Born on June 13, 1965, to father Manny Vidal and mother Josie Vidal in Whitestone, Queens, Lisa Vidal belongs to Hispanic ethnicity and is a Roman Catholic by religion. She has three siblings, two sisters Christina and Tanya and one brother Christian. There is not much information available about her elementary school and early education. After completing her early schooling, she was accepted to be a part of the High School of Performing Arts, New York and graduated in the year 1980. She is known to have a degree in communications as well as psychology.
Her interest in acting was ignited at a very young age of 14 when she went on to act in Oye Willie, a theatre series. She got her first big break in the year 1987 when she was cast for the role o Mrs Miron for one episode of the television series The Cosby Show. Her first full-fledged role came in the year 1996 when she was cast for the role of Officer Jessica Helgado in the television show High Incident. She was cast as a series regular in various shows which include The Brain Benben Show as Julie in the year 1998, The Division as Inspector Magdalena Ramirez in 2001 and The Event as Christina Martinez in 2010. She has also done small role in various television shows which includes ABC Afterschool Special as Gloria Rodriguez in 1987, Law & Order as Lena Armendariz in 1992, Third Watch as Dr. Sara Morales in 1999, ER as Sandy Lopez in 2001, Criminal Minds as Gina Sanchez in 2006, Smith as Valez in 2006, Without a Trace as Detective Bianca Gonzalez in 2009, CSI: Miami as Patricia Busick in 2009 and Rosewood as Daisie Villa in 2015. She is currently seen on the show Being Mary Jane where she is a series regular and plays the role of Kara.
She made her film debut in the year 1985 when she was cast for the role of Tina in the movie Delivery Boys. She has done several movies in her career which includes Miami Vice as Angel in 1988, Night and the City as Carmen in 1992, I Like It Like That as Magdalena Soto in 1994, Fall as Sally in 1997, The Third Twin as Lisa in 1997, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Babs Cardoza in 1998, Odd Girl Out as Barbara in 2005, Dark Mirror as Deborah Martin in 2007, Star Trek as Barracks Officer in 2009 and Victor as Lila in 2014.
She is married to Jay Cohen, a real estate agent. Lisa and her husband are proud parents of three children. They have two sons Scott Cohen and Max Cohen and one daughter Olivia Cohen. She has a very loving relationship with her husband, and there is no news of any conflict between them or divorce. The family resides in Los Angeles, California. According to her biography, her salary is pretty good with a net worth of $1.2 Million Dollars approximately.
| Birth Date: | 13 Jun, 1965 |
| Age: | 54 yrs |
| Occupations: | Actor Television actor Film actor |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Queens |
| residence: | Los Angeles |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American actress |
| Twitter Id: | Thelisavidal |
| Net Worth 2021: | 20 million |
