LISA GILROY

  • Words Robert Ito
  • Photos Emma Trim


The new queen of comedy.

Issue 54

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  • Words Robert Ito
  • Photos Emma Trim
  • Hair & Makeup Nicole Maguire with TMG Agency, using R+Co and Haus Labs.

( 1 ) Gilroy has been widely praised for her work in the word-of-mouth Amazon Prime show Jury Duty, in which she plays Genevieve Telford-Warren, a highly memorable and multitalented social media brand ambassador/DJ/actor/model/lash technician. Writing in The Atlantic, TV critic Shirley Li called it “one of the funniest performances I've seen on TV this year."

To hear her tell it, Lisa Gilroy’s rise in the comedy world is the result of a series of happy and often unexpected events. One day, she’s hosting a children’s show where the cast pulls pranks on unsuspecting high school students; the next, she’s appearing in the Netflix series Glamorous alongside Kim Cattrall. 

( 1 ) Gilroy has been widely praised for her work in the word-of-mouth Amazon Prime show Jury Duty, in which she plays Genevieve Telford-Warren, a highly memorable and multitalented social media brand ambassador/DJ/actor/model/lash technician. Writing in The Atlantic, TV critic Shirley Li called it “one of the funniest performances I've seen on TV this year."

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