Voted Star of the Future at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival.

Is of Indian and Polish descent.

Is fluent in Hindi, although it is not her first language.

Trained for 5 months in mime in London.

Named one of the top-10 most beautiful Indian women of the millennium by the Daily Times of India.

Cut off her waist length hair for her role in 'Water'. It was done while filming a scene.

Lived in London for three years while attending drama school.

She appeared in Jamie Foxx`s video Unpredictable.

Lisa launched two fashion lines in 2005, Luxe & Romance, the lingerie line was introduced during New York`s Fashion Week, and Xraye, her new jeans line for women.

Before her acting career, Lisa was a model and she did fashion shows in churches and high school in Chicago.

She collaborated with Lil` Kim on a single featured on the soundtrack for "Gang of Roses."

LisaRaye recorded the single "Would You?" with recording artist Benzino.

She wants to develop a group home for teenagers in her home town of Chicago called "Raye of Sunshine".

She is half sister to Da Brat, an American rap artist.