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Lior Raz (ליאור רז)

Lior Raz (ליאור רז), born 1971, is an Israeli actor and screenwriter, co-creator and star (Doron Kavillio) of Fauda, co-CEO of Faraway Road Productions, with credits including Hit and Run, Operation Finale, and Gladiator II.

Lisa Ann Walter

Lisa Ann Walter, American actress and comedian from Silver Spring, Maryland; Chessy in The Parent Trap (1998) and Melissa Schemmenti on Abbott Elementary; created Life's Work and Dance Your Ass Off; SAG ensemble winner and Celebrity Jeopardy! champion.

Lisa Armstrong (make-up artist)

Lisa Armstrong is a British make-up artist, chief make-up and hair designer on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing since 2007, former Deuce pop singer, RTS Craft & Design Award winner, BAFTA nominee, and Avon collaborator.

Lisa Banes

Lisa Banes (1955–2021), American stage and screen actress, Juilliard graduate, Theatre World Award 1981 for Look Back in Anger, Broadway's Arcadia and Rumors, films Cocktail and Gone Girl; died after a Manhattan scooter hit-and-run.

Lisa Blount

Lisa Blount (1957–2010), American actress and producer from Arkansas; played Lynette Pomeroy in An Officer and a Gentleman and won the 2002 Oscar for the short film The Accountant with Ray McKinnon.

Lisa Bonet

Lisa Bonet, legal name Lilakoi Moon, born 1967, American actress; Emmy-nominated as Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show and A Different World, later in Angel Heart, Enemy of the State, High Fidelity; ex-wife of Lenny Kravitz and Jason Momoa.

Lisa Coleman (actress)

Lisa Coleman, full name Lisa Jacqueline Coleman, is an English actress (born 1970) known for Nurse Jude Korcanik in Casualty and Cam Lawson in the Tracy Beaker franchise.

Lisa Dwan

Lisa Dwan (born 1977, Coosan, Athlone) is an Irish actress, director, and lecturer famed for solo Beckett performances (Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby, No's Knife) and TV roles in Blackshore, Top Boy, Bloodlands, and MobLand.

Lisa Edelstein

Lisa Edelstein (born 1966, Boston) is an American actress, writer, director, and painter known as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House (2004–2012), Abby McCarthy on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and Phoebe on The Kominsky Method, now also an exhibited painter.

Lisa Eilbacher

Lisa Marie Eilbacher, American retired actress born 1956 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; known as Casey Seeger in An Officer and a Gentleman and Jenny Summers in Beverly Hills Cop; active 1972–1995.

Lisa Emery

Lisa Emery (born 1952) is an American character actress; a New York stage veteran (Obie for Iron, Drama Desk nominations), best known as Darlene Snell in Netflix's Ozark, Louise Thompson in Jessica Jones, and The Dama in The Walking Dead: Dead City.

Lisa Faulkner

Lisa Faulkner (Lisa Tamsin Faulkner), British actress born 1972 in Merton, London; known for Holby City, Spooks, EastEnders; won Celebrity MasterChef 2010; married John Torode 2019; ITV's John & Lisa's Weekend Kitchen.

Lisa Gerritsen

Lisa Gerritsen (born 1957, Los Angeles), also Lisa Orszag, former American child actress who played Bess Lindstrom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Phyllis, and Lydia Monroe on My World and Welcome to It, active roughly 1968-1977.

Lisa Hammer

Lisa Hammer (born 1967) is a New York independent filmmaker, singer, and composer; voice of Triana Orpheus on The Venture Bros., frontwoman of Requiem in White, Mors Syphilitica, and Radiana, and director of Pus$bucket and Under the Midnight Sun.

Lisa Hammond (actress)

Lisa Hammond (actress), born 1983 in Chichester, is an English actress and writer with pseudoachondroplasia, known as Donna Yates in EastEnders (2014-2018), Kerry in Psychoville, and co-writer of the play Still No Idea.

Lisa Harrow

Lisa Harrow, New Zealand actress (born 1943 or 1945), RADA-trained, Royal Shakespeare Company Olivia in Twelfth Night (1969), BBC's Nancy Astor (1982), AFI Award for The Last Days of Chez Nous, ONZM honoree.

Lisa Hartman Black

Lisa Hartman Black, born 1956 in Houston, Texas, also known as Lisa Hartman, is an American actress and singer, star of Tabitha and Knots Landing, wife of Clint Black, and ACM-winning duet partner on "When I Said I Do."

Lisa Hochstein

Lisa Hochstein, born 1982 in Toronto, is a Canadian-American model, Playboy centerfold, and Real Housewives of Miami cast member since 2012, known for her divorce from Lenny Hochstein and businesses Fly Beauty and Splitwell.

Lisa Jakub

Lisa Jakub (born 1978, Toronto) is a Canadian retired actress, author, and mental wellness advocate known as Lydia in Mrs. Doubtfire and Alicia in Independence Day; she retired at 22, wrote two books, and founded BlueMala and Mission Flexible.

Lisa Joy

Lisa Joy (Lisa Joy Nolan), American screenwriter, director, and producer born in New Jersey; Stanford and Harvard Law graduate. Co-creator of HBO's Westworld, executive producer of Prime Video's Fallout, and president of production at Kilter Films with husband Jonathan Nolan. Distinct from the true crime author, realtor, and other namesakes.

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow, born 1963 in Encino, California, is the Emmy-winning American actress who played Phoebe Buffay on Friends, and co-creator and star of The Comeback and Web Therapy.

Lisa Loring

Lisa Loring (Lisa Ann DeCinces, 1958–2023), American actress who originated Wednesday Addams in ABC's The Addams Family (1964–1966, 64 episodes) and its 1977 reunion special; died of a stroke at 64.

Lisa Lu (卢燕)

Lisa Lu (卢燕, born January 19, 1927, Beijing) is a Chinese-American actress, three-time Golden Horse winner, Cixi in The Last Emperor, first Chinese lifelong Oscars voting member, and 2025 Walk of Fame honoree.

Lisa Maxwell (actress)

Lisa Maxwell, born in 1963, is an English actress, television presenter, and singer best known for playing DI Samantha Nixon in The Bill and for ITV's Loose Women.

Lisa McGrillis

Lisa McGrillis (born 1982, Cheltenham) is an English actress known for Kelly in Mum, Vicki in Hebburn, Rachel Coles in Inspector George Gently, Sue in Somewhere Boy, and Valerie Jones in Rivals; trained at Northumbria University via The Pitmen Painters.

Lisa Nicole Carson

Lisa Nicole Carson, American actress born 1969 in Brooklyn, played Renee Radick on Ally McBeal and Carla Reese on ER simultaneously in the late 1990s, with films including Devil in a Blue Dress and Eve's Bayou.

Lisa Niemi

Lisa Niemi (Lisa Anne Haapaniemi, born 1956, Houston) is an American dancer, actress, choreographer, writer, and director, widow of Patrick Swayze; she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in One Last Dance (2003) and advocates for pancreatic cancer research.

Lisa Ray

Lisa Ray (Lisa Rani Ray), Indian-Canadian actress and model born 1972 in Toronto to a Bengali father and Polish mother; starred in Kasoor, Bollywood/Hollywood, and Oscar-nominated Water; multiple myeloma survivor, memoirist, and NuHer co-founder.

Lisa Rieffel

Lisa Rieffel (born 1975, Denville, New Jersey), also known as Dusty Street, is an American actress and musician. A child performer on The Cosby Show and Ann Jillian, she played Sara Spooner in The King of Queens and Daisy in Girltrash!.

Lisa Rinna

Lisa Rinna (born 1963) is an American actress and entrepreneur known as Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives, Taylor McBride on Melrose Place, and an 8-season Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member.