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Lisa Rieffel

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Lisa Rieffel
Rieffel singing for Killola in 2010
Born (1975-01-12) January 12, 1975 (age 49)
Denville, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1986–present
SpouseJohnny Dunn
Children1
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Member ofKillola

Lisa Rieffel (born January 12, 1975) is an American actress and singer.

Life and career

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Rieffel was born in Denville, New Jersey. As a child actress, she starred on Broadway and at The Kennedy Center in Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure. She is a founding member and lead singer of the Los Angeles-based alternative rock band Killola.[1] The band has released three albums: Louder, Louder! (2006), I Am The Messer (2008)[2] and Let's Get Associated (2010) as well as a live DVD/CD titled Killola: Live in Hollywood (2007).

In television, Rieffel was a series regular in The Thorns, Ann Jillian, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, Women of the House, and Empty Nest (season 5 only). In 1998, Rieffel was an original cast member of The King of Queens during the show's first season, appearing in five of the sitcom's first six episodes before leaving the show. Some of Rieffel's other television credits include The Cosby Show, Blossom, Roseanne, Married... with Children, Party of Five, The Pretender, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Brotherly Love, and NCIS.[3]

Her film credits include Forget Paris (1995) and Drowning Mona (2000).[3]

Rieffel co-wrote and recorded a song entitled "So Pretty" for the 2003 film Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde; the song, however, was not featured on the soundtrack album.[4]

In 2007, Rieffel starred in the cult-popular web-series Girltrash! created by Angela Robinson. Girltrash! was a gritty, pulp comedy-drama with a decidedly lesbian spin. The web-series co-starred Rieffel, Margaret Cho, Rose Rollins, Michelle Lombardo, Riki Lindhome, Jimmi Simpson, Mandy Musgrave, and Gabrielle Christian. The webisodic consisted of 11 installments, airing weekly via OurChart.com, a fictitious website-turned-social-network controlled by Showtime. The feature film Girltrash: All Night Long began production in December 2009. The script was written by Angela Robinson, with Killola writing and producing the original songs for the film's musical numbers. After several postponements, Girltrash: All Night Long was finally released in January 2014.[5]

Personal life

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Rieffel is married to Killola bassist Johnny Dunn. They have a daughter, Jolee Rose (born December 2011), who gained viral fame in May 2020 for her original song "I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole".[6][7] Rieffel and her husband have hosted their own live radio show on Monday nights via her band's website since 2007.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Forget Paris Receptionist
2000 Drowning Mona Valerie Antonelli
2004 Stop Thief! Sophie Lyons Short film
2010 3B Natasha Short film
2014 Girltrash: All Night Long Daisy Robson
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1986 The Alan King Show Casey Cooper Unsold CBS pilot
1988 In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders Suzanne McNeill Television film
1988 The Thorns Joey Thorn Series regular
1989–1990 The Cosby Show Susan Hennings Episodes: "Denise: The Saga Continues" (uncredited),
"I'm "In" with the In Crowd" and "Off to See the Wretched"
1989–1990 Ann Jillian Lucy McNeil Series regular
1991 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw Jenny Jones Television film
1992 Evening Shade High School Freida Episode: "Callous Hearts of Rage"
1990–1992 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill KIm Ginty Series regular
1992 Blossom Cybill Episode: "No Cure for Love"
1992 Married... with Children D.J. Episode: "T-R-A-Something-Something Spells Tramp" (credited as Dusty Street)
1993 Love, Lies & Lullabies Rachel Television film
1993 Empty Nest Emily Weston Series regular (season 5; 14 episodes)
1993 In the Heat of the Night Lori Foster Episode: "A Depraved Hart"
1993 The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? Leanne Pond Television film
1994 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Atlantis Episode: "The Circus"
1994 Roseanne Dinah Episode: "The Parenting Trap"
1995 Women of the House Veda Walkman Series regular (episodes 8–12)
1995 The Client Holly Calhoun Episode: "A Perfect World"
1996 The Crew Cindy Episode: "A League of Their Own"
1996 Brotherly Love Amy Episode: "Double Date"
1996 Love and Marriage Kathleen Episodes: "Look Who's Talking Now" & "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady"
1996 Party of Five Robin Episode: "Personal Demons"
1996 Sliders Deanne Bloch Episode: "Dead Man Sliding"
1996 Style & Substance Samantha Stevens Unsold ABC pilot (later re-developed and picked up to series by CBS)
1997 The Pretender Jeanette Connelly Episode: "Baby Love"
1997 Total Security Jessica Larson Episode: "Das Bootie"
1998 The Patron Saint of Liars Beatrice Television film
1998 The King of Queens Sara Spooner Series regular (appeared in five of the first six episodes of season 1)
2003 Lost at Home Molly Episodes: "One Bracelet Don't Feed the Beast" & "Our Town"
2007 Girltrash! Daisy Robson Series regular (web series)
2009 NCIS Brenda Carter Episode: "Caged"
2022 Pivoting Celia Episode: "Coleen in a Box"

References

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  1. ^ Lisa Rieffel « ORIGINAL HIPSTER Archived July 14, 2012, at archive.today, originalhipster.net
  2. ^ Killola, AllMusic
  3. ^ a b "Lisa Rieffel Biography (1975-)". www.filmreference.com.
  4. ^ "SOUNDTRACK – Movies Showing on The Movie Channel: Movie ... Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013.
  5. ^ "Girltrash: All Night Long (2014)". IMDb. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  6. ^ Moore, Sam (May 5, 2020). "Tom DeLonge on viral 'I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole' song: "This is an early Blink-182 song"". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  7. ^ Sung, Morgan (May 5, 2020). "Kid's viral song about buttholes is honestly a bop". Mashable. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
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