Lisa Sheridan was born on December 5, 1974, in Macon, Georgia. She spent her childhood running around in the woods - until she did her first play at the age of 11. Lisa studied in the conservatory program at Carnegie Mellon University, where she graduated with honors and won the Thomas Auclair Memorial Scholarship Award for Most Promising Student Actor. She went on to study in Moscow and performed in fringe theatre in London before relocating to Los Angeles. She is best known for her roles as a series regular in three network series and for her extensive work in network television and independent film. She lived in Los Angeles.
In 1998, she was cast as a series regular in the short-lived UPN's western drama
Legacy (1998), alongside
Brett Cullen,
Melissa Leo and
Tony Hale. She was then a series regular in FOX's
FreakyLinks (2000) alongside
Ethan Embry (her love interest),
Eric Balfour, and
Erika Christensen. She then continued playing guest roles in
Concealing Evidence (2003),
The Family Jewels (2004),
Bloodlines (2004),
Mr. Monk and the Game Show (2004),
End Game (2005), and
Clinical Risk (2005). Another regular role came in
Shaun Cassidy's ABC sci-fi television series
Invasion (2005), alongside
William Fichtner,
Eddie Cibrian (who played her fiancé), and
Alexis Dziena. Unfortunately that series ended, like "Legacy" and "FreakyLinks", after the first season.
After "Invasion", she continued playing guest roles. In 2007, she had recurring roles on
Journeyman (2007) opposite
Kevin McKidd and
Reed Diamond as Dr. Theresa Sanchez, and on
CSI: Miami (2002) as Kathleen Newberry. Other roles include
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). She also appeared in two episodes of
Halt and Catch Fire (2014).
She appeared in movies as well. In the romantic comedy
Elsa & Fred (2014) she acted alongside
Christopher Plummer and
Shirley MacLaine, in
A Magic Christmas (2014) alongside
Jonathan Silverman and
Burt Reynolds, and the lead in
Only God Can (2015). She also had a lead in
Strange Nature (2018), alongside
Stephen Tobolowsky and
John Hennigan. Her prior feature film appearances included playing the lead in
McCartney's Genes (2008), starring in the short film
Pirates (2003) directed by
Eric McCormack, in
Carolina (2003) alongside
Julia Stiles and
Shirley MacLaine, and in
Beat (2000) alongside
Kiefer Sutherland and
Courtney Love.