Lisa Arch

Lisa Arch
Born	Lisa Kushell
Other names	Lisa Kushell
Website	http://www.lisakushell.com

Lisa Arch (born November 23, 1971), also known as Lisa Kushell, is an American comedic actress known for her roles in the 1997-98 Season of the FOX Network comedy show, MADtv and as cohost of TBS's Dinner and a Movie from 2002 to 2005. Arch has also has been in movies, such as 2001's Legally Blonde.

Personal life

Arch was born in Los Angeles, California. She then began acting on stage at 15 years old in the comedy troupe Upstage Comedy. As a member of the troupe, she gained experience with writing and creating sketch characters. Arch has often stated that her parents were extremely supportive of her and they enabled her to hone her skills in their "unfurnished living room" until she graduated high school. Arch earned her SAG card with one line as a waitress on Dream On. After her first appearance, Lisa began appearing on such shows as Seinfeld, The X-Files, and For Your Love.

She has an older brother named Robert who was born 1969. Born Lisa Kushell, she is married to animator Russell Arch.

Career

MADtv

Lisa joined the cast of MADtv in 1997, as a repertory performer, for the third season. She would be promoted to repertory status mid-season. She is remembered for playing characters like social outcast Susan Whitfield and sassy country gal, Wanda Terry-Ann Lainier Parker from the Parker Sisters sketches.

Arch also flexed her comedy muscles with her celebrity impressions, of public figures like Paula Jones. She also lampooned Hollywood stars like Farrah Fawcett, Demi Moore, Alyson Hannigan, Lori Loughlin and Hope Summers. She has also impersonated singers like Melanie Chisholm (a.k.a. "Sporty Spice") and Alanis Morissette. However, Lisa is most remembered for lampooning singer Fiona Apple in a MADtv music video parody.

After one season on the show, Lisa left MADtv at the conclusion of season three to pursue other career opportunities.

Catch phrases

• "You ain't gettin' none a' this, none a' this and especially none of THIS" - Wanda Terry-Ann Lainier Parker (The Parker Sisters)
• "Oh look, an attractive woman" - Fiona Apple

Other television projects

Since Leaving MADtv, Arch has done many guest appearances and voice overs. She has appeared in such commercials as "Mervyn's" and "Southern Comfort."

Lisa is currently featured on the Comedy Central "crank phone call" show Crank Yankers as the voice of "Cammie", an airheaded bisexual party-girl in her early twenties. She is also playing the role of Samantha Samuels on the Disney Channel show Cory in the House.Arch can be seen on a regular basis at Los Angeles' ACME Comedy Theater and recently hosted a special episode of Reel Comedy, also on Comedy Central about the new movie, Bewitched. She also has numerous guest appearances on television shows including Reno 911!, Seinfeld, and The X-Files.

Dinner and a Movie

In 2001, Arch's career got a great boost when she replaced Annabelle Gurwitch as the hostess of the TBS cooking and entertainment show, Dinner and a Movie. For two and a half years, Lisa appeared, along side host Paul Gilmartin and chef Claud Mann, in each episode introducing movies and "cracking jokes" during the preparation of a creative dinner to go with some theme of the movie.

In 2004, Arch's contract had expired. As she was preparing for another season as hostess of the show, she got a call from TBS executives, right after the Thanksgiving holiday, informing her that her contract was not going to be renewed. She left the show on good relations with the Dinner and a Movie staff (in fact she still remains in contact with them) but she was very bitter about the failure to have her contract renewed. In 2005, Lisa was succeeded by Janet Varney as hostess.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2008	Sweet Sixteen	Ms. Carlson
2005	I'm Not Gay	Chris
2005	Guess Who	Woman at Elevator
2001	The Comedy Team of Pete & James	Gwen
2001	Legally Blonde	Guest
1999	Dirt Merchant	XTV Reporter
1998	Billboard Dad	Woman #2

Television Appearances

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	Cory in the House	Samantha Samuels	Recurring role
2006	Hannah Montana	Liza (the photographer)	2 episodes
2006	Half & Half	Dr. Swenson
2004	Significant Others	Girl at Bar
2003	Charmed	Tour Guide
2003	Windy City Heat	Suzanne/Jiggly Wrigley
2003	For Your Love	Kathy McCulloch
2003	Reno 911!	Stripper with Dispute
2002	Dinner and a Movie	Host
2000	The X Files	Call Girl
1998	Michael Hayes	Rhonda
1997 - 1998	MADtv	Various Characters
1996	Seinfeld	Connie
1994	Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women	Dotty
1993	Dream On	Waitress

Voice acting and video game appearances

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2004	Outlaw Golf 2	Trixie	Video Game
2002 - Present	Crank Yankers	Cammie	Puppet Comedy TV Series
2000	Mission Hill	Stacy/Miss Colleen Peck/Chola Girl/TinaThe Chosen One	TV Series

External links

• Official Lisa Arch website
• Lisa Kushell at IMDb