Lisa Sheridan was born on December 5, 1974, in Macon, Georgia, where she spent her childhood running around in the woods, eventually discovering her passion for acting at the age of 11 when she performed in her first play.
Lisa's academic journey took her to the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied in the conservatory program and graduated with honors, also winning the Thomas Auclair Memorial Scholarship Award for Most Promising Student Actor.
After completing her studies, Lisa further honed her craft by studying in Moscow and performing in fringe theatre in London, before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
Throughout her career, Lisa has made a name for herself by landing series regular roles in three network series and appearing in numerous network television shows and independent films.
One of her earliest notable roles was as a series regular in the short-lived UPN western drama Legacy (1998),alongside Brett Cullen, Melissa Leo, and Tony Hale.
Lisa's subsequent series regular roles included FOX's FreakyLinks (2000) alongside Ethan Embry, Eric Balfour, and Erika Christensen, and Shaun Cassidy's ABC sci-fi television series Invasion (2005),alongside William Fichtner, Eddie Cibrian, and Alexis Dziena.
Although Invasion did not continue beyond its first season, Lisa continued to appear in guest roles in various television shows, including Concealing Evidence (2003),The Family Jewels (2004),Bloodlines (2004),Mr. Monk and the Game Show (2004),End Game (2005),Clinical Risk (2005),and others.
In 2007, Lisa had recurring roles on Journeyman (2007) opposite Kevin McKidd and Reed Diamond, and on CSI: Miami (2002) as Kathleen Newberry.
Her film credits include appearances in movies such as Beat (2000) alongside Kiefer Sutherland and Courtney Love, Carolina (2003) alongside Julia Stiles and Shirley MacLaine, Pirates (2003) directed by Eric McCormack, McCartney's Genes (2008),Only God Can (2015),and Strange Nature (2018),alongside Stephen Tobolowsky and John Hennigan.
Lisa has also appeared in several short films, including Try the Pie (2007),Out of the Past (2007),One Hit Wonder (2008),Miss Red (2009),Child's Play (2009),and Boom Goes the Dynamite (2013),as well as two episodes of Halt and Catch Fire (2014).
In addition to her television and film work, Lisa has also appeared in the romantic comedy Elsa & Fred (2014) alongside Christopher Plummer and Shirley MacLaine, in A Magic Christmas (2014) alongside Jonathan Silverman and Burt Reynolds, and as the lead in Only God Can (2015).
