Peri Gilpin
 

Peri Gilpin portrays Roz Doyle in the top-rated comedy series FRASIER a Grub Street Production in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC-TV. Roz is Frasier's (Kelsey Grammer) independent, fast-talking, savvy radio producer who offers wry outlooks on his callers and his life. 

Gilpin feels she was probably destined to portray a character like Roz on FRASIER because, as a child, she often accompanied her late father, a nationally-known broadcaster, to the Dallas radio station where he worked. She also worked with the late "Wings" producer, Roz Doyle, for whom her character is named in tribute. 

Born on May 27 in Waco, Texas, Gilpin was raised in Dallas and studied acting at the Dallas Theatre Center, performing in various stage productions. After high  school, she continued her acting studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the British-American Academy in London, England. Returning to the States, Gilpin found work in Dallas as a make-up artist, but her life-long desire to act motivated her to become an apprentice at the renowned Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. 

Her stage credits include starring in the off-Broadway production of "Lucky Lucy and the Fortune Man," the role of Helena in the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and numerous regional theatre productions including "The Crucible," "Hawthorne County" and "The Maderati." 

Her additional television credits include the NBC telefilm, "The Secret She Carried" opposite D.W. Moffett and Jere Burns, the NBC telefilm "Fight For Justice: The Nancy Conn Story," and the "Ethically Yours" episode of Showtime's "The Outer Limits." She was a regular on Paramount's "Flesh n' Blood" and has guest starred on such series as Paramount's "Cheers" and "Wings," "Designing Women" and "21 Jump Street."