Lisa started in the industry at a very young age. She trained at the Oldham Theatre Workshop from nine years old. It has been a fun-filled ride ever since!! Whilst training at OTW she appeared in numerous productions; her favourites being “Worzel Gummidge” and “Oh what a lovely war”!
Lisa became a household name with her popular character Mandy Dingle in “Emmerdale”, where she stayed for eight wonderful years. Prior to landing the role of Mandy she played numerous characters in television, theatre and film: “Flight”, “Blood and Peaches” and “Hetty Wainthrop Investigates” for the BBC. Wonderful comedy roles followed “Having It Off”, “Heroes and Villains”, “Put Out More Fags” and “ Bard to Verse”. Further television roles followed with guest roles in “Holby City”, “Doctors” and “The Bill”.
The role closest to Lisa’s heart was her critically acclaimed portrayal of Rebecca in Kay Mellor’s award winning drama “Fat Friends”. Running parallel with Lisa’s acting career she hosted “You’ve Been Framed” for five years and also “OK TV” taking both shows viewing figures to the highest ever known.
British film roles include “Butterfly Kiss” alongside Amanda Plummer, “Secret Society” and most recently “Six Bend Trap”.
For the past twelve months Lisa has been touring the United Kingdom in “The Naked Truth “and has jumped at the chance to do it all again in 2009 with a brand new cast! Other theatre credits include “Play What I Wrote” and “Vagina Monologues” in which she starred with Sharon Osbourne , a wonderful experience Lisa will never forget.
Lisa won various awards in the business, to name a few: “Most Popular Newcomer” National TV Awards, “Funniest Person in a Soap” for four consecutive years and “Most Popular Young Achiever” an accolade which afforded her the opportunity to meet Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
Every Christmas Lisa appears in various venues around the country in Pantomime, and was delighted to celebrate her 11th year at “Stockport Plaza” playing Fairy Godmother in Cinderella.
In 2008 she was proud to work as Creative Consultant on Theatre Productions “The Extra Factor” written by Dave Simpson, which will be going out on tour later this year.
Lisa narrated the popular children’s series “Lights Camera Animals” for Channel 5, and is proud to be involved in 2009 “Celebrity Cash in The Attic” for the BBC of which all the proceeds are going to “Breakthrough Breast Cancer” a charity very close to Lisa’s heart.
She would really like to thank all her family and friends (you know who you are ) for your never ending help and support , it means so much!!!
Finally , Lisa hopes you all enjoy the show as much as she does being involved in it…….”girl power does live on”!!! |
