Lisa Jane Persky
| Lisa Jane Persky | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 5, 1955 Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, author, artist, photographer |
| Years active | 1977 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Andy Zax (2008-present) |
| Website | lisajaneperskyphoto |
Lisa Jane Persky (born May 5, 1955) is an American actress, journalist, author, artist, and photographer.
Persky was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Jane Holley (née Wilson) and Mort Persky, and, subsequent to her parents' divorce, the step-daughter of novelist Judith Rossner (Looking for Mr. Goodbar) and classical violinist Vladimir Weisman. She grew up in New York's Greenwich Village, making her home at 87 Christopher Street, a building known for such notable tenants as playwright H.M. Koutoukas and Yoko Ono. Persky attended P.S. 41 elementary school and the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, where she studied graphic design.
Immediately after she graduated from high school, Persky's neighbor H.M. Koutoukas told her that he had written a play for her, and cast her (at the sum of $25 per week) as "Cordelia Wells, The World's Most Perfect Teenager" in the play "Grandmother is in The Strawberry Patch" at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, the first of several collaborations between the two. In 1976, she performed (as Mary-Eleanor) in Tom Eyen's Women Behind Bars, directed by Ron Link and starring Divine. Since that time, she has appeared in a wide variety of plays, including Broadway's Steaming, and has won critical acclaim in Los Angeles for many stage performances, as well as the Drama-Logue and L.A. Weekly awards for best actress for "These Men," in which she starred at LAATC (Los Angeles Actors Theatre Company), and for "Hearts on Fire" at the Odyssey. She also received a Drama Critics Circle Award nomination (for Outstanding Performance) for her role in playwright Mayo Simon's "These Men."
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