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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 (Jury Prize)

Time Out of Mind (w. Richard Gere)

Sponge Bob 2 (w. Antonio Banderas)

Sheneneh & Wanda (develop reading) 

The Perfect Holiday (w. Gabrielle Union)  

Ghost Town

Fractured        

Stumptown             

Spectropia                     

 

Riley

Laura          

Amy
Olga

Melody Oates      

Featured    

Lead

Dex

Supporting

Datz a Wrap; Lisa Datz, Writer/Dir.

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

Sarno & Ruggio Productions

Rebecca Goldstein: Dir.

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, Dir.

Eugene O'Neill Theatre; Jack O'Brien, Dir.

Lunt Fontanne Theatre; Richard Jones, Dir.

 

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; w. John Cameron Mitchell

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 T. Anderson

Mia/Black Mamba

Linda/Amber Waves

SXSW Festival & Rockwell Stage, Los Angeles

Rockwell Table & Stage; 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 Technique

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

NEW YORK

On Camera Technique

Scene Study & Shakespeare

Voice & Speech

B.F.A. THEATRE/MUSICAL THEATRE

BOSTON UNIVERSITY THEATRE INSTITUTE

Bob Krakower

H. B. Studios -- Austin Pendleton

Liz Caplan, Michael Rafter, Joan Lader 

The University of Michigan, Brent Wagner, Director 

Shakespeare, Scene Study, Movement, Dialects

"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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