Roz Doyle

Roz Doyle is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier. She is played by Peri Gilpin. Roz is the producer of Frasier Crane's Dr. Frasier Crane Show on KACL 780AM. Although initially reluctant to take the job, she and Frasier soon become good friends.

History

The character is named as a tribute to a producer of the television series Wings (having the same creators as Frasier), who died from breast cancer in 1991.

Lisa Kudrow was originally given the role but was fired before the pilot, in which she was replaced by Gilpin.

Background and role in the series

Roz was born in Bloomer, Wisconsin on May 5, 1964. Her mother Joanna (Eva Marie Saint) was a longtime politician there and serves as Attorney General. She has a sister, Denise, whom she resents for her supposedly "perfect" life. Roz's parents are divorced, and she ends her relationship with her father when he starts dating a woman younger than she. Her grandmother was an immigrant from Ireland. Frustrated with small-town Wisconsin, Roz moved to Seattle as an adult to pursue a career in radio, and worked in the industry for about 10 years before joining Frasier.