Lisa Niemi Swayze (born May 26, 1956) is an American writer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and director.

Lisa Niemi Swayze wrote, directed and starred in the 2003 film One Last Dance alongside her husband.

[6][7] One Last Dance was based on Without a Word, a successful play written 18 years before which had won six Drama Critics Awards.

[14][15] On January 2, 2012, Niemi Swayze released another memoir, Worth Fighting For, which also became a New York Times Best Seller.

At age 14, at the Houston Ballet Dance Company, Niemi met the owner and director's son, Patrick Swayze; the two eventually got married when she was 19 years old.

Shortly after they wed, the couple moved to New York City to pursue their dance careers until the late 1970s, when they relocated to Los Angeles, California.

[20] In 1985, Lisa Swayze began living on a 5-acre (20,000 m2) homestead near the Angeles National Forest, along with a "menagerie of dogs, prized Arabian horses and rodeo cattle".