{{pp-blp|small=yes}} {{Short description|Irish singer, actress, songwriter & folklorist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Lisa Lambe | image = Lisa Lambe - Juniper.jpg | caption = Lambe in promotional still for ''Juniper'' (2020) | birth_date = | birth_place = Ireland | other_names = | alma_mater = Trinity College, Dublin | occupation = {{Flatlist | * Singer * actress * songwriter * folklorist }} | years_active = | net_worth = | children = | parents = | relatives = | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = {{flat list| * Folk *Irish traditional }} | label = | associated_acts = }} | website = {{official website}} <!-- from Wikidata --> }}
'''Lisa Lambe''' is an Irish singer, actress, songwriter and folklorist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview with Lisa Lambe |url=https://issuu.com/gowildmagazine/docs/go_wild_staycation_-_summer_edition_2020/s/11273131 |access-date=2022-09-20 |via=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa Lambe – Boyle Arts Festival 2022 |url=https://www.boylearts.com/event/lisa-lambe/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=www.boylearts.com |archive-date=1 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001151222/https://www.boylearts.com/event/lisa-lambe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa Lambe in Concert |url=https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/lisa-lambe-in-concert/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Irish Cultural Centre |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Lambe was born in Dublin, the youngest in a family of ten children.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blueelan.com/products/lisa-lambe?srsltid=AfmBOorAtu3Cbsmq5GmZ5jJbm8aWCMU33r4kr1dNrGSTgZdvEE4Jc8qf | website = blueelan.com| title = Blue Élan Records - Products - Lisa Lambe - Biography | accessdate = 24 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/lifestyle/body-and-soul-lisa-lambe/27956163.html | website = independent.ie | title = Body and soul: Lisa Lambe | first = Emma | last = Blain | date = 6 July 2010 | accessdate = 29 January 2026 }}</ref> She graduated with a degree in acting from Trinity College Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lisalambe.ie/about/|title=Official website|last1=Lambe|first1=Lisa|website=Lisa Lambe About}}</ref> She also subsequently obtained an M.A. in Irish Folklore.<ref name="JOM_Event_Listing"/>
==Acting career== In 2005, Lambe was nominated for a Best Actress Award at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for her performance in the lead role of Philomena O'Shea in Rough Magic's musical ''Improbable Frequency''.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-winners-and-the-nominees-1.415098 | website = Irish Times | title = The winners and the nominees | date = 15 February 2005 | accessdate = 29 January 2026 | quote = Also nominated: Lisa Lambe as Philomena O'Shea in the Rough Magic production [..] of 'Improbable Frequency' }}</ref>
Lambe's theatrical play roles have included ''Anna Karenina''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gatetheatre.ie/production/annakarenina/|title=Anna Karenina|website=Gate Theatre Dublin|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> and Johanna in ''Sweeney Todd'' at the Gate Theatre;<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/amp/450288/|title=Sweeney Todd|website=RTÉ.ie|access-date=2020-04-27}}{{dead|date=December 2024}}</ref> Oonagh in ''Jimmy's Hall'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/ireland/article/BWW-Review-The-Abbey-Theatre-is-JIMMYS-HALL-20180801 |title=BWW Review: The Abbey Theatre is Jimmy's Hall | last=Rooney|first=Jini|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> Lil -written specifically for her- in ''The Country Girls'' by Edna O'Brien,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/ireland/article/BWW-Review-THE-COUNTRY-GIRLS-at-The-Abbey-Theatre-20190310 |title=BWW Review: The Country Girls at The Abbey Theatre |last=Rooney|first=Jini|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> and Patsy in ''The Unmanageable Sisters'' at the Abbey Theatre;<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Unmanageable Sisters|url=https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/the-unmanageable-sisters/|access-date=2020-06-21|website=Abbey Theatre|language=en}}</ref> Sorcha in Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's ''The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger'', ''Breaking Dad'', ''Between Foxrock and a Hard Place'' at the Gaiety Theatre<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.landmarkproductions.ie/production/breaking-dad/|title=Breaking Dad|website=Landmark Productions|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> and Nora in ''A Doll's House'' at the Helix Theatre''.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://itmarchive.ie/web/Reviews/Current/A-Doll-s-House.aspx.html|title=Irish Theatre Magazine {{!}} Reviews {{!}} Current {{!}} A Doll's House|website=itmarchive.ie|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> She played the role of 'Fairy' in ''Hex'' at the National Theatre in London in late 2022 to early 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Akbar |first=Arifa |date=2022-12-07 |title=Hex review – musical Sleeping Beauty casts a darkly dazzling spell |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/dec/07/hex-review-musical-sleeping-beauty-olivier-national-theatre-rufus-norris |access-date=2023-06-17 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
She played Elizabeth O'Farrell in ''The Bloody Irish,'' written for PBS in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/Bloody-Irish-1916-musical-PBS-Irish-history.html|title="Bloody Irish" 1916 musical on PBS stays away from standard reiteration of Irish history|website=IrishCentral.com|date=15 October 2015 |access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>
==Music career==
Lambe is a featured soloist and performs regularly with Ireland's RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
She was a member of Celtic Woman from 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/entertainment/local/2011/03/18/lisa-lambe-lands-at-home/17874378007/| website = phillyburbs.com | title = Lisa Lambe lands at home with Celtic Woman | first = Ed | last = Condran | date = 18 March 2011 | accessdate = 29 January 2026 }}</ref> staying with the group until 2014 and appearing on the albums: ''Believe'' (2011), ''Home For Christmas'' (2012),<ref>{{cite press release |url = http://www.celticwoman.com/2012/09/holiday-album-to-be-released-october-9th/ | website = celticwoman.com | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010124317/http://www.celticwoman.com/2012/09/holiday-album-to-be-released-october-9th/ | archivedate = 10 October 2012 | date = 10 September 2012 | title = Holiday Album To Be Released October 9th }}</ref> and ''Emerald: Musical Gems'' (2014).{{fact|date=January 2026}} In October 2024, it was announced that Lambe had joined the Celtic Woman group for their White Christmas Symphony tour, taking the place of Emma Warren.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa Lambe joins Celtic Woman for Symphony 2024 |url=https://www.celticwoman.com/news/---lisa-lambe-joins-celtic-woman-for-symphony-2024---/ | date = 1 October 2024 |access-date=9 April 2025 |website=celticwoman.com |publisher=Celtic Woman}}</ref>
Her first solo album, ''Hiding Away'', was recorded in Nashville and released in 2015. The single "Heaven" from this album featured some of the members of ALONE Ireland, a charity with which Lambe is affiliated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musician.ie/lisa-lambe-hiding-away-album/|title=Lisa Lambe - Hiding Away [Album]|website=musician.ie|date=February 4, 2015|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=26 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826175129/https://musician.ie/lisa-lambe-hiding-away-album/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Out of Hiding:Lisa Lambe Finally Expressing Herself |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/out-of-hiding-lisa-lambe-is-finally-expressing-herself-31001154.html |website=Independent.ie}}</ref> She released her second solo album, ''Juniper'', in 2020. It was written in Connemara and recorded in Donegal Ireland with producer Karl Odlum,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the-last-word-with-matt-cooper/culture-club-lisa-lambe|title=Culture Club - Lisa Lambe|first=Sarah|last=Stacey|website=TodayFM}}</ref> and was described by ''evoke.ie'' as "a love letter to Ireland".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.blueelan.com/artists/lisa-lambe/|title=Blue Élan Records - Artists - Lisa Lambe|website=Blue Élan|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517213539/https://www.blueelan.com/artists/lisa-lambe/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://evoke.ie/2020/04/13/showbiz/singer-lisa-lambes-new-album-juniper-is-a-love-letter-to-ireland|title=Singer Lisa Lambe's album Juniper|last=Quigley|first=Maeve|date=2020-04-13|website=EVOKE.ie|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref> Lambe released her third solo album, ''Wild Red'', in November, 2021. Her new album was BBC Radio's album of the week<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theheadlineagency.com/lisa-lambe-2/|title=Lisa Lambe {{!}} The Headline Agency|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> and placed in ''Goldmine USA Magazine''{{'}}s Top 100 songs of 2021. ''Lisa Lambe Live'' was released in 2023.
She has recorded works for several film projects, including the soundtracks of ''Float Like a Butterfly''<ref name=":4" /> and ''An Klondike''.<ref name="An Klondike">{{Cite web|url=https://stevelynch.bandcamp.com/album/an-klondike-ost|title=An Klondike OST, by Steve Lynch|website=Steve Lynch}}</ref>
"Nightvisiting", Lambe's folklore, ballad songs and stories show, began touring Ireland in 2023.<ref name="JOM_Event_Listing">{{cite web|url = https://www.journalofmusic.com/listing/13-08-24/nightvisiting-lisa-lambe | website = journalofmusic.com | title = Event listing - Nightvisiting - Lisa Lambe | accessdate = 29 January 2026 | quote = Since 2023, Lisa has been 'Nightvisiting' all across Ireland }}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''Float Like a Butterfly'' - Samson Films <ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7636672/|title=Float Like a Butterfly|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> * ''RTÉ Thanks for the Memories: Brendan Grace''<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/1077640-brendan-grace-thanks-for-the-memories/|title=Brendan Grace Thanks For The Memories|format=TV series|date=September 23, 2019|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> * ''Bachelors Walk''{{fact|date=December 2024}} * ''The Bloody Irish! Songs of the 1916 Rising'' - PBS<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irishamerica.com/2015/10/bloody-irish-on-pbs/|title=Bloody Irish on PBS|date=October 1, 2015 | website = irishamerica.com }}</ref>
==Discography== === Solo === * ''Hiding Away'' 2015 * ''Juniper'' April 3, 2020<ref name=":2"/> * ''Wild Red'' 2021 * ''Lisa Lambe Live'' 2023 * ''Nightvisting: The Hauling Home'' 2025
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== <!-- these templates pull their information from Wikidata --> * {{official website}} * {{AllMusic}} * {{IMDb name}} * {{MusicBrainz artist}} {{Celtic Woman}} {{authority control}}
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