Biography

Lisa Bennet was born in Perth, Australia, to Veronica Trevenen, a carer, and Peter Bennet, a Dental Technician. She has one older sibling, Bradley Bennet. Lisa is of Scottish, Irish, and British decent.

Lisa attended John Curtin College of the Arts. Her passion for acting and theatre began when she was 11 years old, when she auditioned and was accepted into the school of Dramatic Arts. There, Lisa studied a broad variety of techniques and dramatic theatre styles, as well as musical theatre and dance. Upon graduation, Lisa gained film experience in short NIDA courses, TAFTA, the Stella Theatre Workshop, and was cast in various short film roles.

Lisa's film and television credits include 'Hounds of Love' (2017), 'The War That Changed Us' (2014), 'Broken Contract' (2015) and Wasted on the Young' (2010).

In 2014 Lisa starred as the lead in the web series, Chinchilla Hunt, directed by James Pentecost (Broken Contract, Boondock Alley) and Hayden Fortescue (Twisted Minds, Council) which in 2015 was nominated for "Best Web Series" at the WASAs (Western Australian Screen Awards.)

Lisa was then cast in the ABC documentary drama 'The War That Changed Us', where she played an English war nurse and love interest opposite Myles Pollard. In 2016 Lisa was cast as one of the victims, Gabby Donavan, in the highly acclaimed debut feature, Hounds of Love, directed by exciting new talent, Ben Young (Hounds of Love, Extinction).

Lisa has also performed in various television commercials including RAC Car Insurance, Waterbank, Kambos Roof Health Check, Apple Get Sport iPhone app, and Alinta Gas.

- IMDb mini biography by: Lisa