Early life and career beginnings Tucker was born and raised in
Anaheim, California She began acting and singing during childhood, including performances with the Orange County Children's Theater and singing the national anthem at an
Anaheim Angels baseball game. Resident director of
The Lion King, Frank Lombardi, wrote about Tucker: "Her talent is extraordinary. So much so that upon realizing her skills as a singer, one of our composers added a complex vocal arrangement to one of the original songs. Lisa sang with a simplicity and beauty that made it seem effortless, even though it actually took great skill and concentration." When Tucker was 13, she was a finalist on
Star Search and then released her first LP,
Please Come Home for Christmas. Tucker finished at tenth place on the show. A review by Michael Slezak in
Entertainment Weekly described her performance as the "most surprising," based on the show, and said that she had "the night's strongest showing among the women, sitting down at the piano to offer a restrained, heartfelt rendition of Elton John’s "Your Song" — with no accompaniment from the band."
Post-Idol Tucker has performed at numerous local events in Orange and Los Angeles counties including singing the national anthem at Lakers, Clippers, Angels, She was in the third and fourth seasons
Zoey 101 as Lisa Perkins; her first appearance was in the episode "Michael Loves Lisa", which aired on January 7, 2007. In August 2007, Tucker was featured on the reality TV show "Dr. 90210" as the singing instructor for Dr. Rey's children. She was cast for the pilot of the FOX series
Born in the USA, also by
19 Entertainment. She had a recurring role on
The Game, where she played Pucci Wright in the third season. She also had a recurring role as Greta Martin in
The Vampire Diaries. Tucker sang "Then Came You" with
Dionne Warwick on Warwick's new album,
My Friends & Me. Tucker performed as a special guest at
Lord Rhaburn's Music Awards Show in
Belize. Tucker was formerly signed to recording artist Ne-Yo's production company Compound Entertainment and had a recording deal through Island Def Jam. In July 2020, she released a country-folk ballad titled "Fickle." ==Discography==