to finding a new outlet or network for the series.

Personal life

In 2012, Clark married screenwriter and film director

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. The two met while writing for ''Rubicon''.

References

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