Name: Elizabeth “Liz” Lemon
Portrayed by: Tina Fey
Occupation: Head writer for TGS with Tracy Jordan
Family: Parents-Dick and Margaret Lemon. Brother: Mitch

Likes: As an avid television watcher, Liz has a number of programs she enjoys watching: Heroes (especially the Japanese Dude), Lost, Little People Big World (The show about midgets), Ugly Betty, Top Chef and Designing Women. She owns few DVD’s, but those that she does own (Star Wars and Tootsie) she loves. She also enjoys an occasional glass of Pinot Grigio, her wine of choice.

Dislikes: Anything that goes against a social norm or that is even the slightest bit unfair pushes the buttons of Ms. Lemon. She has been known to get overly overemotional and “buy all the hot dogs”. Her maternal instincts and urges have been kicking in as of late, something she does not know exactly how to deal with. Her body tells her one thing, but her mind tells her something else. In addition to these quirks, Liz experiences, more often than not, something she refers to as “white-guilt”, which sometimes makes her seem a tiny bit racist.

Personal Life: Although it is said that Liz has poor social skills and a less than satisfying love life, she does have two people she can count on (most of the time). Jenna Maroney has been Liz’s partner in crime since their “Girlie Show” days at Second City in Chicago. They lived together in Little Armenia before moving to New York City to pursue a larger audience for The Girlie Show. Liz is Jenna’s rock, seeing as Jenna sometimes is overly anxious and paranoid. Her other pal in New York is Pete Hornberger, the producer of TGS. He, out of everyone on the show, knows Liz the best and often acts as her confidant. The two habitually discuss Liz’s poor love life. She has had a cavalcade of ridiculous ex-boyfriends; the most absurd being Dennis “The Beeper King” Duffy. These discussions between her and Pete have also alluded to a brief and possibly tumultuous relationship with late night talk show host Conan O’Brien. She also had a short-lived tryst with a MSNCB executive, Gray, who turned out to be he third cousin. The most successful relationship Liz has had recently was with Floyd, a recovering alcoholic from the legal department at NBC. The relationship went well until Floyd moved to Cleveland after being offered a job at a prominent law firm there. After Floyd, Liz attended a party where she made out with Grizz, one of Tracy Jordan’s entourage. Later, it was found out that she made both Grizz and Dot Com (the other entourage member) cry. So we know she must have a power over these men. The most recent foray into the dating world was with Jamie the 20 year old coffee boy. Later he was discovered to have a mother who looked almost identical to Liz. We have not seen much from Jamie since.

Quick Facts:

-Liz hales from White Haven which is more than likely White Haven, Pennsylvannia
-She is an Emmy Winner, presumably for TGS
-Her political views would most likely place her in the Democratic Party
-She is almost fluent in German, and studied it during college
-She majored in Theater Tech
-Jack refers to her as a Third Wave Feminist
-Sometimes, she has been perceived as a lesbian, but is in fact a heterosexual
-She frequents Match.com in the hopes of finding someone worthy
-In her days before TGS, she taught improvisation to senior citizens
-Google searches remedies for her scalp pain. (As well as singles yoga). She was very excited to recieve her perscription shampoo!

Favorite Quotes:

Ok, here’s your pep talk. You’re not an actor; you’re Jack Donaghy, all right? Ok, so quit whining and nut up. You’re right, if you can’t do this, you are a failure. Josh can do this, and earlier today he ate a club sandwich with the toothpicks still in it. Jenna can do this and she was once engaged to David Blaine. Any dumb-dumb can act, Jack, so be a man and get it done.” –Episode 1.05 Jack-tor

“Why do you sound so surprised? I love America. Just because I think gay dudes should be allowed to adopt kids and we should all have hybrid cars doesn’t mean I don’t love America”. –Episode 1.15 Hard Ball“

“But to even things out, here is all my crazy secret stuff. I have been sexually rejected by not one, but two guys who later went onto Clown College. I get super nervous whenever I hear a vacuum cleaner because when I was a kid, my mom would turn on the vacuum to drown out the sound of her and my dad fighting. Which is why I rarely vacuum my apartment, like never. I have had three doughnuts so far today. Once in college, I pooped my pants a little bit at a Country Steaks all you can eat buffet and I didn’t leave until I finished my second plate of shrimp. A couple of months ago, I went on a date with my cousin. Wow…I am a mess. There is an 80% chance that in the next election I will tell all my friends I am voting for Barack Obama but I will secretly vote for John McCain. Here’s one, when I was a kid, I used to put on my fanciest nightgown and then I would mix orange soda and cream soda in a champagne glass and I would sit in the dark and watch The Love Boat. Consequently I have some weird sexual fantasy stuff about Gopher from The Love Boat. And I lied. I have had five doughnuts today. So umm, that’s my deal. And now we’re even.” –Episode 1.18 Fireworks.