Lisa Niemi

Lisa Niemi is one of those figures who spent years quietly building a serious career — dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, actress — while the world mostly filed her under "Patrick Swayze's wife," which is both understandable and a little unfair. She trained hard, co-wrote and starred in Steel Dawn alongside Patrick, and brought genuine craft to everything she touched. Her 2011 Royal Order of Francis I is a reminder that her work was recognized beyond the Hollywood bubble. After Patrick's death in 2009 she wrote a deeply personal memoir about their relationship and his final year, and it read as the work of someone with real literary instincts, not just a celebrity cashing in on grief. A Gemini from Houston with range she rarely got full credit for.

Name (English)

Lisa Niemi

Name (Japanese)

リサ・ニエミ

Reading

りさ・にえみ

Born

May 26, 1956 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

Houston, Texas, United States

Occupation

choreographer / dancer / screenwriter / film actor / television actor

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Royal Order of Francis I

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9F

Tags

• Texas
• choreographer
• dancer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.