Lisa Jakub
Biography
Lisa Jakub is a Canadian writer and yoga teacher who worked as a child actress after growing up in Toronto, where she was born in 1978. Her first screen role came in Eleni (1985), and she went on to play Lydia Hillard in the comedy drama Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Sandra in Matinee the same year. She appeared in A Pig's Tale (1994), played Alicia Casse in Independence Day (1996), and took roles in The Beautician and the Beast (1997) and the short film George Lucas in Love (1999), where she played the inspiration for Princess Leia. Other credits include Picture Perfect (1995) and Painted Angels (1997). She later earned a sociology degree from the University of Virginia and published a memoir, You Look Like That Girl (2015).
47years old
Turns 48 on December 27in 74 days
- Born Toronto
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 14 years1985 to 1999
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Jakub's high school expelled her for too many absences after she got the part of Lydia in Mrs. Doubtfire. Robin Williams wrote to the school asking it to take her back, but that did not work.
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Lisa Jakub shares two films with Harvey Fierstein, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Roland EmmerichDirector, 1 film, 1996
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