Born in Hawthorne, CA. Writer and actor who was raised in the Los Angeles area. For a time, Krizan lived in Austin, Texas where she was active in theater and film; she also taught literature and writing at the college level. Krizan and Richard Linklater wrote BEFORE SUNRISE (1995, Castle Rock), featuring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. Krizan also performed in Linklater's DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993, Universal) as hip high school teacher Ginny Stroud, in SLACKER (1991, Detour/Orion) as Questions Happiness, and in WAKING LIFE (2001) as herself. She co-wrote the story for BEFORE SUNRISE and its sequel BEFORE SUNSET (2004). Krizan currently lives in Los Angeles.  Nominated for Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 2004: BEFORE SUNSET (characters and story w. Richard Linklater) 1 nomination