Carisa Hendrix
Carisa Hendrix | |
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| File:Carisa Hendrix at the 2010 Winnipeg Fringe Festival.jpg Hendrix in 2010 | |
| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) |
| Other names | Lucy Darling |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Alberta College of Art and Design |
| Occupations | Magician, stunt performer, model, actress |
| Known for | Fire eating |
| Awards | Best Comedy Magic Show at the Melbourne Magic Festival |
Carisa Hendrix (born 1987) is a Canadian magician, comedian, and fire eater who often performs in the persona of Lucy Darling, inspired by the wisecracking socialite characters from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Hendrix was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in 1987.[1][2] She grew up in Calgary, where she is based.[2]
Her interest in magic began while watching a David Copperfield special with her father when she was six or seven.[3][4] Later, while volunteering at a library, she created a magic trick involving library cards that was well received.[3]
At the age of 16, Hendrix was kicked out of her home. Needing to make money, she worked at a variety of retail jobs, and at a haunted house for $50 per night for a ten minute set where she used skills she had learned from sideshow performers she met at a youth summer arts program, such as fire eating.[3][1][5]
Hendrix began booking gigs, teaching herself additional skills such as stilt walking, which allowed her to leave her retail jobs to focus on performing. She incorporated a comedic flair, combining magic with circus arts.[5]
In 2007, Hendrix was accepted at the Alberta College of Art and Design where she studied a variety of performance skills including acting, magic, vaudeville, burlesque and modeling.[6]
Her career skyrocketed following her invitation by an Italian world record television show to break the record for Torch Teething, which is holding a flaming torch between the teeth.[5]
Hendrix has called herself gay and non-binary and considers herself a drag queen.[7]
Performing career
[edit | edit source]Hendrix was the subject of the 2016 Super Channel documentary Girl on Fire.[6]
She has been profiled in major media for her rise as a female magician[8][9] as the field of magic has historically been male-dominated[10] and female magicians are considered rare.[11]
She has been featured repeatedly at the Melbourne Magic Festival.[12]
In 2019, she was named artist-in-residence at the Chicago Magic Lounge and appeared on the Penn and Teller: Fool Us television show.[13][14][15]
In 2020, Hendrix was featured in the Calgary Herald "Celebrating 20 inspiring and compelling Calgarians."[1]
As of October 2025, Hendrix has 1.5 million TikTok followers.[16]
In December 2025, Hendrix performed at the MGM Grand Las Vegas Underground Theatre with Sarah Hester Ross.[16]
She is a regular performer at The Magic Castle, in Hollywood, California, where she performs as Lucy Darling, the Mistress of Magic: a sharp-tongued, comedic magician she partly bases on Dorothy Parker.[4][9]
Awards and recognition
[edit | edit source]In 2012, Hendrix set the Guinness World Record[17] for how long she could hold a lit torch in her mouth that was featured in both the Guinness Book of World Records in 2014, and Ripley's Believe it or Not! in 2015.[18].[5] She held the fire between her teeth for two minutes and one second.[5]
In 2017, Hendrix won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award[19] and the Award for Best Comedy Show at The Melbourne Magic Festival.[20] In 2019, she won the Slaight Family Foundation's Canadian Rising Star Award.[21][22]
References
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External links
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