Lisa Lynn Masters (March 20, 1964 – November 15, 2016) was an American actress, writer and model.
Early life and education
Masters was born in
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
, and raised in
Asheville, North Carolina.
She graduated from
Appalachian State University in broadcasting with a minor in
modern dance
Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which included dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th ...
. She later attended
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City.
Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...
.
Career
After college, Masters worked as a model and news reporter and landed an uncredited role as a news reporter in the feature film ''
The Siege
''The Siege'' is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Edward Zwick. The film is about a fictional situation in which terrorist cells have made several attacks in New York City. The film stars Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Sh ...
''. She appeared in TV commercials and, later, the feature films''
The Stepford Wives'' and ''
It's Complicated''.
Masters continued modeling and acted in several television series, including an episode each in ''
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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'' and ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''
Ugly Betty
''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombi ...
'', ''
Iron Fist'', ''
Gossip Girl
''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ran on The CW network for six sea ...
'', ''
Nashville'' and ''
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' is an American streaming television sitcom created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, starring Ellie Kemper in the title role. It premiered on March 6, 2015, on Netflix and ran for four seasons, ending on January 25 ...
''. She committed suicide at age 52 while on a model assignment in Peru.
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Filmography
References
External links
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1964 births
2016 deaths
American film actresses
American television actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from North Carolina
Actresses from Omaha, Nebraska
2016 suicides
Suicides by hanging
Suicides in Peru
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