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name: "Lisa Joyce"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 December 1984"
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updated: "2026-09-17T03:24:00.379636+00:00"
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# Lisa Joyce

Actor. Born 31 December 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 December 1984, Chicago, Illinois, USA

## Biography

Lisa Joyce is an American actress. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 31 December 1984 and trained at the Theatre School at DePaul University.

She has an extensive stage career, with a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for her performance in Adam Rapp's *Red Light Winter* at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Her Broadway and West End debut came in *La Bête*, and she toured nationally in *Doubt* alongside Cherry Jones. Off-Broadway credits include *Love, Loss and What I Wore* and *The Ugly One* (Drama Desk Award nomination). She won a Helen Hayes Award for her role in *Blackbird* at the Studio Theater in Washington, D.C.

On screen, Joyce is best known for playing Frieda in the HBO series *Insecure* (2016–2021). Other television credits include *Boardwalk Empire*, *The Following*, *The Good Wife* and *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*. Film roles include *Ricki and the Flash* (2015) and *A Master Builder* (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sirensonginc.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Insecure* (2016), Fi1m 81, as Frieda — [page](https://film.one/tv/insecure.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Kristi McGarrett, Ali Martell, Michelle Young
- *The Brave One* (2007), CPA Worker
- *Ricki and the Flash* (2015), Nicole
- *Law & Order* (1990), Megan Tanner, Kelly Daugherty
- *The Following* (2013), Officer Ava Marsden
- *The Messenger* (2009), Emily
- *Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight* (2013), Donna Connolly
- *The Unusuals* (2009), Stephanie Taft

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