Lisa Omorodion: Biography, Age, Career, Family And Movies

Princess Lisa Omorodion (born 27 April 1990) professionally credited as Lisa Omorodion is a Nigerian actress, film producer and entrepreneur. She is best known for her lead role in the 2013 movie, First Cut, alongside Joseph Benjamin and Monalisa Chinda.

Early life

Omorodion was born in London on 27 April 1990. Her father, who is of Edo descent is an Engineer and the founder of Hensmor Oil and Gas and her mother is a lawyer. She is the fifth of six children.

Career

Omorodion produced and starred in her début feature film First Cut in 2013. The film was noted for creating social awareness on sensitive issues such as rape and domestic violence. In the same year, she founded Platinum Studios, a Nigerian Film Production company. Since then she has produced and starred in other movies such as Schemers (2015), The Inn (2016) Karma is Bae (2017). She made her small screen acting debut in the Obi Emelonye directed series The Calabash in 2014, in 2015, she began starring as Folakemi in the critically acclaimed television series Skinny Girl in Transit produced by Ndani TV.

Personal life

Asides from film-making and acting, Omorodion serves as a director on the board of Hensmor Oil, an Oil and Gas firm founded by her father.

Awards and recognition

In 2016, Omorodion was received the award for Most Promising Actress of the Year by Nigeria Meritorious Award. She also received the recognized as one of Nigeria’s 25 under 25 Enterprising females by Sme100 in 2016. In the same year, she was nominated for the Most Promising Actress of the Year by City People Awards.

Omorodion has covered a number of notable Nigerian magazines including House of Maliq in 2014 Vanguard Allure in 2016 and La ‘Mode in 2018.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2013	First Cut	Lisa Omorodion	Theatrical released full feature film, produced by Platinum Studios
2014	Calabash	Obi Emelonye	Premiered on Africa Magic
2014	Ikogosi	Toka Mcberor	Premiered on Africa Magic and irokotv
2014	The Other Side of The Coin	Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen	Premiered on ibakatv
2014	Therapist	Lancelot Imasuen	Premiered on Ibaka TV
2014	Open Marriage	Chico Ejiro	Premiered on Africa Magic and irokotv
2014	On a Trip	Grace Edwin Okon
2014	Peppersoup	Grace Edwin Okon
2015	Schemers	Lisa Omorodion	Premiered on Africa Magic and Iroko TV
2016	WoEman	Damijo Efe Young	Premiered on Ibaka TV
2016	Moth to a Flame	One Soul	Premiered on irokotv
2016	What a Day	Emmanuel Eme
2016	This Very Weekend	Emmanuel Eme	Premiered on Ibaka TV
2016	The Inn	Lisa Omorodion	Premiered on ibakatv
2016	Karma is Bae	Lisa Omorodion	Premiered on Ibaka TV
2016	The Relationship	Rukky Sanda	Premiered on Ibaka TV
2016	Whose Meal Ticket	Grace Edwin Okon	Theatrical Release and Premiered on Ibaka TV
2016	Excess Luggage	Damijo Efe Young	Theatrical Release
2016	Jofran	Okechukwu Oku	Premiered on Africa Magic
2016	The Personal Assistant	Rukky Sanda	Premiered on Iroko TV
2017	Little Drops of Happy	Grace Edwin Okon	Theatrical Release
2017	Your Fada	Simon Peacemaker	Theatrical Release and Premiered on Ibaka TV
2017	Date Night	Mercy Aigbe	Premiered on Iroko TV
2017	Dark Past	Chika Ike	Premiered on Ibaka TV
2017	Waiting to Exhale	Sobe Charles Umeh and Simon Peacemaker	Premiered on Conga TV
2017	Levi	Okechukwu Oku
2018	Ghetto Bred	Eniola Badmus
2018	The Spell	Grace Edwin Okon
2018	Night Bus to Lagos	Chico Ejiro

Television Series

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2014 –	Skinny Girl in Transit		Produced by Ndani TV; featured in Seasons 1 and 2
2014	About Tomorrow	Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen	Premiered on Iroko TV
2014	Happy Family	Elvis Chuks