the character Jenn in Neil Labute's play The Distance from Here at the Almeida Theatre at King's Cross in London, England with Enrico Colantoni, Ana Reeder, Amy Ryan, Jason Ritter, and Mark Webber in the cast. David Leveaux was director. Lawsuit In 2002, Pritzker, then a first-year student at Columbia University, filed a $6 billion lawsuit against her father and eleven older cousins, claiming they had misappropriated money from trusts established for her and her brother Matthew Pritzker. In early 2005, the parties settled the lawsuit, which followed another suit that had begun the process of splitting the family fortune eleven ways. That result placed eleven Pritzkers into the Forbes 400, the most from any single family. Under the settlement, Liesel and Matthew each received roughly U.S. $280 million in cash and were given more control over other trusts valued at about U.S. $170 million each. Philanthropy and projects Liesel Pritzker is the founder of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO), a network of young professionals who aim to inspire, educate, and involve others in microfinance and the work of Opportunity International. In June 2009, she donated $4 million to Opportunity International to help expand microfinance services in Africa. She is the co-founder of the IDP Foundation, Inc., and Blue Haven Initiative. Personal life Pritzker is married to Ian Simmons; they live in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Filmography References External links Young Ambassadors for Opportunity Profile on Synergos Board of Directors Actresses from Chicago American child actresses American film actresses Philanthropists from Illinois American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Living people New Trier High School alumni Liesel 20th-century American actresses Columbia College (New York) alumni American stage actresses American people of Australian descent 1984 births 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women