Lisa Cerasoli

Lisa Cerasoli (born January 27, 1969 in Iron Mountain, Michigan) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Venus (V) Ardonowski on General Hospital.

She moved back from LA in 2003 to care for her father, Richard, until his death in July.

In September 2003, Cerasoli married Peter Weaver. They had a daughter, Jazzlyn (Jazz) Jo, in 2005. In 2008, they moved in Lisa's gram, Nora Jo permanently until her death in 2010. She had Alzheimer's disease. In 2013, Lisa revealed she was single.

Cerasoli portrayed the character of Venus Ardanowski on General Hospital and Port Charles from 1997 to 1999. She also made appearances on Diagnosis Murder, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, Oh, Grow Up, a couple of episodes of The Pretender as Zoe, and Boomtown. In 2009 she published her first book, On the Brink of Bliss and Insanity. It won five national awards. In 2010 She published the memoir, As Nora Jo Fades Away: Confessions of a Caregiver. It won multiple national awards. The book was optioned by RicheProductions in 2011. They optioned it to Sony in 2013 who then sold it to AMC for a TV series. In 2011, Lisa made her first documentary, 14 DAYS with Alzheimer's. It's a 29-minute movie that starred her grandmother and daughter, Jazz. It has won 16 national awards. Lisa has toured the country with the movie and talked at 50+ facilities throughout the country on the subject of Alzheimer's, other dementia-related illnesses, and caregiving. You can check out the movie trailers etc. on YouTube: LisaMarieCerasoli. Lisa currently cohosts a radio show, The Sara Cera Show with Sara Speaker on 103.3 WFXD, a country station out of Marquette Michigan. You can stream it live on wfxd.com.