
Person
Lisa Joyce
Acting · Born 1984-12-31 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Born and raised in Chicago, Lisa Joyce received her BFA in Acting from the Theater School at DePaul University. She received a Joseph Jefferson nomination for her performance in Adam Rapp's "Red Light Winter", which premiered at the Steppenwolf Theater Company before transferring off-Broadway and being named a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize. Lisa made her West End/Broadway debut in "La Bete", starring Mark Rylance and David Hyde Pierce, and toured nationally, alongside Cherry Jones in the Tony Award-winning production of "Doubt". Some of her favorite off-Broadway credits include: Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's beloved production of "Love, Loss and What I Wore" and Soho Rep.'s "The Ugly One", for which she earned a Drama Desk nomination. Lisa has also appeared in productions at The Public, New York Theater Workshop, The Signature, Classic Stage Company, Rattlestick, Transport Group, StageFARM, Williamstown and The Studio Theater in D.C., where she received a Helen Hayes Award for her role in "Blackbird". Lisa is a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company.
Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kristi McGarrett

Law & Order
Megan Tanner

The Good Wife
Lisa Banner

Fringe
Waitress #1

The Following
Officer Ava Marsden

Boardwalk Empire
Mary Dittrich

Insecure
Frieda

The Unusuals
Stephanie Taft

The Brave One
CPA Worker

Billy & Billie
Billie Smith
Filmography
- 2018Human AffairsSarah
- 2016InsecureFrieda
- 2015Ricki and the FlashNicole
- 2015She's The Best Thing in ItSelf
- 2015Billy & BillieBillie Smith
- 2014A Master BuilderHilde Wangel
- 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightDonna Connolly
- 2013The FollowingOfficer Ava Marsden
- 2010Boardwalk EmpireMary Dittrich
- 2009The MessengerEmily
- 2009The Good WifeLisa Banner
- 2009The UnusualsStephanie Taft
- 2008FringeWaitress #1
- 2007The Brave OneCPA Worker
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitKristi McGarrett
- 1990Law & OrderMegan Tanner
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