Lisa McGrillis (born 3 September 1982) is a British actress. Her credits include Hebburn (2012–2013), The Pass (2016), Inspector George Gently (2014–2017), Mum (2016–2019), No Offence (2015–2018), Death in Paradise (2019), Deadwater Fell (2020), Last Night in Soho (2021), Avoidance (2022), Maternal (2023), Sex Education (2023), and Rivals (2024).
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Early life and education
McGrillis was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, but at age five, moved to and grew up in Scotby, near Carlisle in Cumbria, with her mother, a special education teacher, and her father, an accountant. She attended Trinity School, Carlisle, before going on to study performing arts at Northumbria University.
Career
McGrillis had a role in The Pitmen Painters, by Lee Hall, in 2007. It transferred to London's National Theatre and then to Broadway.
McGrillis was in Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe in 2011 as Margaret the maid. When Eve Best, the star of the show, fell ill, director Jeremy Herrin asked McGrillis to step up to play Beatrice. She then appeared in The Pass with Russell Tovey at the Royal Court Theatre in 2014.
