Lisa Codrington facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lisa Codrington
Codrington in September 2018
Occupation	Actress, playwright

Lisa Codrington is a talented Canadian actress and writer. She is well-known for her role as Gail in the funny TV show Letterkenny. Lisa has also written several plays, and two of them, Cast Iron and Up the Garden Path, have won important awards!

Learning and Early Life

Lisa went to college in the early 2000s. She studied different subjects, including how to understand crime (called criminology) and how to act in plays (theatre). She learned these skills at the University of Winnipeg and the Ryerson Theatre School.

Her Amazing Career

Lisa Codrington is busy both acting and writing!

Writing Plays

Lisa is a talented writer who creates plays for the stage. One of her plays is called Cast Iron. It's a special play about her family's background in Barbados. This play was so good that it was nominated for a big award called the Governor General's Award for English-language drama in 2006.

Another one of her plays, Up the Garden Path, won the Carol Bolt Award in 2016. This shows how much people appreciate her writing! She has also written other plays like The Aftermath and The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God.

Acting on Screen and Stage

As an actress, Lisa has appeared in many popular TV shows and movies. You might have seen her in:

• Letterkenny where she plays Gail.
• Bad Blood, where she played Shelley.
• The Handmaid's Tale
• Schitt's Creek
• Anne with an E
• Children Ruin Everything

She has also had roles in movies like Flatliners, 22 Chaser, The Kindness of Strangers, and Shazam!.

Besides TV and movies, Lisa has acted in many plays on stage. Some of these include Da Kink in My Hair and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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  Lisa Codrington in September 2018