Foiles was one of the new cast members introduced as part of the 2002
revival of
All That, a
Nickelodeon sketch comedy show. She appeared on the program for four seasons, until its eventual cancellation in 2005. During this period, she made several appearances on numerous other television series, most notably
Even Stevens. In 2003, she guest-starred in "If Boys Were Girls", an episode of the fourth season of
Malcolm in the Middle, where she portrayed Mallory, a female version of the titular character (portrayed by
Frankie Muniz). Foiles subsequently took a break from acting to complete "college writing courses", with a focus on
graphic design and video games. She later credited her love of video games with "absolutely [changing] my life", and said many of the acting roles she subsequently received were a direct result of her involvement with the gaming industry. She returned to acting in 2010, portraying 'Trina' in an episode of the American television series
Leverage. That same year, she began a career in
video game journalism, appearing several times on
The Angry Joe Show. She was also the
production and graphic designer of several books released by
Hungry Girl, two of which entered
The New York Times Best Seller list. In 2011, she appeared in the
Disney Digital Network 6-episode miniseries
The Street Fighter, and in the game-themed movie
Your Friends Close, which was eventually released in 2013. She provided a voice in the
Xbox Live Arcade game
Ms. Splosion Man (2011). and in the
Cracked.com skit "If Movie Hackers Were More Like IT Guys". She starred in the pilot episode of
A.J. LoCascio's
Spike TV series
Yesterday Tonight, a show based on the popular culture of the 1980s and '90s, and appeared as
Princess Zelda in
The Game Station's live action adaptation of
The Legend of Zelda, in the episode "A Fistful of Rupees". Foiles was also a model in the "Girls of Geek" calendar, the proceeds of which were donated to the
Breast Cancer Research Foundation. She hosted
The Escapist magazine's
Top 5 with Lisa Foiles feature, which was published through
MSN TV from 2012 until the publisher's closure in 2014. From 2013, she co-hosted a
podcast entitled "4RunnersUp", which acted as a
companion piece to
Top 5. The podcast ran for 18 episodes. She appeared in
IGN's 2013 video parody of
Macklemore's "
Thrift Shop", and voiced a character in the 2013 video game
LocoCycle. Her presenting career began in 2014, as part of the editorial team for
GameSpot's coverage of the
Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014, which led to her becoming the host of a regular feature on GameSpot's website,
Analog. She began hosting the
Ultimate Fighting Championship web series
UFC Minute in the summer of 2014. She provides the voice of 'Jocelyn the Intern' on
ScrewAttack's
The Desk of Death Battle web series, which premiered in 2015. She would continue the role 6 years later in
Death Battle and its side series
DBX, where she is now a co-host in the latter. In 2016, Foiles reunited with her
All That colleagues for the relaunch of Nickelodeon's
programming block The Splat. She has made frequent appearances at the
L.A. Comic Con, formerly known as
Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo. The 2015 version of the event saw an extensive reunion of the
All That cast. She portrayed
Lara Croft in a live action music video for Irish musician
Gavin Dunne's 2018 song "Edge of the World". Foiles additionally created the video game website Load Save Point, consisting of game reviews, articles, and videos featuring herself. In 2024, Foiles joined the
heavy metal band Von Boldt and currently performs backing vocals for them. ==Personal life==