Person Biography:
Lydia Cornell is a women & children's advocate, award-winning director, writer, actor, and recovery speaker with 29 years of sobriety. She is a Best Actress nominee for AFI at Method Fest and People's Choice Award winner, best known for her starring role on the hit ABC series "Too Close for Comfort" as Emmy legend Ted Knight's daughter 'Sara'.
With 20-34 million viewers Tuesday nights on ABC prime time, and more in worldwide syndication, Cornell has over 200 shows and films in 27 countries to her credit. She has won Best Director Honors at the Los Angeles Movie Awards and for Best Comedy Film at Paramount Studios UIFF (United International Film Festival) for directing the SAG film "It's My Decision."
In 2024, she was named a finalist in the Catalyst Studios "Empowering Women's Script Competition" for her feature-length screenplay 'Venus Conspiracy.' In 2023, she costarred in a new film 'Something About Mother,' with Lawrence Hilton Jacobs and Jayne Kennedy, directed by Millena Gay and produced by Noreen McClendon.
Cornell wrote and directed the acclaimed stage show "Relationshop;" wrote "Venus Conspiracy" and is set to direct "The Awesome Adventures of Frankie Stargazer."
