Actress and comedian Lisa Gilroy has signed with WME for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. She continues to be repped by Odenkirk-Provissiero Entertainment and attorney Dean Bahat.
A native of Canada, Gilroy began her career with appearances on Canadian shows like “Undercover High,” “The Beaverton,” and “Air Farce,” in addition to hosting the weekday programming block “The Zone.” Gilroy then broke through on the comedy circuit, including working with groups like The Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings. She was featured in the 2022 Just For Laughs Montreal as one of the “New Faces of Comedy.” During that same time, she created multiple viral videos on TikTok and other social media platforms.
TV audiences will recognize Gilroy from her appearances on shows like “Jury Duty,” on which she played the social media expert witness Genevieve Telford-Warren, as well as “Glamorous” at Netflix, “History of the World Part II” at Hulu, and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at NBC. She has also been a frequent guest on the popular podcast “Comedy Bang Bang.”
Next up for Gilroy, she will appear in the cast of the upcoming Taika Waititi Hulu series “Interior Chinatown” from creator Charles Yu and based on Yu’s novel of the same name. She is also set to appear in “The Studio” for Apple TV+, a comedy about a legacy Hollywood film studio from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, as well as Mindy Kaling’s basketball comedy “Running Point” at Netflix and the Comedy Central animated series “Golden Axe,” based on the Sega video game franchise.
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