Busy Philipps (born Elizabeth Jean Philipps on June 251979, in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American film actress known for a starring role in the acclaimed 2002 film Home Room, and supporting roles in the 2004 Wayans brothers film White Chicks, and on the TV series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek.

She appeared on the UPN sitcom Love, Inc., in a role originally intended for Shannen Doherty. The show lasted for one season (2005-2006) before being canceled. Since Fall 2006, she had a major recurring role as Hope on ER.

Her parents gave her the nickname Busy because, as an infant, she was always moving, and the nickname stuck; it even appears on her driver's license. She attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. She attended Loyola Marymount University at the same time as Colin Hanks and Linda Cardellini (her Freaks and Geeks and ER co-star). She worked the toy-fair circuit as a real-life Barbie before making her show-business debut.

Philipps is godmother to Dawson's co-star Michelle Williams' and the late Heath Ledger's daughter Matilda Rose, born in 2005.

Philipps is leaving ER after the second episode of Season 14; her character is headed to South America to "fulfill her Christian mission".

She was ranked #58 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.

At San Francisco's Sketchfest, Philipps announced that she and husband Marc Silverstein are expecting their first child.

Auditioned for the role of Lindsay Weir on "Freaks and Geeks" (1999) before being cast as Kim Kelly.

Auditioned for the television show "Roswell" (1999).

Her parents gave her the nickname Busy, because as an infant she was always moving, the name stuck, and it even appears on her driver's license.

Raised in Scottsdale, Arizona

She attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona where she was taught by one of the greatest High School Theatre teachers, Deborah Carrick.

She attended Loyola Marymount University at the same time as Colin Hanks and Linda Cardellini.

Worked the toy fair circuit as a real-life Barbie before making her show-business debut.

Filmed a pilot for a 2004 TV series for NBC called "Foster Home" with Macaulay Culkin, but the show was never picked up.

Godmother of Matilda, the daughter of Dawsons Creek co-star Michelle Williams (I) and Heath Ledger.