Carisa Hendrix (born April 26, 1987) is a

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

-based magician and

fire eater Fire eating is the act of putting a flaming object into the mouth and extinguishing it. A fire eater can be an entertainer, a street performer, part of a sideshow or a circus act but has also been part of spiritual tradition in India. Physi ...

who often performs in the persona of Lucy Darling.

Early life

Hendrix was born in

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada, after Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. It is situated near the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway ...

and grew up in

Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...

, where she is currently based. She is a former art student, model, and sideshow performer.

Performing career

She was the subject of the 2016 Super Channel documentary ''Girl on Fire.'' She has been profiled in major press numerous times on the rise of ‘the female magician” because the field of

magic Magic or magick most commonly refers to: * Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces ** ''Magick'' (with ''-ck'') can specifically refer to ceremonial magic * Magic (illusion), also known as sta ...

has historically been male-dominated and female magicians are considered “extremely rare”. She has been featured repeatedly at the Melbourne Magic Festival. She was named artist-in-residence at the Chicago Magic Lounge for 2019. She is a regular performer at

The Magic Castle The Magic Castle is a performance venue, restaurant, and clubhouse for the Academy of Magical Arts for magicians and magic enthusiasts in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. The Academy was started in 1952 by W ...

, in

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

, where she performs as “Lucy Darling,” a sharp-tongued magician character she partly bases on

Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. Parker ros ...

. "Lucy Darling" is a crowdwork based act who has helped Hendrix garner million subscribers on social media. Carisa describes Lucy Darling as a character who just takes her over on stage.

Awards and recognition

In 2012, she set the

Guinness World Record ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, listi ...

for how long she could hold a lit torch in her mouth, a feat that was featured in both the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' in 2014, and ''Ripley's Believe it or Not'' in 2015. In 2017, Hendrix won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, the Award for Best Comedy Show at The Melbourne Magic Festival, and in 2019 won the Allan Slaight Foundation’s Canadian Rising Star Award.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendrix, Carisa Living people Female magicians People from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Canadian magicians Canadian stunt performers Year of birth missing (living people) Academy of Magical Arts Stage Magician of the Year winners