LISA ARRINDELL

Lisa Arrindell was born in the Bronx, New York, and brought straight home to Brooklyn, where she was raised. She is a graduate of The High School of Performing Arts, now called The Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts and Performing Arts, and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre at The Juilliard School.  Lisa's extensive acting career includes HBO's A Lesson Before Dying, Disappearing Acts, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First Hundred Years, Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, The Sin Seer, Livin' Large, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Random Acts of Flyness, Elementary, Madam Secretary, Saints & Sinners, Bull, etc. Lisa appeared led on stage in Jubilee [Seattle Opera], Cat On A Hot Tin Roof [Broadway], Reparations [The Billie Holiday Theatre], Richard III [NY Shakespeare Festival], Heliotrope Bouquet [Playwrights Horizons], and Earth and Sky [Second Stage] among others. Lisa served as the resident acting coach for Seasons 2 and 3 of Starz's hit television series P-Valley, with Season 3 having just wrapped filming last month. This year, she also appeared as Carol in Christine Swanson's film Albany Road, which premiered in theaters on November 15th.   Earlier this year, on her birthday, Lisa brought her dream project to life by filming the proof-of-concept for An Extraordinary Life, a film she both wrote and directed. An Extraordinary Life traverses the rich American story of Alonzo Herndon. While celebrated as a phenomenally successful entrepreneur, Alonzo refuses to rest in his escape from slavery’s bonds. Instead, he dedicates his life to paving a path toward freedom and economic dignity for others. This lush and poignant tale unfolds over the course of a single day in 1955, spotlighting one of the wealthiest men in America. Alonzo’s only heir, Norris Herndon, revisits memories sparked by his late mother Adrienne Herndon’s birthday in April of that year, revealing a rich and complex legacy. Lisa is now preparing to pitch and shop her full-length feature screenplay to studio executives and investors, aiming to bring this true story to a wider audience.   Along with her acting career, Lisa educates and inspires audiences with her passion for health and wholeness. She enjoys teaching theater students who are earnestly curious about pursuing a career in the performing arts and is on staff at The Freeman Studio and The Billie Holiday Theatre's Youth Arts Academy. Lisa is also a member of The Actors Center Company in New York City and is the joyful mother of two stunning, loving, highly creative, and intelligent people.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices