Lisa Jakub

Actress

December 27, 1978 (47 years)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lisa Jakub (born December 27, 1978) is a Canadian writer, yoga teacher, and former actress. She is best known for her roles as Lydia Hillard in the comedy-drama film Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and as Alicia Casse in Independence Day (1996). Childhood and education Jakub was born on December 27, 1978, in Toronto, Ontario. She is of Slovak (father) and Welsh and Scottish (mother) descent. She attended multiple schools in her early life, including Hillfield Strat…

Filmography

7.3

Night Court

Barbie

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

7.6

Due South

Christina Nichols

Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.

7.7

The Twilight Zone

Lisa Cranston

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.

7.2

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Missy

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

6.9

Independence Day

Alicia

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

7.3

Friday the 13th: The Series

Janine Carlson

Micki and Ryan with the help of their friend Jack try to recover cursed antiques so they can store them in safety inside the antique store's vault.

6.4

War of the Worlds

Julie

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.

6.0

The Care Bears

Anne (voice)

The Care Bears live in a faraway place up in the clouds called Care-a-Lot. They travel around the world on Missions in Caring, whilst evil villains such as Professor Coldheart and Lord No Heart, try to thwart their plans.

7.6

Jack & Jill

Meg

A lighthearted romantic comedy about post-collegiate life, love and career in New York City.

7.2

Mrs. Doubtfire

Lydia Hillard

Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.

6.7

The Beautician and the Beast

Katrina Pochenko

A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.

6.0

A Walk on the Moon

Myra Naidell

The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.

6.2

Rambling Rose

Frances "Dolly" Hillyer

In the Deep South of the 1930s, Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.

6.7

Matinee

Sandra

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

6.1

A Pig's Tale

Tiffany

Kids' comedy with all the clichés. Six boys (hero, pudgy, dumb, romeo, etc), reluctantly sent to summer camp, are grouped together in a ramshackle hut, and instantly identified as losers and outcasts by the overconfident camp bullies, who target gorgeous Tiffany (Jakub) as their Lothario's girlfriend. They set out to make everyone's life miserable as they impose their authority on the other kids and ineffective counselors alike. Andy, the good-guy hero, of course has a crush on Tiffany, but hasn't a clue how to approach her. Gradually, the nice guys gain the edge over the bullies, by honest endeavor and standing up for themselves - and in doing so, win over the other kids, even Tiffany. Until the bullies frame them and have them expelled.

6.8

Christmas Eve

Little Girl

Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has an incurable illness and wants desperately to reunite her three grown grand children (who are scattered across the U.S. living their own lives), with their estranged father, her son. She hires a private detective to search for them so as to try to get everyone together on Christmas Eve.

5.1

Bermuda Triangle

Annie

After a strange storm in the Carribean causes a boat to sink, a family finds itself stranded on an island in the "27th dimension".

N/A

Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

Self (Archive)

"A 2015 pilot I made for a BBC webseries, rejected after I got into an argument with the commissioner." - director Charlie Shackleton

4.3

Dream House

Jenny Thornton

An inventor moves his family into a prototype smart home in order to work out the kinks and sell the program. But the AI gets the idea that its human inhabitants are standing in the way of its goals and tries to eliminate them.

6.0

Eleni

Katis' Granddaughter

Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.