On television she had a recurring role on Ed and has made guest appearances on Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Third Watch, Fringe, Damages, Jessica Jones and Ozark.Ĭharles Isherwood, in his review of Relatively Speaking ( George Is Dead by Elaine May) for The New York Times, wrote of Emery: "Carla, a thankless straight-woman role played with skill by the fine Lisa Emery.
In 1987, she was seen in her second Broadway appearance in Burn This.
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She has been nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play three times.Įmery's film credits include A Map of the World, Unfaithful, The Night Listener, and Margot at the Wedding. Olympic Team alternate and draft choice of the Green Bay Packers enjoyed an eight-year professional career in the Canadian Football League while. Lisa Emery is an American actress who is best known for her performances in the. She ended up moving into the East Village in 1982 where she currently resides.Įmery's theatre credits include The Matchmaker, Dinner with Friends (1999), What the Butler Saw (2000), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (2006), Talley & Son, Burn This (1987), Rumors, Present Laughter, The Women (2001), Marvin's Room (1991), Abigail's Party (2005), and Relatively Speaking (2011). They eventually broke up and she enrolled in the Circle in the Square two-year program. She attended Hollins University, where she planned to study painting, but became interested in drama classes instead because "they were having way more fun." After graduation she studied at the Circle in the Square Theatre School for a year, then began to audition.Įmery moved to New York with her then, longtime boyfriend. The Emery family standing left to right: nephew Jock McPhee, nephew Patrick Emery, Lisa Davis, niece Sylvie Wilhelm, nephew and FVS History Department Chair.
Emery was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of an aspiring actress from Charlottesville, Virginia and an advertising executive who worked in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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