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Lisa Codrington
Lisa Codrington at the 2018 CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser (44549765032).jpg
Codrington in September 2018
Occupation Actress, playwright

Lisa Codrington is a Canadian character actress and playwright. She is most noted for her role as Gail on the comedy series Letterkenny 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, and Up the Garden Path, which won the Carol Bolt Award in 2016.

Early life and education

She studied criminology and theatre at the University of Winnipeg and acting at the Ryerson Theatre School.

Career

Codrington wrote Cast Iron as a one-woman show about her Barbadian heritage, and won a five-month workshop when she submitted a draft of the play to the Write from the Hop competition. The play premiered at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre in 2005, with Alison Sealy-Smith in the lead role. Her later plays have included The Aftermath (2011), The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (2016) 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

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Flatliners Chief Resident
2018 22 Chaser Connie
2019 The Kindness of Strangers Bonnie
2019 Shazam! Interviewee

Television

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 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 The Lake Naomi 6 episodes
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