• Audtioned for all 3 female roles on "Roswell" (1999) several times before being cast as Liz.
• Her first name, Shiri, means "song of mine" in Hebrew.
• Has a younger brother, Evan.
• Attended the University of Southern California, studying English literature in addition to theatre arts.
• Was voted "Most Spirited" by her classmates at Calabasas High.
• Graduated from Calabasas High School (located in Los Angeles' West San Fernando Valley) class of 1997.
• Graduated in 1997 from Calabasas High School (located in Los Angeles' West San Fernando Valley) where she was voted "Most Spirited" by classmates. While in high school, she was on yearbook committee, student council, and was a cheerleader for one year.
• Girlfriend of Florida Panthers' back-up goaltender, Steve Shields.

Shiri Appleby was born in Los Angeles, California on December 7, 1978. The daughter of Jerry & Dina Appleby, Shiri has been acting since the age of 4, landing jobs in several commercials for Cheerios, M&Ms and Taco Bell. Her first television job was on the soap "Santa Barbara" (1984). Next came various roles on "thirtysomething" (1987), "Bronx Zoo", "Doogie Howser, M.D."(1989). She made her film-debut in the low budget sequel, Curse II: The Bite (1988). I Love You to Death (1990) came next and Shiri finally started to get secure work as an actress. For the next four years she worked steadily in television movies and made various television appearances.

When she entered high school she took a small break and took part in Yearbook, Student Council and was a cheerleader. In 1997 she graduated from Calabasas High School, where she was voted 'Most Spirited' by her class. Roles on "7th Heaven" (1997) and "City Guys" (1997) followed and then Shiri enrolled into the University of Southern California where she planned on taking a break from acting and studying English. However, her plans gave way when she landed the role as Liz Parker on the WB Hit "Roswell" (1999). It was then that she gave her education a break and decided to try acting full-time. With the success of her series, Shiri rose to fan-magazine fame and was seen everywhere through the show's success. With small roles in past films such as The Thirteenth Floor (1999) and The Other Sister (1999), in 2002, after "Roswell"ended, Shiri landed the lead role as Amy Miller, the trusting girlfriend of Jesse Bradford, in the suspenseful teen-film Swimfan (2002).