An Eye for Talent -- Lisa Lax has Knack for Finding Right Local Performers to Fill Directors' Roles

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A group of older black men singing and dancing Temptations-style is just part of the rhythm of life in Memphis. But when talent agent Lisa Lax spotted the band on a local TV show, she took their cards. Barely a month later, she booked them for a TV commercial with an ad agency in Arkansas.

Lax, who has spent 20 years working as a model, actress, manager and casting director, has labored mostly below the radar in Memphis. But when she opened her own talent and modeling firm, Lisa Lax Agency , in January, it created a buzz. Lax has a knack for discovering untapped talent, nurturing it and delivering it to the right door.

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An Eye for Talent -- Lisa Lax has Knack for Finding Right Local Performers to Fill Directors' Roles

The attention is overdue, said Allen Battle, who has seen his acting career burgeon since linking up with Lax. "I found out when she was a casting director she was a local power," he said. "I know she has gotten some projects to come to town that would n...

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