Profile
Ethnicity
European
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
164 cm
Age Range
76–86
Career Highlights
Lisa is one of New Zealand’s best-known and most experienced actors, with a career that spans well over 40 years. She studied acting at London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the late 1960s. She has won multiple awards for her work, including being honored as Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to the dramatic arts. Her screen and stage credits are too long to list in full, having played the lead in 8 feature films. Some of her most notable credits include her portrayal of Nancy Astor in the BBC series of the same name, as well as her award-winning performance as 'Beth' in "The Last Days of Chez Nous."
Awards.
| 2016 | Joe A Callaway Award for the Best Classical Performance in New York City for Volumnia in Coriolanus | ||
| 1998 | Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role - Sunday, Independent Spirit Awards | ||
| 1994 | Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role - That Eye That Sky Australian Film Inst | ||
| 1992 | Best Actress in a Leading Role, Australian Film Institute - The Last Days of Chez Nous | ||
Feature Film.
| 2024 | Caterpillar | Huia (Lead) | Dir. Chelsie Preston Crayford |
| 2000 | Country | (Lead) | Indi Films (Ireland) |
| 1997 | Sunday | (Lead) | Goatwork Films (US) |
| 1994 | That Eye The Sky | (Lead) | Beyond Films (Australia) |
| 1992 | The Last Days of Chez Nous | (Lead) | Jan Chapman Productions (Aus) |
| 1985 | Shaker Run | (Lead) | Mirage Film (NZ) |
| 1984 | Other Halves | (Lead) | Finlayson-Hill Productions (NZ) |
| 1981 | Man From a Far Country | (Lead) | EMI (Poland) |
| 1981 | Omen III: The Final Conflict | (Lead) | 20th Century Fox (UK) |
| 1975 | All Creatures Great and Small | (Lead) | EMI (UK) |
| 1974 | It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet | Helen Harriot | EMI Films Dir. Eric Till |
| 1973 | The Devil is a Woman | Emilia Contreras (Lead) | Euro International Dir. Damiano Damiani |
Short Film.
| 2020 | Blue Smoke | Beryl (Core) | Dir. Ivan Barge |
Television.
| 2020 | Brokenwood Mysteries - Season 7 | Ep 5 - Charlotte Chambers (Supporting) | South Pacific Productions Dir. Various |
| 2013 | Step-Dave | Marrion (Major Support) | South Pacific Pictures Dir. Various |
| 2004 | Jessica | (Lead) | Channel 10 (Australia) |
| 1997 | Kavanagh, QC | (Lead) | Central TV and PBS |
| 1995 | The Strawberry Tree | (Lead) | Meridian TV/PBS |
| 1992 | Witchcraft | (Lead) | BBC |
| 1991 | Strauss Dynasty | (Lead) | MRTV Film Productions (Austria) |
| 1990 | Come in Spinner | (Lead) | Australian Broadcasting Corp |
| 1990 | Sense of Guilt | (Lead) | BBC |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs Daniels | LWT Dir. Andrew Grieve |
| 1989 | Inspector Morse | Thelma Radford | Zenith Productions Dir. Peter Hammond |
| 1989 | Nooni and Manni | (Lead) | European Co-Production |
| 1988 | Act of Betrayal | (Lead) | LWT |
| 1988 | Always Afternoon | (Lead) | SBS (Australia) |
| 1987 | Lizzie's Pictures | Lizzie (Lead) | BBC |
| 1984 | Playing Shakespeare | (Lead) | LWT |
| 1983 | Under Capricorn | (Lead) | South Australian Film Corp |
| 1982 | Nancy Astor | Nancy Astor (Lead) | BBC/PBS |
| 1980 | Jekyll and Hyde | (Lead) | BBC/PBS |
| 1980 | The Waterfall | (Lead) | BBC |
| 1978 | 1990 | (Lead) | BBC |
Theatre.
| 2018 | At The Wake | Joan (Lead) | Circa Theatre Dir. Jane Yonge |
| 2016 | Coriolanus | Volumnia | |
| 2014 | At The Wake | Joan | Multinesia Productions Dir. Roy Ward |
| 2010 | Lion in Winter | Eleanor (Lead) | Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey |
| 2009 | Hamlet | Gertrude (Lead) | Northern Stage, Vermont |
| 2009 | Ion | Creusa (Lead) | Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC |
| 2009 | Rock 'n' Roll | Eleanor/Esme (Lead) | Studio Theatre, Washington DC |
| 2007 | Phallacy | Regina Leitner-Opfermann (Lead) | Cherry Lane Theatre, NYC |
| 2006 | The Cherry Orchard | Raynevskya (Lead) | Chautauqua Theatre Company |
| 2006 | The Lion in Winter | Eleanor (Lead) | Northern Stage, VT |
| 2005 | All My Sons | Kate Keller (Lead) | Chautauqua Theatre Company |
| 2005 | The Cherry Orchard | Raynevskya (Lead) | Yale Rep |
| 2004 | All My Sons | Kate Keller (Lead) | Northern Stage,VT |
| 2004 | Mary Stuart | Elizabeth 1 (Lead) | Pittsburgh Public Theatre |
| 2003 | Beauty | Constance | La Jolla Playhouse |
| 2003 | Copenhagen | Margrethe | Santa Fe Stages |
| 2002 | Collected Stories | Ruth Steiner | Northern Stage, VT |
| 2002 | The Last True | Margaret | Seattle Rep |
| 2002 | The Notebook | Miss Thorne | Second Stage, NYC |
| 2001 | Medea | Medea | Pittsburgh Public Theatre |
| 2001 | Old Times | Anna | George Street Playhouse, NJ |
| 2000 | The Late Middle Classes | Celia | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
| 2000 | Wit | Vivian Bearing | Union Square Theatre, NY |