"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
