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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, 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

"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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