Rising Hollywood star Lisa Jay was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, and raised in Boise, Idaho. She enjoyed a very down-to-earth upbringing, active in athletics and enjoying the Idaho outdoors. At fifteen Lisa was scouted by a modeling agent at a career fair, and after graduating early from high school, was soon globetrotting between the U.S. and Japan doing fashion and catalogue work. Opportunity came knocking, and before long Lisa found herself in Hollywood. 

Lisa’s television career started off with a bang seducing James Marsters in a memorable role on the last season of the cult phenomenon Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

She recurred for over a year on the popular television soap Days of Our Lives, and since then has been showing up all over television, including popular prime-time shows such as Medium, CSI: New York, Big Shots, Veronica Mars, Las Vegas, The Game, Two and A Half Men, Monk, and Everybody Hates Chris. Lisa has appeared in numerous commercial spots for major brands such as Toyota, Lincoln Mercury, Taco Bell, Michelob Ultra, and Bud Light, and continues to enjoy a successful modeling career in between television appearances. 

Lisa has also been busy making her exciting foray into film. Lisa stars in the upcoming feature film Spring Break ’83, working alongside great talents such as John Goodman and Joey Pantoliano. While working on Spring Break, Lisa had the opportunity to get to know Mr. Pantoliano and to learn of his non-profit organization No Kidding, Me Too!  Having personal experience with mental illness in her own family, Lisa was moved and inspired by NKM2’s message of the need to educate the public, empower those suffering with mental illness, and remove the stigma attached to brain “dis-ease”. In September of 2009 Lisa joined Joey on the historical ‘Stomp the Stigma Tour’, visiting US military bases in Iraq and speaking to troops about mental health.  Lisa sits on the advisory board of the No Kidding, Me Too Foundation and is committed to their continued efforts.

When she’s not playing pretend or striking a pose, Lisa keeps both feet planted firmly on the ground by reading, writing, being involved with charitable organizations, and calling her parents in Idaho daily. She stays active by running and hiking, and is a devout student of power yoga. Currently Lisa can be seen starring in the exciting new FOX pilot and web series Tease, viewable on FOX’s 15Gigs online channel on Hulu.com.