Lisa McCune is one of Australia’s most beloved and accomplished performers across both screen and stage, with a career recognised by an exceptional collection of awards — including four Gold Logies for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.

Lisa is currently preparing for the Australian Tour of Steel Magnolias, and most recently appeared on stage in Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps and the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of the Lynn Nottage Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat. On screen, she competed in Network 10’s comedy game show Taskmaster, narrated the Nine Network’s groundbreaking documentary series Big Miracles, and in 2024 won Dancing with the Stars Australia.

A graduate of WAAPA, Lisa first captured the nation’s heart as Maggie Doyle in the long-running police drama Blue Heelers — one of the most popular and enduring programs in Australian television history. During that time Lisa also appeared as Mary in the Seven Network miniseries The Potato Factory, based on Bryce Courtenay’s beloved novel.

Her extensive television work spans acclaimed drama, comedy and genre series alike. Highlights include the ABCMe series Planet Lulin; the Network Ten comedies How to Stay Married and It’s a Date opposite Peter Helliar, the latter earning her an AACTA Award nomination for Best Performance in a Television Comedy; and the ABC series ExPM, The Warriors, and miniseries The Divorce: The Soap Opera. She also co-produced Network Ten’s drama Reef Doctors, and received Silver Logie nominations for Most Popular Actress for Sea Patrol and Most Outstanding Actress for the telemovie Hell Has Harbour Views. Additional credits include Rake, Tripping Over, Two Twisted, MDA, and the telemovie Blood Brothers.

On stage, Lisa starred as Maria in the Gordon Frost production of The Sound of Music, before delivering a Green Room Award-winning turn as Sally Bowles in Cabaret. She earned a nomination for Best Performance in a Leading Role in a Musical at the 2022 Sydney Theatre Awards for her portrayal of Elizabeth Laine in Conor McPherson’s Girl from the North Country, and received a Helpmann Award nomination for Best Female Actor in a Musical for The King and I with Opera Australia and the Gordon Frost Organisation. South Pacific for Opera Australia brought her both a Sydney Theatre Award and a Green Room Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, while Urinetown — a co-production between STC and MTC — earned her both a Helpmann Award nomination and a Green Room Award nomination for Best Female Artist.

Further stage credits include Bell Shakespeare’s Hamlet, 33 Variations alongside Ellen Burstyn, Peer Gynt for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Machu Picchu for STC and the State Theatre Company of South Australia, Shane Warne the Musical for the 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Guys and Dolls for Ambassador Theatre Group (Green Room Award nomination, Best Female Artist in a Leading Role), Gloria, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, She Loves Me, Into the Woods, A Little Night Music for the MTC, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for STC.