
Lisa Joyce
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

TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kristi McGarrett
1999

TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ali Martell
1999

TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Michelle Young
1999

TV
Law & Order
Megan Tanner
1990

TV
Law & Order
Kelly Daugherty
1990

TV
The Good Wife
Lisa Banner
2009

TV
Fringe
Waitress #1
2008

TV
The Following
Officer Ava Marsden
2013

TV
Boardwalk Empire
Mary Dittrich
2010

TV
Insecure
Frieda
2016

TV
Billy & Billie
Billie Smith
2015

TV
The Unusuals
Stephanie Taft
2009

Film
The Brave One
CPA Worker
2007

Film
The Messenger
Emily
2009

Film
Ricki and the Flash
Nicole
2015

Film
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Donna Connolly
2013

Film
A Master Builder
Hilde Wangel
2014

Film
She's The Best Thing in It
Self
2015

Film
Human Affairs
Sarah
2018
Filmography
2018FilmHuman Affairsas Sarah2016TVInsecureas Frieda2015FilmRicki and the Flashas Nicole2015FilmShe's The Best Thing in Itas Self2015TVBilly & Billieas Billie Smith2014FilmA Master Builderas Hilde Wangel2013FilmMuhammad Ali's Greatest Fightas Donna Connolly2013TVThe Followingas Officer Ava Marsden2010TVBoardwalk Empireas Mary Dittrich2009FilmThe Messengeras Emily2009TVThe Good Wifeas Lisa Banner2009TVThe Unusualsas Stephanie Taft2008TVFringeas Waitress #12007FilmThe Brave Oneas CPA Worker1999TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitas Kristi McGarrett1990TVLaw & Orderas Megan Tanner