Lisa Banes is an American actress. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1984 for Isn't it Romantic? and won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance as Alison Porter Off-Broadway in Look Back in Anger. In film, she has appeared in Cocktail (1988), Freedom Writers (2007), and Gone Girl (2014). She’s also appeared in the 2016 film A Cure for Wellness as the character Hollis.
Banes is an alumnus of The Acting Company and a graduate of Juilliard.