Lisa Banes

Born in Chagrin Falls, OH in 1955, Lisa Banes' professional acting career got off to an auspicious start in the 1980 Roundabout Theatre Company production of "Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne. The production was roundly applauded, and eventually brought to the big screen that same year, filmed by Lindsay Anderson and David Hugh Jones over the course of three days of performances. Once started, she worked constantly, on stage and screen, mainly in supporting roles. She appeared as the ill-fated matriarch of the Berry clan in the adaptation of John Irving's bestseller "The Hotel New Hampshire" (1984), and in two summer blockbusters in 1988, "Young Guns," and "Cocktail." Banes landed her first series regular role with "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill" (CBS, 1990-1992). The show created by Barry Rosenzweig for Sharon Gless (the two were married in 1991) as her return to television after the hit series "Cagney & Lacey" (CBS, 1982-88). Banes was a series regular on the series "Son of the Beach" (FX, 2000-02), a spoof of "Baywatch" (NBC, 1989; syndication, 1991-1999), playing Mayor Anita Massengil. She had multi-episode arcs on "Six Feet Under" (HBO, 2001-2005) and "Royal Pains" (USA, 2009-). She portrayed the mother of Ben Affleck's missing wife, Amy, in "Gone Girl" (2014) and appeared in "The World's Strongest Man" (2015), which premiered at Sundance in 2015.

Lisa Banes was a Hollywood actress who starred in a number of dramatic films. Known for making audiences laugh, Banes began her acting career in comedies like the Jodie Foster film "The Hotel New Hampshire" (1984) and "Cocktail" (1988) with Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown. She also was featured in the miniseries "Kane & Abel" (1985-86). She also appeared in the TV movie "One Police Plaza" (CBS, 1986-87). She kept working in film throughout the nineties and the early 2000s, starring in the Sarah Jessica Parker comedy "Miami Rhapsody" (1995), "Without Limits" (1998) with Billy Crudup and the drama "Dragonfly" (2002) with Kevin Costner. More recently, she continued to act in the Rebecca Rosso comedy "Legally Blondes" (2009), the Ben Affleck smash hit dramatic adaptation "Gone Girl" (2014) and the comedy "The Strongest Man" (2015) with Robert Lorie. She also worked in television during these years, including roles in "NCIS" (CBS, 2003-) and "Rosewood" (Fox, 2015-17). Banes most recently acted in the Dane DeHaan thriller "A Cure for Wellness" (2017).