Lisa Valentine Clark
Acting
Biography
Lisa Valentine Clark is an Mormon actor, writer, producer, and radio host. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from Brigham Young University, where she was part of the sketch/comedy troupe “The Garrens” from 1995 to 2000. She co-founded the theater-as-improv troupe “The Thrillionaires.” Clark is the host of "The Lisa Show" on BYUradio. She was one of the hosts of BYU-TV's "Random Acts." She played the character Gracie Moore in the award-winning web series Pretty Darn Funny, for which she was also writer and producer. She appeared in the film Once I Was a Beehive (2015) and was also co-producer. Of her first experience as a movie producer, she said, “It was pretty intense, a lot of fun, a lot of work, stretched me in many ways, and was ultimately a deeply creative, satisfying process. Not unlike parenthood.” She also appeared in Stalking Santa (2006). She is the author of Real Moms: Making It Up as We Go. She and her husband, Christopher, are the parents of five children and live in Provo, Utah. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Christopher had Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) and passed away in June 2020. Clark is the older sister of James Valentine, lead guitarist for Grammy-winning Maroon 5; Gina Valentine James, director of communications for the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools; and Amanda Valentine Holland, a Nashville-based clothing designer and wardrobe stylist who competed on television’s Project Runway. Her older brother Chris is a physician.
Known For
A fresh live comedy sketch series that explores the funny side of everyday life.
Studio C
The Show Offs are a troupe of long-form improvisers like you've never seen before! With no script and no rehearsals, the cast must bring to life a spontaneous musical, prompted by random ideas from the studio audience and accompanied by a live band. Anything can happen in this interactive musical improv series!
Show Offs
Whimsical and heartwarming, BYUtv's original hidden-camera show highlights the good in humanity through surprise service projects and pranks with a purpose.
Random Acts
After losing her father to cancer, a teenage girl reluctantly joins her new step-cousin at a summer camp for Mormon girls.
Once I Was a Beehive
Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that Sally Carmichael is really Simon Hayes, a bitter, serious novelist - and Simon would like to keep it that way. When he is forced to meet a movie star about the movie adaptation, his life of anonymity starts to crumble.
We Love You, Sally Carmichael!
When Ethan arrives at the airport just in time to declare his undying love for his girlfriend, love appears to have conquered all. The scene, however, is really the ending of Ethan's novel, which his agent calls "unrealistic." Ethan soon meets a waitress, Jesse, and falls in love with her despite her growing devotion to Troy, a charming businessman. But the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, and as they mature, they face blossoming ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, while maintaining their unbreakable bond as sisters.
Little Women
Children everywhere defend his existence, and one man will stop at nothing to discover the truth. This Christmas Dr. Lloyd Darrow, with the emotional (and financial) support of his wife Barbara, and their children Keith (naughty) and Kiely (nice), will conduct an experiment so ambitious that it could very well capture THE visit from Santa Claus himself! In preparation for the big night, Dr. Darrow and his intern Clarence (self-proclaimed Santologists) gather extraordinary evidence of the jolly gift-giver from the North. Their research takes you from the pyramids of Egypt, to the Town Center Shopping Plaza in Polka City, Ohio, and even to the UFO fields of Roswell, New Mexico.
Stalking Santa
Sequel to the indie hit, "Once I Was a Beehive" and set about two years after that film took place. The young women and their leaders have grown up (some more than others), and Bree Carrington’s surprise engagement and the whirlwind of wedding planning brings them all back together – with hilarious and touching results.
Once I Was Engaged
Two estranged brothers try to reconnect at Christmas but there's something that one of them can't get past...the other thinks he's a time traveler.
Christmas Time
A wonderful night of LDS-themed comedy, hosted by Lisa Valentine Clark (of Pretty Darn Funny) and featuring the talent of Aaron Wooddall, Josh Fonokalafi, Isaac Thoams, Steve Soelberg, Heath Harmison, Abi Harrison, and Jeremy Warner.