Lisa Hensley (actress)

Lisa Hensley
BornSydney, New South Wales, Australia
MediumActress, television personality
NationalityAustralian
Years active1987–present

Lisa Hensley is an Australian actress who first came to prominence with a leading role in the television mini-series Brides of Christ.[1] She went to high school at Brigidine College, St Ives, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Hensley has also appeared in A Country Practice, 15 Amore, Sons and Daughters, The Flying Doctors, Dating the Enemy, Farscape as Matala, Two Twisted, and All Saints. She later presented the "From the Heart" program on Qantas airline's inflight ON-Q Radio.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1987 The Umbrella Woman (aka The Good Wife) Sylvia Feature film
1988 The 13th Floor Heather Thompson Feature film
1992 Greenkeeping Sue Feature film
1994 Ebbtide Beth Feature film
1995 The Feds: Vengeance Annie Fleming TV movie
1996 Dating the Enemy Laetitia Feature film
1996 Mr. Reliable Penny Wilbeforce Feature film
1997 Paradise Road Edna Feature film
1998 15 Amore Dorothy Feature film
1998 Replay Voice Short film
2000 Tackle Happy Self Documentary film
2003 Martha's New Coat Sarah Short film
2004 Big Reef Charlene TV movie
2006 Afterlife Roxanne Short film
2006 Hold Please Jane Short film
2006 Last Train to Freo Train Announcer (voice) Feature film
2007 Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance Harridan woman (uncredited) Feature film
2010 How God Works Mother Short film
2014 A Priest in the Family Margaret Short film
2019 Palm Beach Lorna Feature film
2020 Penguin Bloom Bron Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1986 Game of Life Reporter TV series, 8 episodes
1987 Sons and Daughters Michelle White TV series, 11 episodes
1987-92 A Country Practice Samantha Irving / Rhonda Haddon / Michelle Carson TV series, 7 episodes
1988 All the Way Christine Scott TV series, 3 episodes
1989 Shadow of the Cobra Lizzy TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990 Shadows of the Heart Jillian Hughes TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1991 The Flying Doctors Gaby TV series, 1 episode
1991 Brides of Christ Sister Paul / Veronica TV miniseries, 6 episodes
1993-99 Law of the Land Kate Chalmers TV series, 50 episodes
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Dorothy O'Malley TV series, 1 episode: "Unfinished Business"
1999 Farscape Matala TV series, 1 episode
2000 The Big Schmooze Self TV series, 1 episode
2001 All Saints Anne Trelawney TV series, 1 episode
2006 Two Twisted Annabel TV miniseries, 1 episode
2007-08 The Movie Show Presenter TV series
2012 Dance Academy Lena TV series, 1 episode
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Yvette Nailor TV series, 1 episode
2014 Lessons from the Grave Lottery Woman TV series, 20 episodes
The Know Host TV series
2014-18 Black Comedy Guest actor TV series, 7 episodes
2015 Wonderland Vanessa TV series, 1 episode
2015 Let's Talk About Anne Hardliner TV miniseries, 10 episodes
2019 My Life Is Murder Chef Brenda Levine TV series, 1 episode
2024 Total Control Sharon Costigan TV series, 6 episodes

Radio

Year Title Role Type
From the Heart Presenter Qantas airlines’s inflight ON-Q Radio

References

  1. ^ Lallo, Michael (24 November 2021). "Brides of Christ, the drama that continues to resonate 30 years later". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 January 2024.


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