Lisa Lambe

Biography

Lisa Lambe is an Irish singer, actress, songwriter and folklorist.

Early life and education

Lambe was born in Dublin, the youngest in a family of ten children. She graduated with a degree in acting from Trinity College Dublin. She also subsequently obtained an M.A. in Irish Folklore.

Acting career

In 2005, Lambe was nominated for a Best Actress Award at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for her performance in the lead role of Philomena O'Shea in Rough Magic's musical Improbable Frequency.
Lambe's theatrical play roles have included Anna Karenina and Johanna in Sweeney Todd at the Gate Theatre; Oonagh in Jimmy's Hall, Lil -written specifically for her- in The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien, and Patsy in The Unmanageable Sisters at the Abbey Theatre; Sorcha in Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger, Breaking Dad, Between Foxrock and a Hard Place at the Gaiety Theatre and Nora in A Doll's House at the Helix Theatre. She played the role of 'Fairy' in Hex at the National Theatre in London in late 2022 to early 2023.
She played Elizabeth O'Farrell in The Bloody Irish, written for PBS in 2015.

Music career

Lambe is a featured soloist and performs regularly with Ireland's RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
She was a member of Celtic Woman from 2010, staying with the group until 2014 and appearing on the albums: Believe (2011), Home For Christmas (2012), and Emerald: Musical Gems (2014). She also appears on several compilation albums after her departure. In October 2024, it was announced that Lambe had temporarily rejoined the group for their White Christmas Symphony tour, taking the place of Emma Warren.
Her first solo album, Hiding Away×Hiding Away6 February 2015 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1All We Are3:472Heaven4:143Every Time I Fall in Love3:344The Longer I Run3:575Since You Went Away3:216Ain't Love Something3:537Love2:408It's Gotta Be Love3:459Hiding Away4:1210Knock Knock3:1411Days Go By3:5612Turn to Me3:5313I Can't Get You out of My Mind3:4814Locked up in Heaven4:35, was recorded in Nashville and released in 2015. The single "Heaven" from this album featured some of the members of ALONE Ireland, a charity with which Lambe is affiliated. She released her second solo album, Juniper×Juniper3 April 2020 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1North Star Rise4:152Hunter's Moon4:093Vision in Grey3:164Dust and Sand4:475Burning Love3:446Someone Like You3:467All The Stars4:138Holding Back the Tide3:289Lighthouse5:4310Juniper4:4711Tiny Devotions3:33, in 2020. It was written in Connemara and recorded in Donegal Ireland with producer Karl Odlum, and was described by evoke.ie as "a love letter to Ireland". Lambe released her third solo album, Wild Red×Wild Red11 November 2021 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Blue Star2:432First to see the Sun4:103Last Fading Light4:524Wild Red3:025Sea Queen4:096One Drop of Rain3:227Rosaleen3:078Smiling Moon3:339The Lonely Bones3:3810East to West3:44, in November, 2021. Her new album was BBC Radio's album of the week and placed in Goldmine USA Magazine's Top 100 songs of 2021. Lisa Lambe Live was released in 2023.
She has recorded works for several film projects, including the soundtracks of Float Like a Butterfly and An Klondike.
"Nightvisiting", Lambe's folklore, ballad songs and stories show, began touring Ireland in 2023.

Selected filmography

Float Like a Butterfly - Samson Films
RTÉ Thanks for the Memories: Brendan Grace
Bachelors Walk
The Bloody Irish! Songs of the 1916 Rising - PBS

Solo

Hiding Away 2015
Juniper April 3, 2020
Wild Red 2021
Lisa Lambe Live 2023
Nightvisting: The Hauling Home 2025