Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. True, she might not grab the starring role, but she finds a way to make an immediate and lasting impression whether in only a single scene we can’t quite forget where she effortlessly steals the spotlight before fading back into anonymity or popping up in movies and television over the years here and there, almost always reminding us that we have seen her before even if we can’t quite remember where. Even if we can’t quite think her name we immediately recognize her face and search furiously through our brains to remember where we have seen “that girl” before.
Lisa McAllister is a Scottish model and actress perhaps best known for her recurring role as Anthea in Sherlock. She’s also appeared in Hardy Bucks, The Fear, Dream Team, Rush, The Dark Knight, Killing Bono, Dead Cert, and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. She also had a brief music career brief music career as one half of the duo Fenix.
