Lisa McAllister
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Lisa McAllister is a Scottish model and actress.
She was first a model. Her first role was in a 2000 Paul Angunawela short film called Carpet garden flowers. She started her movie career in earnest with the lead female role in a US direct-to-video
action film, The Number One Girl, with Vinnie Jones
and Pat Morita
, in 2005.
After being active on television, including a regular role in Dream Team
, she has become a familiar face in British paranormal and horror film
s. She came back to television in 2010 for a cameo
as Anthea, the posh, eye-rolling assistant of Mycroft Holmes
in Sherlock who was described by Caitin Moran in The Times
as "one of the deftest comedy cameos of the year". In 2010 she also appeared in a pictorial of the British FHM
.
She was first a model. Her first role was in a 2000 Paul Angunawela short film called Carpet garden flowers. She started her movie career in earnest with the lead female role in a US direct-to-video
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
action film, The Number One Girl, with Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones
Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an English film actor and retired Welsh footballer.Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. He also previously played for Chelsea and Leeds United. As a member of the...
and Pat Morita
Pat Morita
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.-Early life:Pat...
, in 2005.
After being active on television, including a regular role in Dream Team
Dream Team (TV series)
Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club....
, she has become a familiar face in British paranormal and horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
s. She came back to television in 2010 for a cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
as Anthea, the posh, eye-rolling assistant of Mycroft Holmes
Mycroft Holmes
Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. He is the elder brother of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.- Profile :...
in Sherlock who was described by Caitin Moran in The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
as "one of the deftest comedy cameos of the year". In 2010 she also appeared in a pictorial of the British FHM
FHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
.
Acting career
- Carpet Garden Flowers (2000) as Kate McAllister (Short)
- The Number One Girl (2005) - Tatiana (direct to video)
- The Dark KnightThe Dark Knight (film)The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins...
(2008) - Passenger - How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a 2008 British comedy film based upon British writer Toby Young's 2001 memoir of the same name. The film follows a similar storyline, about his five year struggle to make it in the United States after employment at Sharps Magazine...
(2008) - Sophie Maes' Assistant - The Rapture (2010) - Angel
- Just for the Record (2010) - Rosie Frond
- Devil's PlaygroundThe Devil's Playground (2010 film)Devil's Playground is a British horror film directed by Mark McQueen and starring Craig Fairbrass. Intandem Films has the worldwide rights to the film, which is being produced by Freddie Hutton-Mills and Bart Ruspoli.-Plot:...
(2010) - Kate - Dead Cert (2010) - Jen Christian
- Killing BonoKilling BonoKilling Bono is a 2011 comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on Neil McCormick's 2003 memoir Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger....
(2011) - Erika
Television
- Dream TeamDream Team (TV series)Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club....
(2004–05) - Sofia Moxham - Sea of SoulsSea of SoulsSea of Souls is a BBC paranormal drama series, based around the fictional activities of a group of investigators into psychic and other paranormal events. Produced in-house by BBC Scotland, initially in association with Sony Pictures Television International, the series debuted on BBC One in the UK...
(2006) - Isobel - Pumpkinhead: Ashes to AshesPumpkinhead: Ashes to AshesPumpkinhead 3: Ashes To Ashes is a 2006 made for television sequel in the Pumpkinhead franchise of horror films. The film is directed by Jake West , who co-wrote the movie with Barbara Werner...
(2006) - Dahlia Wallace - The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
(2007) - Isabelle Klein - Sherlock - A Study in PinkA Study in Pink"A Study in Pink" is the first episode of the television series Sherlock and first broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 25 July 2010. It introduces the main characters and resolves a murder mystery. It is loosely based upon the first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet.The episode was written...
(2010) - Anthea