Attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at Old Vic Theatre. She is a ten-time BAFTA winner including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for "A Fine Romance" (1981), in which she appeared with her husband, Michael Williams, and Best Supporting Actress in A Handful of Dust (1988) and A Room with a View (1985). She -- Shit, that's Judi Dench's bio.
Lisa has been writing a long time. She got her start writing letters for her uncle appealing for his early release from prison. She made the warden laugh but her uncle didn't get any special treatment. Hence, the bitterness and poisoned fruit cakes sent from Huntsville, Texas, annually. She comes from a long line of Irish bullshitters. She loves a good joke, especially when it involves goose liver, the sight of people falling down and is afraid of baby's breath and mylar balloons.
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