Liz Mikel

• Name — Liz Mikel • Birth Name — Elizabeth Juliene Lacy • Born — 7 November 1963 • Birthplace — Dallas, Texas, USA • Occupation — Actor, singer • Years Active — 1970–present • Website — http: www.lizmikel.com/

Liz Mikel has been performing on stage for more than twenty years, including extended runs with the Dallas Theater Center and Theater Three. In 2007, the Dallas Morning News described Mikel as "a fixture on the Dallas theater scene". She stepped in for Oprah Winfrey in a special 2008 performance of The Vagina Monologues. Her film credits include roles in The Quest for Freedom, It's in the Water, Detention (aka Learning Curve), Seventy-8, Carried Away, and as Ruthie Jenkins in Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins. Besides Friday Night Lights, television roles have included guest appearances on LAX, Prison Break, and Past Life plus a recurring role as Maggie on Sordid Lives: The Series. Dallas Morning News theater critic Jerome Weeks once described Mikel's voice as "an immense, joyful force" and stated, "If a mountain range could belt a bawdy song, it would sound like Mikel." Liz starred on Broadway in Lysistrata Jones, for which the New York Times praised her performance as "commanding."

On January 7, 2010, the Holly Hills apartment complex in Dallas where Mikel lived burned to the ground, destroying all of Mikel's clothing, possessions, and memorabilia. The local arts community responded with a series of benefit concerts, and the Dallas Theater Center announced they would donate "100 percent of all ticket sales" from the world-premiere performance of the musical, Give It Up!, in which Mikel appears.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — LAX — Angry woman — Episode: "Pilot" • 2006 — Prison Break — Correctional officer — Episode: "Unearthed" • 2006-2008 — Friday Night Lights — Corrina "Mama" Williams — Recurring role, 26 episodes • 2008 — Sordid Lives: The Series — Maggie — Recurring role, 4 episodes • 2010 — Past Life — Alma — Recurring role, 2 episodes • 2013 — Dallas — Judge Rhonda Mason — Recurring role, 2 episodes

Sources: • Year(s) — Production — Role — Location — Category • 2010 — Give It Up! — Hetaira — Dallas Theater Center — Regional • 2011 — Lysistrata Jones — Transport Group Theatre Company — Off-Broadway • Lysistrata Jones — Walter Kerr Theatre — Broadway • 2022 — 1776 — John Hancock — American Repertory Theater — Regional • American Airlines Theatre — Broadway • 2023 — Benjamin Franklin — National Tour