Lisa McCune
Lisa was born on the 17th
of February, 1971 and grew up in Perth, Australia. Knowing from a
young age she was going to be in the entertainment industry she
entered WAPA (West Australian Performing Arts) and graduated in
1990 at the age of 19 with a musical degree.
Moving over to Melbourne, after a short lived stay in Sydney when
Lisa was awarded the Coles contract (Lisa starred on
advertisements on television and in the newspapers), Lisa began
her career. She missed out on a number of television shows,
including "Newly Weds" but she finally secured the role
of Maggie Doyle in Blue Heelers, even though she auditioned for
the part of Ros Patterson. At the beginning of Blue Heelers, the
cast and crew of the newly
formed show only believed that it would last for ten or so
episodes. How wrong were they?
Lisa stayed on Blue Heelers for six years, leaving behind her
musical career. However, so she couldn't be stereotyped as a TV
cop, of a general television actor, Lisa also took part in many
musicals throughout the breaks of the Blue Heelers filming
Schedule. She stared in productions including "A Little
Night Music", "Into the Woods", and "She
Loves Me".
As she worked on Blue Heelers (She left mid-1999) Lisa made many
friendships with the cast and crew. She became best-friends with
co-star Martin Sacks, and met Tim Disney, her soul mate and
husbund when he was working as the wonderful stand by props man!
Being on Blue Heelers also won Lisa many awards including three
Gold Logies (1997-1999), Silver Logies (1996-1999), Most Popular
New Talent Logie (1995), Variety Club Awards, and People's Choice
awards!
Lisa is now set to staring in the stage version of 'The Sound of
Music'. The production is fantasic and Lisa has given Maria new
life - she's just stunning as this world known character!
Television
Lisa has appeared in a mixture of
television shows, the most significant being Blue Heelers, for
which she appeared as "Maggie Doyle" for roughly six
years. "Maggie Doyle" was a very popular character,
which, in a way was one of the reasons Blue Heelers was so
popular, and still is. The character of Maggie went through many
up's and downs, which Lisa portrayed extremely well. It evident
that Lisa will be missed of the screen of Blue Heelers when her
last episode screens in Australia early in 1999. Currently, her
episodes are still being shown even though she has wrapper up
filming.
Here is a list of the television show Lisa has worked on:
Movies
Lisa has appeared in two movies, 'Body Melt' (1993)
and 'Inner Sanctuary' (1997). In both movies, she stared along
side Brett Climbo and other great Australian Actors, but one point to
remember is that Brett Climbo played "Robbie Doyle" -
Lisa's' Heelers characters brother. In these movies, Brett played
her lover!
Theatre
Lisa has concentrated more on television and musicals then Theatre, however she did do a production at Caper's Restaurant called "Love Letters" with Martin Sacks.
Musicals
Lisa has appeared in many musicals (all of which are
listed below). Lisa was orginally going to go into musicals
before she found work on 'Heelers, as she was trained as a
classical signer. Also, one of the reasons she left Blue Heelers
was to pursure other challanges, including working on a musical.
She started work on "The Sound of Music" soon after
leaving 'Heelers, and it will be traveling around Australia.
Here is a list of the musicals Lisa has appeared in: