Lisa McAllister (born 21 November 1980) is a Scottish model and actress. After starting her career as a model, her first acting role was in a 2000 Paul Angunawela

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called ''Carpet Garden Flowers''. Her movie career started in earnest with the lead female role in a US

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action film, ''The Number One Girl'', with

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and

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, in 2005. McAllister also had a brief music career, as part of the duo Fenix, along with Kirsty Spence. The duo attempted to represent the

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in the

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with the song, "Do Anything for Your Love". The song reached the semifinal of

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, but failed to reach the final. After being active on television, including a regular role in ''

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'', she has appeared in several British paranormal and

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s. She returned to television in 2010 for a cameo as Anthea,

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' assistant in '' Sherlock'' which was described by Caitlin Moran in ''

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'' as "one of the deftest comedy cameos of the year". In 2010 she also appeared in a pictorial of the British ''

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''.''FHM'' - October 2010 - "Lisa McAllister: Sherlock's femme fatale"

Acting career

*''Carpet Garden Flowers'' (2000) as Kate McAllister (Short) *''The Number One Girl'' (2005) - Tatiana (direct to video) *''

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'' (2008) - Passenger *''How I Learned To Love Richard Gere (short film)'' (2008) - Vanessa *'' How to Lose Friends & Alienate People'' (2008) - Sophie Maes' Assistant *''The Rapture'' (2010) - Angel *''Just for the Record'' (2010) - Rosie Frond *'' Devil's Playground'' (2010) - Kate *'' Dead Cert'' (2010) - Jen Christian *''

Killing Bono ''Killing Bono'' is a 2011 comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on Neil McCormick's 2003 memoir ''Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger''. The film stars Ben Barnes as Neil McCormick, Robert Sheehan as Ivan McCormick and Martin McCann ...

'' (2011) - Erika *''

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'' (2013) - BOAC Stewardess *''Scar Tissue'' (2013) - Ruth Elliott *''Robocroc'' (2013) - Jane

Television

*''

'' (2004–05) - Sofia Moxham *''

Sea of Souls ''Sea of Souls'' is a BBC paranormal drama series, recounting the fictional activities of a group of investigators into psychic and other paranormal events. Produced in-house by BBC Scotland and for the final season by Carnival Films, init ...

'' (2006) - Isobel *'' Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes'' (2006) - Dahlia Wallace *''

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'' (2007) - Isabelle Klein *'' Sherlock'' - "

A 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 H ...

" (2010) - Anthea *''

Hardy Bucks ''Hardy Bucks'' is an Irish comedy series, filmed in mockumentary style and following the fictional exploits of a group of twentysomething slackers living in small-town Ireland. It started out as an online series of largely improvised scenes. ...

'' (2011) - Svetlana Salmon *'' The Fear'' (2012) - Donna *'' Sherlock'' - "

The Empty Hearse "The Empty Hearse" is the first episode of the third series of the BBC television series '' Sherlock''. It was written by Mark Gatiss and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson, and Mark Gatiss as Mycroft ...

" (2014) - Anthea *''

Drunk History ''Drunk History'' is an American educational comedy television series produced by Comedy Central, based on the Funny or Die web series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner in 2007. They and Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are the show's exec ...

'' - "Episode 1" (2015) - Lady-In-Waiting to Queen Victoria

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McAllister, Lisa 1980 births Living people Scottish female models Scottish film actresses Scottish television actresses 21st-century Scottish actresses