Lisa Donahue

Lisa Donahue (born February 4, 1976) is a reality tv competitor who was the winner of the third season of the CBS reality series, Big Brother. Prior to the show she was a bartender. Lisa was the first female winner of American "Big Brother".

Donahue was one of 12 contestants on Big Brother 3. She eventually succeeded in being one of the final two house guests that season, with Danielle Reyes. Some of the evicted house guests later became angered by the comments Reyes had made about them, and Donahue was voted the winner. She received $500,000 for winning the competition by a vote of 9–1, with Reyes receiving $50,000.

Donahue engaged in a romance with fellow contestant Eric during the show, but she surprised her house guests when in a later game twist, she chose not to bring him back into the house

After Big Brother, Donahue pursued an acting career. In 2004, she had a small part as Lauren in the film Jekyll. In the same year, she had a repeat guest role on the TV series Entourage. Still in the same year, she had another guest role in Dr. Vegas. In 2006, she was one of 20 finalists vying for a spot on Big Brother: All-Stars, but was not invited back into the house. She also posed for Ramp magazine after BB3, which she talked about on BB4 during the "where are they now?" segment. Lisa now works as a waitress at The Huntley in Santa Monica,CA.