Carisa Hendrix | |
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 Hendrix in 2010 | |
| Born | 1987 (age 37–38) |
| Other names | Lucy Darling |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Alberta College of Art and Design |
| Occupations | Magician, stunt performer, model, actress |
| Known for | Fire eating |
| Awards | Best Comedy Magic Show at the Melbourne Magic Festival |
Carisa Hendrix (born 1987) is a Canadian magician, comedian, and fire eater who often performs in the persona of Lucy Darling, inspired by the wisecracking socialite characters from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Hendrix was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in 1987. [1] [2] She grew up in Calgary, where she is based. [2]
Her interest in magic began while watching a David Copperfield special with her father when she was six or seven. [3] [4] Later, while volunteering at a library, she created a magic trick involving library cards that was well received. [3]
At the age of 16, Hendrix was kicked out of her home. Needing to make money, she worked at a variety of retail jobs, and at a haunted house for $50 per night for a ten minute set where she used skills she had learned from sideshow performers she met at a youth summer arts program, such as fire eating. [3] [1] [5]
Hendrix began booking gigs, teaching herself additional skills such as stilt walking, which allowed her to leave her retail jobs to focus on performing. She incorporated a comedic flair, combining magic with circus arts. [5]
In 2007, Hendrix was accepted at the Alberta College of Art and Design where she studied a variety of performance skills including acting, magic, vaudeville, burlesque and modeling. [6]
Her career skyrocketed following her invitation by an Italian world record television show to break the record for Torch Teething, which is holding a flaming torch between the teeth. [5]
Hendrix has calls herself gay and non-binary and considers herself a drag queen. [7]
Hendrix was the subject of the 2016 Super Channel documentary Girl on Fire. [6]
She has been profiled in major media for her rise as a female magician [8] [9] as the field of magic has historically been male-dominated [10] and female magicians are considered rare. [11]
She has been featured repeatedly at the Melbourne Magic Festival. [12]
In 2019, she was named artist-in-residence at the Chicago Magic Lounge and appeared on the Penn and Teller: Fool Us television show. [13] [14] [15]
In 2020, Hendrix was featured in the Calgary Herald "Celebrating 20 inspiring and compelling Calgarians." [1]
As of October 2025, Hendrix has 1.5 million TikTok followers. [16]
In December 2025, Hendrix performed at the MGM Grand Las Vegas Underground Theatre with Sarah Hester Ross. [16]
She is a regular performer at The Magic Castle, in Hollywood, California, where she performs as Lucy Darling, the Mistress of Magic: a sharp-tongued, comedic magician she partly bases on Dorothy Parker. [4] [9]
In 2012, Hendrix set the Guinness World Record [17] for how long she could hold a lit torch in her mouth that was featured in both the Guinness Book of World Records in 2014, and Ripley's Believe it or Not! in 2015. [18] . [5] She held the fire between her teeth for two minutes and one second. [5]
In 2017, Hendrix won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award [19] and the Award for Best Comedy Show at The Melbourne Magic Festival. [20] In 2019, she won the Slaight Family Foundation's Canadian Rising Star Award. [21] [22]
