Lisa Beasley

Early life and education Beasley was born and raised in Gary, Indiana and attended high school at Emerson School for the Visual and Performing Arts. She completed her bachelor's degree in jazz in 2008, then moved to Los Angeles and completed the musical/theater program at American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She was next hired at Black Ensemble Theater for both children's performances and the main stage. She continued to work and perform and left for a time in 2016 due to frustration with the working conditions. In particular, her TikTok parody videos of then-mayor Lori Lightfoot (as the character "Lory Litefoot") began to go viral. The videos were partly inspired by Beasley's frustration with the mayor's performance. she sponsored The Teachers' Appreciation Comedy Show at the Laugh Factory to benefit CPS teachers.

Her character Corporate Erin, a satire of passive aggressive micromanagers that overuse jargon and constantly deliver bad news, first appeared in 2021 but went viral in late 2023. She appeared in character as Erin on WGN Morning News.

Beasley has acted on Chicago Med and in original sketch videos with the improv troupe 3peat.