---
name: "Lisa Stansfield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lisa-stansfield"
fi1m_id: "lisa-stansfield"
imdb_id: "nm0822699"
tmdb_id: 47700
wikidata_id: "Q235934"
roles: ["Theme song performance"]
born: "11 April 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T23:15:00.079938+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lisa Stansfield

## Identity

Lisa Stansfield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lisa-stansfield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lisa-stansfield
- **IMDb ID:** nm0822699
- **TMDB ID:** 47700
- **Wikidata ID:** Q235934
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Stansfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235934, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822699/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47700

Theme song performance. Born 11 April 1966 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Theme song performance
- **Born:** 11 April 1966, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
- **Active:** 1992–2014
- **Also known as:** Lisa Jane Stansfield
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Stansfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235934, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822699/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47700

## Biography

Lisa Stansfield is an English singer, songwriter and actress. Born on 11 April 1966 in Manchester, she began her career after winning the Search for a Star singing competition in 1980 and later formed the band Blue Zone.

She has appeared in several films, including *Swing* (1999), *The Edge of Love* (2008) as Ruth Williams, and *Northern Soul* (2014) as John's Mum. Stansfield has also made television appearances, including on *Never Mind the Buzzcocks*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Northern Soul* (2014), Fi1m 72, as John's Mum — [page](https://film.one/film/northern-soul.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Fi1m 63, Theme Song Performance — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lisa Stansfield : Live In Manchester* (2015), as Lead Vocals
- *Northern Soul* (2014), as John's Mum — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/northern-soul.md)
- *Examination* (2013), Music
- *Lisa Stansfield: Live at Java Jazz Festival 2013* (2013), Actor
- *The Edge of Love* (2008), as Ruth Williams
- *Swing* (1999), as Joan Woodcock
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *The Bodyguard* (1992), as Theme Song Performance — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)

## Gallery

- ![Lisa Stansfield](https://film.one/media/person/3349237/gallery-b6e965116132.jpg) Lisa Stansfield — Daniel Åhs Karlsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Lisa_Stansfield_By_Daniel_%C3%85hs_Karlsson_crop.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lisa Stansfield at Sommarkrysset on Gröna Lund, Stockholm (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/3349237/gallery-52f574898aef.jpg) Lisa Stansfield at Sommarkrysset on Gröna Lund, Stockholm (2014) — Daniel Åhs Karlsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Lisa_Stansfield_By_Daniel_%C3%85hs_Karlsson.jpg/1280px-Lisa_Stansfield_By_Daniel_%C3%85hs_Karlsson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Grammy Award for Best New Artist 1991: Grammy Award for Best New Artist (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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