Broadway credits include The Lion King (Nala u/s, Shenzi u/s) and The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, winner of the  2012 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier.  For her role in Porgy and Bess, Lisa won the 2012 Fred and Adele Astaire Award for "Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show."

 

Lisa's performance career, also, includes the national tours of The Lion King (Nala) and Mamma Mia! (Ali), and off-Broadway productions of River Deep: Tribute to Tina Turner at Playwright's Horizons, Once on This Island (TiMoune) at The Gallery Players, and Purlie, a at City Center ENCORES! production starring Blaire Underwood and Anika Noni Rose. Her television and film highlights include David Letterman, The Jimmy Fallon Show, Late Night with Jay Leno, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tony Awards and Unconditional Love.

 

Additionally, Lisa is a storyteller/public speaker and holds a B.S. in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. - lisanicolewilkerson.com