{{short description|Canadian actress and playwright|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Lisa Codrington | image = Lisa Codrington at the 2018 CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser (44549765032).jpg | alt = | caption = Codrington in September 2018 | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress, playwright }} '''Lisa Codrington''' is a Canadian character actress and playwright.<ref>"Lisa Codrington unveils one-woman show Cast Iron at Toronto's Tarragon theatre". ''Cape Breton Post'', February 12, 2005.</ref> She is most noted for her role as Gail on the comedy series ''Letterkenny''<ref>"Crave crude comedy? Streaming show up your alley". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', February 6, 2016.</ref> 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,<ref>"Local authors up for Governor General's Awards". ''Edmonton Journal'', October 17, 2006.</ref> and ''Up the Garden Path'', which won the Carol Bolt Award in 2016.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2017/01/03/new-year-more-funds-new-theatre-work.html "New year, more funds, new theatre work"]. ''Toronto Star'', January 3, 2017.</ref>
== Early life and education == During early 2000s, she studied criminology and theatre at the University of Winnipeg<ref name="brantford">"Woman's interest in people led to writing of Cast Iron". ''Brantford Expositor'', February 12, 2005.</ref> and acting at the Ryerson Theatre School.<ref name="lousy">"From lousy Winnipeg student to award-nominated dramatist". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', November 21, 2006.</ref>
== Career == Codrington wrote ''Cast Iron'' as a one-woman show about her Barbados roots,<ref name="brantford" /> and won a five-month workshop when she submitted a draft of the play to the Write from the Hop competition.<ref name="lousy" /> The play premiered at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre in 2005, with Alison Sealy-Smith in the lead role.<ref>"A dialect that divides". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 18, 2005.</ref> Her later plays have included ''The Aftermath'' (2011),<ref>"Nightwood season includes Atwood". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 27, 2011.</ref> ''The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God'' (2016)<ref>"A Shavian new future". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 30, 2016.</ref> 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''.
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2017 |''Flatliners'' |Chief Resident | |- |2018 |''22 Chaser'' |Connie | |- |2019 |data-sort-value="Kindness of Strangers, The" | ''The Kindness of Strangers'' |Bonnie | |- |2019 |''Shazam!'' |Interviewee | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |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 |data-sort-value="Handmaid's Tale, The" | ''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 |data-sort-value="Lake, The" | ''The Lake'' |Naomi |6 episodes |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|5854586}} {{Authority control}}
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