Lisa Emery

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Lisa Emery (born January 29, 1952 in Pittsburgh ) is an American theater, film and television actress .

Life

Emery was born to a Charlottesville actress and advertising executive. She attended Hollins College, where she wanted to study painting, but then became more interested in acting classes. After graduation, she studied at the Circle in the Square Theater School for a year and then started acting. Soon Emery moved to New York with her longtime boyfriend. After their separation, she enrolled in the Circle in the Square two-year program. She has lived in the East Village since 1982.

Emery was married to actor Josh Pais ; her son Zane played with his mother in Margot at the Wedding .

Career

Emery's theater hits include The Matchmaker , Dinner with Friends (1999), What the Butler Saw (2000), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (2006), Talley & Son , Burn This (1987), Rumors , Present Laughter , The Women (2001 ), Marvin's Room (1991), Abigail's Party (2005), and Relatively Speaking (2011). She has been nominated three times for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.

Emery's cinematic career includes A Map of the World , Unfaithful , The Night Listener, and Margot at the Wedding . On television, she had roles in Ed , Law & Order , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Third Watch , Fringe - Borderline Cases of the FBI , Damages - In the Net of Power , Marvel's Jessica Jones and Ozark .

Awards and nominations

Emery received: PlaybillVault

  • Drama Desk Award 2011, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play - The Collection & A Kind of Alaska (nomination)
  • Drama Desk Award 2006, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play - Abigail's Party (nomination)
  • Drama Desk Award 1992, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play - Marvin's Room (nomination)
  • Lucille Lortel Award 2009, Outstanding Featured Actress - Distracted (nomination)
  • Lucille Lortel Award 2006, Outstanding Featured Actress - Abigail's Party (nomination)
  • Lucille Lortel Award 2004, Outstanding Lead Actress - Iron (nomination)
  • Obie Awards 2003–2004, Outstanding Performance - Iron (Award)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview , New York Times , December 7, 2003
  2. ↑ A Working Stiff With Style . In: The New York Times , December 7, 2003. 
  3. ^ "Emery Off-Broadway" lortel.org
  4. ^ "Lisa Emery" playbillvault.com
  5. ↑ Iron , lortel.org
  6. ↑ Jason Zinoman : "Theater: OBIE Awards" , New York Times , May 19, 2004
personal data
SURNAME Emery, Lisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American theater, film and television actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh