Lisa Banes
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Lisa Banes is an American stage and screen actress. She played Lady Croom in the U.S. premiere of Tom Stoppard
's Arcadia in 1995 and won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance in Look Back in Anger
. A graduate of the Juilliard School
, she recently appeared on Broadway in the 2010 revival of "Present Laughter" with Victor Garber, and in 2009's "Accent on Youth" with David Hyde Pierce.
She has also appeared in many movies and television series. She loves playing strong ladies.
Banes had a regular role as Mayor Anita Massengil on the television comedy series Son of the Beach
, and also had recurring roles on The King of Queens
as Carrie's boss Georgia Boone, Six Feet Under as Victoria and One Life to Live
as Eve McBain.
Banes starred as Mrs. Berry in the 1984 film The Hotel New Hampshire
, Bonnie in the 1988 film Cocktail, Flora in the 2002 movie Dragonfly, and also guest starred as a Trill
doctor
in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
episode Equilibrium
. She appeared in the Broadway musicals
High Society
(1998) and Isn't It Romantic (1984), for which she received a Drama Desk Award
nomination.
Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE, FRSL is a British playwright, knighted in 1997. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, The Real Thing, and Rosencrantz and...
's Arcadia in 1995 and won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance in Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger is a John Osborne play—made into films in 1959, 1980, and 1989 -- about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man , his upper-middle-class, impassive wife , and her haughty best friend . Cliff, an amiable Welsh lodger, attempts to keep the peace...
. A graduate of the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, she recently appeared on Broadway in the 2010 revival of "Present Laughter" with Victor Garber, and in 2009's "Accent on Youth" with David Hyde Pierce.
She has also appeared in many movies and television series. She loves playing strong ladies.
Banes had a regular role as Mayor Anita Massengil on the television comedy series Son of the Beach
Son of the Beach
Son of the Beach is an American sitcom that aired from 2000 to 2002 on the FX network. The series was a spoof of Baywatch, with much of the comedy based on sexual jokes, innuendo and the like. The studly David Hasselhoff character is instead an average, pot-bellied, out-of-shape bald man but...
, and also had recurring roles on The King of Queens
The King of Queens
The King of Queens is an American sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007.This show was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions , CBS Paramount Television ,and CBS Television Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television , and Sony Pictures...
as Carrie's boss Georgia Boone, Six Feet Under as Victoria and One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
as Eve McBain.
Banes starred as Mrs. Berry in the 1984 film The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire is a 1981 coming of age novel by John Irving and his fifth published novel.-Plot summary:This novel is the story of the Berrys, a quirky New Hampshire family composed of a married couple, Win and Mary, and their five children...
, Bonnie in the 1988 film Cocktail, Flora in the 2002 movie Dragonfly, and also guest starred as a Trill
Trill
Trill may refer to:* Trill , a type of musical ornament* Trill consonant, a type of sound used in some languages*Trill, a type of bird food-Fiction:* Trill , two symbiotic races of aliens in the fictional Star Trek universe...
doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
episode Equilibrium
Equilibrium (DS9 episode)
"Equilibrium" is an episode Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the fourth episode of the third season.-Plot:Jadzia Dax begins experiencing unsettling mental problems. She suddenly remembers a melody and can even play it on a keyboard despite never having done so before. She snaps at her friends and is...
. She appeared in the Broadway musicals
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
High Society
High Society (musical)
High Society is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Cole Porter.Based on the Philip Barry play The Philadelphia Story and the 1956 musical screen adaptation with Porter's songs, High Society, the plot centers on pretentious Long Island socialite Tracy Lord, who is planning...
(1998) and Isn't It Romantic (1984), for which she received a Drama Desk Award
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
nomination.