Who plays Liza on TV Land's Younger? Star's career and notable projects, explored

Younger is the longest-running and one of the most popular shows on TV Land. Created by Emily in Paris and Sex and the City creator Darren Star, the comedy-drama consistently received good ratings and reviews for its witty writing, innovative theme, and impeccable performances.

The show revolves around a 40-year-old divorcee, Liza, who pretends to be 20-something to land her dream job as an assistant in the publishing industry. As she starts to live a double life and tries to hide her secret, a comedic chaos ensues.

Actress Sutton Foster plays Liza on Younger. The actress does a great job playing the series protagonist in all seven seasons. Foster is an award-winning actress who has made a name for herself in television and on Broadway.

Sutton Foster plays Liza on Younger

Younger actress Sutton Foster has been a part of several stage plays, films, and shows. She started her professional stage career in 1992 with a national tour of The Will Rogers Follies. Four years later, she made her Broadway debut, playing Sandy Dumbrowski in Grease, and then there was no looking back.

In 2002, Foster starred in the lead role in the Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, which earned her a Tony Award. She then received another Tony Award for her performance as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes in 2011.

Over the years, she has appeared in some hit productions like Little Women (2005), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006), Shrek the Musical (2009), and The Music Man (2021–2023). More recently, in 2024, she starred as Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd.

Apart from the stage, Foster is also an accomplished television actress. She entered the TV industry with a small role in Playhouse Disney’s Johnny and the Sprites. She then made episodic appearances in shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Royal Pains before landing the lead role of Michelle Simms in ABC’s Bunheads in 2012.

In 2015, she shot to wide fame and acclaim with Younger and continued to star in the show till its conclusion in 2021. Her other television credits include Into the Dark, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Good Wife, and Mad Dogs. Foster has also been seen on the big screen in the films The Angriest Man in Brooklyn and Gravy.

Sutton Foster reveals why she chose to play Lisa on Younger

Sutton Foster opened up about why she decided to become a part of the show in a 2021 interview with Entertainment Weekly. The actress revealed she could connect with Liza’s character as a woman who was trying to reinvent herself:

“I read the script and immediately was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I think I might be able to pull this off.’ It was sort of an extreme concept, but I was kind of falling between the cracks a little bit, age-wise. I was still reading young, I was 39. I thought maybe I could pull this off.”

“I could hear myself saying the lines, and I liked that it was about a woman reinventing herself. I felt like I was doing that at the same time because I was in L.A. It felt like the right fit. I auditioned and was really going for it. I really wanted this job.”

Apart from Foster, Younger also stars Debi Mazar as Maggie Amato, Nico Tortorella as Josh, Miriam Shor as Diana Trout, Hilary Duff as Kelsey Peters, Peter Hermann as Charles Brooks, Charles Michael Davis as Zane Anders, Molly Bernard as Lauren Heller, and Tessa Albertson as Caitlin Miller.