Lisa Hensley

Lisa Hensley

Lisa Hensley is an Australian actress who first came to prominence with a leading role in the television mini-series Brides of Christ (1991).

Movies for Lisa Hensley...

Penguin Bloom
Title: Penguin Bloom
Character: Bron
Released: January 21, 2021
Type: Movie
When an unlikely ally enters the Bloom family's world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin, the bird’s arrival makes a profound difference in the struggling family’s life.
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Title: My Life Is Murder
Character: Brenda Levine
Released: July 17, 2019
Type: TV
Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into the darker quirks of human nature, allows her to provoke, comfort and push the right buttons as she unravels the truth behind the most baffling of crimes.
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Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance
Title: Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance
Character: Harridan Woman (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Razzle Dazzle follows the eager members of "Mr. Jonathon's Dance Academy" who, with their unique dance routines, compete for Grand Final success at Australia's most prestigious competition. Amidst parental politics, petty rivalry, creative controversy and the hysterics of pushy stage mothers, the film takes you behind the glamor and the glitter to a world where, sometimes, winning is everything!
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Last Train to Freo
Title: Last Train to Freo
Character: Train Announcer (voice)
Released: September 14, 2006
Type: Movie
Two thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman boards the train a few stops later, they begin talking and find out not everyone on the train is not who they seem to be.
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Hold Please
Title: Hold Please
Character: Jane
Released: February 11, 2006
Type: Movie
After a nasty break-up with her boyfriend, Jane is on the verge of suicide when she is saved by a friendly cat.
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Big Reef
Title: Big Reef
Character: Charlene
Released: October 24, 2004
Type: Movie
A story of romance and humour set in Australia's far North East. Former journalist Tom Stopple escapes Brisbane and heads north to find himself immersed in a world of immense beauty, bounty hunting and a three-way fight for the girl of his dreams.
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Martha's New Coat
Title: Martha's New Coat
Character: Sarah
Released: June 6, 2003
Type: Movie
It's Martha's birthday and the day is not turning out so well. Martha decides to get out of town and seek some excitement on the coast.
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Title: Farscape
Character: Matala
Released: March 19, 1999
Type: TV
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
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15 Amore
Title: 15 Amore
Character: Dorothy
Released: July 18, 1998
Type: Movie
An adult's memoir of a childhood spent with his mother and two sisters in Australia in the closing year of WWII. While his father off fighting the Japanese, two Italian prisoners of war are assigned to help out on the family's estate. Later they are joined by two German refugee women. Problems of country life and personal tensions come to a head.
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Paradise Road
Title: Paradise Road
Character: Edna
Released: February 11, 1997
Type: Movie
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.
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Mr. Reliable
Title: Mr. Reliable
Character: Penny Wilberforce
Released: November 22, 1996
Type: Movie
All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their house, surrounded by armed police under the impression that Wally is holding everyone hostage. Events quickly spiral into a media circus as, through the siege, Wally - inadvertently - manages to become a symbol for the anti-war movement.
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Dating the Enemy
Title: Dating the Enemy
Character: Laetitia
Released: September 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Television show host Brett and his laid-back science journalist girlfriend Tash despair that they will ever truly understand each other. On their first anniversary, under a full moon, a frustrated Tash declares her wish that they could swap lives. The next morning, Brett and Tash awaken to find Tash's wish has come true. Forced to confront the unfamiliar sensations of their "new" bodies, both must navigate strange new experiences with friends and co-workers.
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Title: The Feds
Character: Annie Fleming
Released: September 20, 1993
Type: TV
The Feds is a series of Australian television films starring Robert Taylor, which were first broadcast on the Nine Network 1993-1996. The Feds revolves around the activities of the Australian Federal Police, who protect the national interests from crime in Australia and overseas. Nine telemovies were produced in the series.
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Title: Law of the Land
Released: April 22, 1993
Type: TV
Law of the Land was an Australian television drama series that screened on the Nine Network. The series was set in the fictional country town of Merringanee and centered on the unique way that locals dealt with and enforced the law. The series was created by Ro Hume and Sue Masters and produced by Bruce Best, Matt Carroll, Richard Clendinnen and Terrie Vincent.
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Greenkeeping
Title: Greenkeeping
Character: Sue
Released: June 1, 1992
Type: Movie
An ex-convict pays for his wife's marijuana by keeping the green at a lawn-bowling club
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Title: Brides of Christ
Character: Sister Paul
Released: September 4, 1991
Type: TV
Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to join a convent after being sure she has a calling to the faith. The Catholic Church and its followers are struggling with huge changes. The Pope has died, there is war in Vietnam and mandatory conscription, there is the Vatican controversy on abortion and contraception, and the changing face of the Church as a whole. Told in six parts, Diane faces her own demons and has to finally decide if she can teach what the Church preaches, or if it's simply impossible for her to reconcile all the contradictions of the faith and uphold her vow of obedience.
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The 13th Floor
Title: The 13th Floor
Character: Heather Thompson
Released: May 31, 1988
Type: Movie
As a child, a girl witnesses her father electrocute a young boy. When she grows into an adult, the ghost of the murdered boy appears to her, and together they set out to expose the crimes of her father.
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The Good Wife
Title: The Good Wife
Character: Sylvia
Released: May 14, 1987
Type: Movie
In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.
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Title: The Flying Doctors
Character: Gaby
Released: May 15, 1986
Type: TV
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.