- Born
- Birth nameLisa Marie Benavides
- Currently serves on the faculty of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program. Other teaching and directing credits include: SUNY-Purchase, The Juilliard School, The Actor's Center New York, The Stella Adler Conservatory, and The Shakespeare Lab at The Public Theater. Acting credits include: Lincoln Center Theatre, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Alliance Theatre, The Huntington Theatre, The Birmingham Theatre Company, Portland Stage Company, The Acting Company. Film credits include: An Upheaval, Eye of God, O, The Grey Zone, Leaves of Grass and the upcoming Anesthesia. Lisa is a graduate of The Juilliard School (Group 20), and The Actor's Center's Teacher Development Program. She proudly serves on the board of The 52nd Street Project; a theatre program that makes original theatre with the children of Hell's Kitchen. She is married to Actor/Director Tim Blake Nelson. They have three boys and live on the Upper West Side.
- IMDb mini biography by: Cerebrus12
- SpouseTim Blake Nelson(June 12, 1994 - present) (3 children)
- Children
- Teaching Acting at the renowned Acting Conservatory at SUNY Purchase
- She was raised in San Antonio, Texas where she graduated from John Marshall High School. She studied drama in high school under Marion Sweatmon.
- Go where you need to grow. Never be afraid to fail. If you are going to fail, fail magnificently.
- Your imagination is your talent. It is your uniqueness that makes you interesting to watch.
- "Your character is defined by his wants and needs." In regards to character work.
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