Liz Mikel has been performing on stage for more than twenty years, including extended runs with the
Dallas Theater Center and
Theater Three. In 2007, the
Dallas Morning News described Mikel as "a fixture on the Dallas theater scene". She stepped in for
Oprah Winfrey in a special 2008 performance of
The Vagina Monologues. Her film credits include roles in
The Quest for Freedom, ''
It's in the Water, Detention
(aka Learning Curve
), Seventy-8
, Carried Away, and as Ruthie Jenkins in Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins. Besides Friday Night Lights
, television roles have included guest appearances on LAX, Prison Break, and Past Life plus a recurring role as Maggie on Sordid Lives: The Series''.
Dallas Morning News theater critic Jerome Weeks once described Mikel's voice as "an immense, joyful force" and stated, "If a mountain range could belt a bawdy song, it would sound like Mikel." Liz starred on Broadway in
Lysistrata Jones, for which the
New York Times praised her performance as "commanding." ==Awards and honors==