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Three Days of Rain
"Lisa Datz turns her riveting character into a life force, the kind of heart-shaking performance that is its own miracle."
- Chicago Reader

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FILM

Life of Riley (*Awards Below)

Time Out of Mind

Sponge Bob 2

Sheneneh & Wanda (Reading) 

The Perfect Holiday    

Ghost Town

Fractured (short)       

Stumptown (short)            

Spectropia                     

 

Riley

Laura          

Amy
Olga

Melody Oates      

Featured    

Lead

Lead

Supporting

Datz a Wrap; Lisa Datz, Writer/Director

Gere Productions; Oren Moverman

Paramount Pictures; Mike Mitchell & Paul Tibbitt

Sony Pictures; Jamie Foxx, Writer/Dir.

Yari Film Group/Queen Latifah; Lance Rivera

Dreamworks; David Koepp

Marco Ruggio

Rebecca Goldstein

Film Society of Lincoln Center; Toni Dove

TELEVISION

FBI: Most Wanted

Elementary

Bones

Castle               

Law & Order          

Hope & Faith            

The West Wing

As the World Turns

All My Children

Guiding Light

One Life to Live

Blues Clues

Guest Star

Guest Star

Guest Star        

Guest Star  

Guest Star               

Guest Star     

One Day Guest       

Recurring

Recurring

One Day Guest

Recurring

Guest Lead

CBS - Ken Girotti

CBS - Seith Mann

FOX - Michael Lange

ABC - Bill Roe

NBC - Alex Chapple

ABC - Peter Marc Jacobson

NBC - Alex Graves

CBS - Jennifer Pepperman

ABC -  

CBS 

ABC - Gary Donatelli

Nickelodeon - Koyalee Chanda

BROADWAY

Titanic (Original Cast Reunion)         

The Full Monty (Original Cast)          Titanic (Original Cast)  

Madeleine Astor

Pam Lukowski

Madeleine Astor 

Lincoln Center; Don Stephenson

Eugene O'Neill Theatre; Jack O'Brien

Lunt Fontanne Theatre; Richard Jones

OFF BROADWAY

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

In the Wings

Weird Romance

Saturday Night (Sondheim revival)

Yitzak

Melinda

Rebecca

Celeste/Helen (u/s)

Jane Street Theatre; Peter Askin

Promenade Theatre; Jeremy Dobrish

York Theatre Company; Sheryl Kaller

Second Stage Theatre; Kathleen Marshall

LOS ANGELES THEATRE

For The Record: Tarantino

For The Record: Paul Thomas Anderson

Frank Wildhorn & Friends

Mia/Black Mamba

Linda/Amber Waves

Lead Performer

SXSW & Rockwell Stage, Los Angeles

Rockwell Table & Stage, Los Angeles

The Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles 

REGIONAL

Steel Magnolias

Three Days of Rain

Crimes of the Heart

Ace

The Pavilion

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Empire

Heartland

The Full Monty

Violet (Jeff Award Nomination)

M'Lynn

Nan/Lina

Meg

Elizabeth

Kari

Julia

Sam/Samantha

Mattie

Pam Lukowski

Violet

Casa Manana; Alan Souza

Portland Center Stage; Chris Coleman

Theatre Aspen; Michael Unger

Old Globe Theatre; Stafford Arima

Penguin Repertory; Stewart Schulman

Baltimore Center Stage; Irene Lewis

Stamford Center for the Arts; Clayton Phillips

Madison Repertory; Susan H. Schulman

Old Globe Theatre; Jack O'Brien

Apple Tree Theatre; Eileen Boevers

TRAINING & EDUCATION

LOS ANGELES

On Camera Technique

Meisner & Scene Study

Working Pro Voice Over

Viewpoints Workshop

Dance (Hip Hop/Modern/African)

Risa Bramon Garcia, Corey Parker, John Rosenfeld

Chris Fields

Kalmenson & Kalmenson -- Cathy Kalmenson

Steppenwolf  West -- Alexandra Billings

Madonna Grimes, Benjamin Allen, Carol Walker

NEW YORK

On Camera Technique

Scene Study & Shakespeare

Voice & Speech

Bob Krakower

H. B. Studios -- Austin Pendleton

Liz Caplan, Michael Rafter, Joan Lader

B.F.A. THEATRE/MUSICAL THEATRE

BOSTON UNIVERSITY THEATRE INSTITUTE

The University of Michigan, Brent Wagner, Director 

Shakespeare, Scene Study, Movement, Dialects

*LIFE Of RILEY (Short) - Written & Directed by Lisa Datz

AWARDS

JURY PRIZE - Los Angeles International Film Festival

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT - London Independent Film Festival

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST & INDIE SPIRIT AWARD - Idyllwild Festival of Cinema 

AWARD FINALIST BEST SHORT FILM - New York Short Film Festival

AWARD FINALIST BEST SHORT FILM - The Romford Film Festival - London, UK

NOMINATIONS 

Austin International Film Festival

Best Director - Lisa Datz

Best Actress - Lisa Datz

Best Supporting Actor - Silas Weir Mitchell

Best Supporting Actress - Dionne Gipson

Best Score - Carson Rammelt

City Of Angels FIlm Festival

Best Short FIlm 

SPECIAL SKILLS:

English Equestrian & Jumping, Competitive Figure Skater (10 years), Numerous Dialects, Dance (Hip Hop, Jazz, Modern);

Singing (Musical Theatre, Pop/R+B

"Then there is Datz... her performance is so true, so focused, so multifaceted, and full of spirit. She takes you inside her character's head and heart, and makes you root for her."
- Chicago Sun-Times
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