ElizabethGilliesstartedactingin1995doingcommercials.ShefirstairedonNickelodeoninthe1990's.InhermiddleschoolyearsElizabeth(Liz)attendedHaworthPublicSchoolinherhometownofHaworth,NewJersey.GilliesthenattendedNorthernValleyRegionalHighSchoolatDemarest(otherwiseknownasNVD)inDemarest,NewJersey.