LISA BANES (Miss Darling)
appeared on Broadway in Rumors, Arcadia and High Society. Off-Broadway credits include Look Back in Anger (Theatre World Award), A Call from the East, My Sister in this House (OBIE Award), Three Sisters, Antigone, Isn’t It Romantic (Drama Desk nomination), Ten by Tennessee, The Cradle Will Rock, On the Verge, Fighting International Fat and Emily. Regionally she has appeared in Present Laughter (The Huntington Theatre), Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Berkshire Theatre Festival), The Admirable Crichton and Progress (Long Wharf Theatre), A Doll House (Yale Repertory Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing and King Lear (The Old Globe) Money and Friends (Ahmanson Theatre) and Julius Caesar (Mark Taper Forum). Ms. Banes’ film appearances include The Hotel New Hampshire Marie, Young Guns, Cocktail, Without Limits, The Jackal, Dragonfly, Pumpkin, The Brothel, Legally Blondes and Freedom Writers. Television series credits include “The Trials of Rosie O’Neil,” “Son of the Beach,” “Girls Club” and recurring roles on “Footwork,” “China Beach,” “The King of Queens,” “Six Feet Under” and “Saved.” Television films include Hemingway, Kane and Able, The Doris Duke Story and the immortal Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? Guest star roles include “The Equalizer,” “Spenser: For Hire,” “Life Goes On,” “Rosanne,” “Frasier,” “Murder She Wrote,” “Murder One,” “L.A. Law,” “The Practice,” “Boston Legal,” “NYPD Blue,” “The Unit,” “It’s All Relative,” “Out of Practice,” “Desperate Housewives” and her best pilot “Gloria Vane.” Ms. Banes is an alumna of The Acting Company and a graduate of The Juilliard School.