Lisa Zahra is Welsh/Iranian, originally from Swansea. 

Theatre credits include: Odyssey 84 (Sherman Theatre), Baba Joon (Grand Theatre/San Jose State), GRENFELL (National Theatre), Trouble in Butetown (Donmar Warehouse), The Boy With Two Hearts (National Theatre) ISLA (Theatr Clwyd), Macbeth (National Theatre), Mission Control (National Theatre Wales), The Kite Runner (West End/Dubai Opera/Nottingham Playhouse), A Thousand Splendid Suns (Birmingham Rep/Northern Stage), Before I Leave (National Theatre Wales), Out Of The Dark (Rose Theatre), Death And The Maiden (The Other Room), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Torch Theatre), The Voyage (Theatr Clwyd/ Poland tour), Romeo & Juliet & Under Milk Wood(CUNARD), Cymbeline & The Merchant of Venice(Wales Theatre Company), One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (Torch Theatre).

TV includes: The Crow Girl (Paramount), Phoenix Rise(BBC), Anfamol (S4C), ISLA (BBC), Requiem (Netflix), Casualty (BBC), Masked (Santa Cruz Film Fest) Doctor Who (BBC), Belonging (BBC), Nuts n Bolts (ITV).

Film includes: Bubbles (Feature), Twelfth Night (iMovie), Myths of Ancient Greece (Ch 5), Skellig (Sky Movies), Nobody Girl (Tornado), Fairuz (Dubai Film Fest).

Radio includes: Mothercover, Baba Joon, All Change, Land of My Father, Good Morning Yvette’s Nan, The Learners, Cardiff Gate, We Are Displaced, Bayeux Embroidering the Truth, Home Fire (BBC Radio 4), We Still Have Our Feet (ETT/ Storyglass).