Lisa Marie is widely known as the ex-girlfriend of Tim Burton.
Lisa Marie Smith is an American model and actress.
She was born on December 5, 1968 in Piscataway, New Jersey, United States.
Lisa Marie was raised by her father and grandparents. She studied ballet for eight years at the New Jersey Ballet and learned classical piano. She moved to New York City at age 15 to study theater, dance and music.
She was a model for Robert Mapplethorpe and was featured in photographer Bruce Weber’s ad campaign for designer Calvin Klein’s Obsession perfume.
Marie met film director Tim Burton at Starbucks in New York on New Year’s Eve in 1992, when she had just quit modeling for Calvin Klein.
Lisa Marie and Tim Burton got engaged on Valentine’s Day in 1993 but split in 2001.
She featured in most of the films he made when they were together such as Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, Planet of the Apes and Mars Attacks.