Lisa Rhyne

For the film "Anna Karenina" (1997), during post-production the producers needed to find a US replacement for the UK actress who played the Midwife because shots were missing. The UK actress was a natural redhead but 5'11". After calling multiple casting directors - who all recommended Lisa Rhyne (who is only 5'5") - the producers (who had never heard of her) used Lisa to do the extreme close ups.

The Oprah Winfrey Show asked Lisa to appear as an up and coming actress/model/singer, which she did in 1993.

She was born in Belleville, Illinois which is on the Sacred Native American lands of the Cahokia Mounds. Cahokia Mounds was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Cahokia is a World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO. When her parents divorced, Lisa and her mother lived in North Salem, Indiana which is a tiny farm town of about 400 people out in the cornfields. Lisa's thirst for knowledge, insatiable curiosity, high IQ and propensity to speak her mind led to good grades, great boredom and trouble with authority figures - especially in school. This free spirit was (and still is) resistant to the institution of traditional schools because they do not honor or cultivate individualism or the arts. She was an honor student and received several scholarships and grants so she chose to go to Ball State University. Lisa did the work equivalent to two degrees in four years receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications/Theatre. She also studied sound engineering with a minor in applied physics (skipping the first two years jumping into the junior level applied physics classes). Upon graduation, Lisa moved to Nashville, Tennessee. First doing an engineering apprenticeship at Ronnie Milsap's studios then working for an independent record promoter on retainer with all the major record labels. She has been a promoter, consultant and worked with the biggest legends in entertainment including Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, The Highwaymen, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Bill Monroe, Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Roseanne Cash, k. d. lang, Lyle Lovett, Dwight Yoakam, Chaka Khan and many many more. She then moved to New York City and later to Los Angeles to pursue her own career interests, which included numerous acting, modeling, voiceover, singing projects as well as writing work. She has appeared with Hank Williams, Jr. in his Monday Night Football videos, was a guest correspondent on A Current Affair as well as a featured guest on talk shows such as The Phil Donahue Show, Eye to Eye with Connie Chung, The Maury Povich Show and CNBC's America's Talking.