She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder,[2] and won 15 national long course open titles.

[1] On 31 December 1982, Curry was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire "in recognition of service to the sport of swimming".

[5] On 1 January 2001, Curry was awarded the Centenary Medal for "service to Australian society through swimming and the National Australia Day Council".

Lisa was the subject of an episode of Australian Story, on the ABC, called The Deep End, which aired in June 2022.

In 2022, Curry appeared on the fourth season of The Masked Singer Australia as Caterpillar and was the second contestant to be revealed.

Curry was married to Grant Kenny, former ironman surf lifesaver and Olympic bronze medallist, in 1986.

[17] In 2008 Curry had a heart surgery operation to implant a defibrillator after being found to have an irregular heartbeat as a consequence of a viral infection.