Lisa-Marie Newton is an award-winning actor and singer, voiceover artist, and filmmaker in San Francisco.

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She is best-known in the Bay Area for playing Diana in the local premiere of Next to Normal, when she was nominated for a Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle (BATCC) Award, and for winning the same award playing Sarah Jane Moore in Assassins. Lisa-Marie has worked on stages in New York, L.A., Chicago, and Ashland, in addition to her time in San Francisco.  

Since the pandemic, Lisa-Marie has turned her attention to film acting, being nominated for a Sanford Meisner Film Festival Award for the short Kathryn and writing, producing, and directing her own work, including Diagnosis Lois, in festivals currently.

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Her wide range of characters, from wickedly funny to grief-stricken, from intolerant and judgmental to warm and kindhearted, has garnered her praise from critics, who have called her both “a force of nature,” and “utterly hilarious.”

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She lives on the coast of Pacifica with her husband, Scott, and her cat, Frieda.