Biography

Lisa Stathoplos (SAG/AFTRA) has worked as a stage, voice, and film actor for over forty years. Most recently, Lisa appeared as Helen in Roland Tec's enthusiastically received World Premiere of his haunting play, What We Get To Keep in co-production with PinkPlot Productions and The Hill Arts, Portland, Maine. She is a founding member of Mad Horse Theatre Company, Portland, where she was in residence for four years. Her portrayal of Violet Weston in Tracy Lett's August: Osage County at Good Theater earned her the 2011 Portland PEER Award for Best Performance and, due to popular demand, the play was brought back for a second season. She played Anna in Louis Frederick's adaptation of The Passion Of Anna at Out of Cake Theatre, Portland and, The Woman in Suze Allen's adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper at Oak Street Theatre. She played Maire in Brian Friel's Translations at Worcester forum.

Other work samples: Spotlight Award nominee for Marie in Mike Kimball's World Premiere of The Secret of Comedy at NY Theater Company, Portsmouth, NH. She received critical acclaim for Maria Callas in Terrence McNally's Master Class at Good Theater, Portland. Marie in the World Premiere of Monica Wood's Papermaker at Portland Stage Company and Sharon in Jen Silverman's The Roommate both won critical acclaim. Film work includes Mom, in Ellie Lee's Dog Days, Winner, Best Short, 2000/Hamptons and Florida Film Festivals; Martha in Family Trees by Lars Trodson/Berlin Film Festival, Natalie in Elevation by Mike Gillis and Lars Trosdon, Drink Me, by Louis Frederick, and, her first speaking film role as Jud's Mom - with a dog returned from the dead - in Stephen King's Pet Sematary.

Audie Awards for her voice work with PocketUniverse Productions and Audible. include multiple ensemble Audie Awards: Nina Locke in Joe Hill's and Gabriel Rodrigez's brilliant graphic novel Locke and Key, Diana Fowley in The X-Files with Duchovny and Anderson, The Starling Project by Jefferey Deavers, co-starring with Alfred Molina. Lisa has narrated many audiobooks for audible and Hachette Audio. She earned an Earphones Award from Audiofile Magazine for her narration of Mary Gabriel's Ninth Street Women. Lisa is the author of two books, both, memoirs: Make Me and Chimera/A Shapeshifter's Journey. Her first children's book, Forsythe, The Forlorn Firefly is soon to be published.
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