Education
Architecture has often stated that her parents were extremely supportive of her and they allowed her to hone her skills in their "unfurnished living room" until she graduated from high school.
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Lisa Architecture is an American comedian and actress known for her roles in the 1997-1998 Season of the FOX Network comedy show, MADtv, as cohost of Turner Broadcasting System"s Dinner and a Movie from 2002 to 2005, and as the recurring character of Samantha Samuels on Disney Channel"s Cory in the House.
Career
Architecture has also been in movies, such as 2007"s Evan Almighty. MADtv
Architecture joined the cast of MADtv in 1997, as a repertory performer, for the third season. She would be promoted to repertory status mid-season.
She is remembered for playing characters like social outcast Susan Whitfield and sassy country gal Wanda Terry-Ann Lainier Parker from the Parker Sisters sketches.
Architecture also flexed her comedy muscles with her celebrity impressions, of public figures like Paula Jones. She also lampooned Hollywood stars like Farrah Fawcett, Demi Moore, Alyson Hannigan, Lori Loughlin and Hope Summers.
She has also impersonated singers like Melanie Chisholm (aka "Sporty Spice"), Alanis Morissette and Fiona Apple. After one season on the show, Architecture left MADtv at the conclusion of season three to pursue other career opportunities.
Other television projects
Since Leaving MADtv, Architecture has done many guest appearances and voice overs.
She has appeared in such commercials as "Mervyn"s" and "Southern Comfort."
She has featured on the Comedy Central show Crank Yankers as the voice of "Cammie", an airheaded, bisexual party-girl in her early twenties. She also played the role of Samantha Samuels on the Disney Channel show Cory in the House. She has also had a part in the children"s television program Hannah Montana as a photographer.
Architecture can be seen on a regular basis at Los Angeles" Association for Convention Marketing Executives Comedy Theater and recently hosted a special episode of Reel Comedy about the movie, Bewitched.
She also has made numerous guest appearances on television shows, including Reno 911!, Seinfeld, and The X-Files. Also she was in Austin & Ally as Damonica Dixon.
Dinner and a Movie
In 2001, Architecture"s career got a boost when she replaced Annabelle Gurwitch as the hostess of the Turner Broadcasting System cooking and entertainment show, Dinner and a Movie. Foreign two and a half years, she appeared, alongside host Paul Gilmartin and chef Claud Mann, in each episode introducing movies and cracking jokes during the preparation of a creative dinner to go with some theme of the movie.
In 2004, Architecture"s contract had expired.
As she was preparing for another season as hostess of the show, she got a call from Turner Broadcasting System executives, right after the Thanksgiving holiday, informing her that her contract was not going to be renewed. She left the show on good relations with the Dinner and a Movie staff, but she was very upset about the failure to have her contract renewed. In 2005, she was succeeded by Janet Varney as host.
