Lisa Beasley (born 1986)[1] is an American actress, comedian, and writer based in Chicago, Illinois.
[3] Beasley began her professional acting career in Chicago as a performer at the Black-owned theater company ETA Creative Arts Foundation.
She was also a member of the improv group 3peat, who created the viral sketch "The Blackening" (the source material for the 2022 film adaptation), which was produced for Comedy Central.
[5] 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.
[2] One video has approximately nine million views on TikTok in part because the character feels familiar to many viewers.