Meet Liisa Lee of Los Angeles

Today we’d like to introduce you to Liisa Lee.

Hi Liisa, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
Dancing is part of my heartbeat. I grew up following in the footsteps of my mother, who danced with New York City Ballet. The women in my family were all artistic, dancers and a RISD artist who animated for Disney, so I grew up steeped in movies and music and art, dance and musical theater. It was more an osmosis thing, than learning. I just grew up, in it.

The men were all law, business and resorts, hence my hospitality training.

Is there a connection to Ringling Brothers and riding elephants as a child? Yep. That’s another story.

I started training with the Joffrey Ballet at 9 years old, then Alvin Ailey, and American Dance Machine, where I became an apprentice at 13. My path took me from New York to Los Angeles for film and acting, like so many musical theater kids. 
Then voiceover came through an already successful friend whom I’d done a commercial with. He brought me into his agent at ICM to read. I had a blast with them. They sent me off to make a demo, and I was off and running.
My first booking was a national spot. A little beginner’s luck. Then I went to hone my acting skills with the Beverly Hills Playhouse and many voice acting coaches I adore and admire.

Since then, my career has grown to include writing, voiceover coaching – encouraged by a favorite voiceover mentor, some RPG live play appearances, PR, marketing, and creative direction. 
My voiceover students now book leads in video games and audiobooks, as well as guest on voiceover panels at conventions. Hearing about their successes absolutely thrills me. 
Storytelling and connecting with people have been the thread through it all.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It hasn’t always been smooth, but there are lessons in the rough patches.
Finding your people is a real part of building a creative life.
I’ve worked in places where I felt welcomed, supported and valued, and others where I felt diminished or unwelcome.

Looking back, there are times I wish I’d spoken up sooner or trusted my own judgment more.
Learning smart discernment and good communication skills is just as important as honing your talents as an artist.

One of my biggest lessons has been recognizing when my work isn’t valued and learning to detach and move on.
You can care deeply about your work without letting someone else’s bullying or dismissiveness define your worth.
There’s peace in that, and more room to find the people who appreciate what you bring.


I absolutely love teamwork. 
It’s been a painful lesson at times, but I now have a great lens on seeing when teamwork is one-sided, too disorganized or manipulative, or simply not what was promised.
It’s then my choice and responsibility to let go, step away and let projects have the outcomes they’ve built themselves.



As an example, I felt a project I had been excited for from the very first pencil-sketch start, become a kind of strange bro-club thing that iced me out. It was confusing, frustrating and it hurt. I’d even brought several other people into it, for better and worse.
I don’t know what that progression was, but it made me assume or fear that my work wasn’t worthy.

Later, I saw an interview announcing fundraising efforts for the project. They promoted it using two major creations of mine.
Despite the distant corporate emails and avoidance, my work was clearly valued enough to help attract funding.
That gave me a sense of relief and clarity. Their treatment of me wasn’t a measure of my work’s worth.
It encouraged me to keep creating independently, on my own terms and timeline, which feels infinitely better.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I’m a voice actor, coach, writer, and creative consultant. My work spans video games and animation, storytelling and worldbuilding, PR and marketing, and branded food photography through Sugar Studios Inc. Across those disciplines, I’m interested in the same thing: making people feel connected to a character, a story, a place, or an experience.

In voiceover, I love finding the humanity in a character. As a coach, I help actors develop their craft, trust their instincts, and build careers around their individual strengths. My students booking leading roles, landing agents, finding their own strengths and successes in their voiceover path, and sharing their expertise on panels makes me enormously proud.

I’m also proud of the Wayfarer’s League, my independently published fantasy travel guides and tangible keepsakes for tabletop RPGs. They bring together my writing, hospitality background, love of food, and fascination with creating places that feel lived in.

What sets me apart is the combination of creative imagination and my practical marketing experience.
I can develop the story and atmosphere, but I also understand the real planning, communication, and care it takes to bring an idea or live experience to life. Whether I’m directing a performance, creating a campaign, or shooting dishes for a restaurant, I want the details to serve something people can feel.

How do you think about happiness?
Cooking something beautiful, rain and a cozy house, dancing, getting lost in a story, making people feel welcome, and laughter. That kind of laughter that builds until there are laugh-tears and cramped cheeks.


I’m easily pleased, and I’m a real duality. I can find happiness in the smallest things, as well as the comforts of luxe spaces- good tea and toast, petrichor and pine trees, a view (like, a tasty little view?”), giving people compliments and watching their face light up, offering to take the picture, so that family member (usually a mom) can be in it, or someone’s thoughtfulness.

Maybe that’s a much bigger thing. Someone being thoughtful and caring is huge, personally and professionally.


And growing up around resorts, there are specific things that warm my heart. Moments of luxury that really go back to thoughtfulness and feeling welcome or taken care of.

The scent and ambience of a great restaurant: roasts, butter, coffee and whiffs of wine along with hushed conversations and clicking of ice and glassware, as well as a great diner or local joint: butter, coffee, fries, and pancakes or bbq.

Like I said, a duality. Baccarat and barn wood, L’Hermitage or bales of hay, Commander’s Palace or The American Diner.

My happiest moments will also always include that great buzz of collective effervescence: the brain-tennis of working well with people on a great scene, writing together, finding a moment in a performance- both acting and directing, or sharing an experience together that becomes a memory.

Pricing:

• Voiceover Coaching – 30 min – $67 60 – $135
• Voiceover Pack 3 sessions – $303
• Voiceover Pack 5 sessions – $506
• Voiceover Pack 8 sessions – $810
• PR, marketing, photography, writing, and creative consulting: Custom project quotes

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.liisaleevo.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liisalee/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiisaLee
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liisalee/
• Twitter: https://x.com/Liisabelle
• Youtube: https://www.liisaleevo.com/wayfarers-league
• Yelp: https://bsky.app/profile/liisalee.bsky.social
• Other: https://www.liisaleevo.com/prmarketing

Image Credits
All photos, props, styling, baking, by or property of Liisa Lee