Lisa Codrington | |
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![]() Codrington in September 2018 | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, playwright |
Lisa Codrington is a Canadian character actress and playwright. [1] She is most noted for her role as Gail on the comedy series Letterkenny [2] and her theatrical plays Cast Iron, which was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2006 Governor General's Awards, [3] and Up the Garden Path, which won the Carol Bolt Award in 2016. [4]
During early 2000s, she studied criminology and theatre at the University of Winnipeg [5] and acting at the Ryerson Theatre School. [6]
Codrington wrote Cast Iron as a one-woman show about her Barbados roots, [5] and won a five-month workshop when she submitted a draft of the play to the Write from the Hop competition. [6] The play premiered at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre in 2005, with Alison Sealy-Smith in the lead role. [7] Her later plays have included The Aftermath (2011), [8] The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (2016) [9] and Up the Garden Path.
As an actress, Codrington also played Shelley in the series Bad Blood and has had supporting roles in the television series Copper , Heroes Reborn , Man Seeking Woman , The Handmaid's Tale , Saving Hope , Alias Grace , Cardinal , What Would Sal Do? , Schitt's Creek , Anne with an E , Little Dog and Children Ruin Everything , and stage roles in productions of Da Kink in My Hair , A Midsummer Night's Dream and Binti's Journey.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Flatliners | Chief Resident | |
2018 | 22 Chaser | Connie | |
2019 | The Kindness of Strangers | Bonnie | |
2019 | Shazam! | Interviewee |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Copper | Lydia Turnow | 2 episodes |
2015 | Heroes Reborn | Miss Franklin | Episode: "Brave New World" |
2016 | Man Seeking Woman | Dr. Sheila Evans | Episode: "Feather" |
2016 | Orphan Black | Kendra Dupree | Episode: "The Mitigation of Competition" |
2016, 2018 | Schitt's Creek | Audrey | 2 episodes |
2016–2023 | Letterkenny | Gail | 41 episodes |
2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | Officer #2 | Episode: "Birth Day" |
2017 | Baroness von Sketch Show | Andy | Episode: "Don't Call Me Ma'am" |
2017 | Saving Hope | Nurse Rosa | 2 episodes |
2017 | Alias Grace | Carrie | Episode: "Part 5" |
2018 | Cardinal | Dr. Wasserstein | Episode: "Tool" |
2018 | Bad Blood | Shelley | 6 episodes |
2018–2019 | Anne with an E | Constance | 5 episodes |
2019 | Little Dog | Detective Dee | Episode: "Round Fifteen" |
2022 | Children Ruin Everything | Marla | 7 episodes |
2022 | The Lake | Naomi | 6 episodes |