"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, Dir.
Paramount Pictures; Mike Mitchell, Dir.
Sony Pictures; Jamie Foxx, Writer/Dir.
Yari Film Group/Queen Latifah; Lance Rivera, Dir
Dreamworks; David Koepp, Dir.
Sarno & Ruggio Productions
Director: Rebecca Goldstein
Film Society of Lincoln Center; Toni Dove, Dir.
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, Dir.
CBS - Seith Mann, Dir.
FOX - Michael Lange, Dir.
ABC - Bill Roe, Dir.
NBC - Alex Chapple, Dir.
ABC - Peter Marc Jacobson, Dir.
NBC - Alex Graves, Dir.
CBS
ABC
CBS
ABC
Nickelodeon
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, Dir.
York Theatre Company; Sheryl Kaller, Dir.
Second Stage Theatre; Kathleen Marshall, Dir.
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, Dir.
Portland Center Stage; Chris Coleman, Dir.
Theatre Aspen; Michael Unger, Dir.
Old Globe Theatre; Stafford Arima, Dir.
Penguin Repertory; Stewart Schulman, Dir.
Baltimore Center Stage; Irene Lewis, Dir.
Stamford Center for the Arts; Clayton Phillips, Dir.
Madison Repertory; Susan H. Schulman, Dir.
Old Globe Theatre; Jack O'Brien, Dir.
Apple Tree Theatre; Eileen Boevers, Dir.
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