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Either her mother, Eleanor, a customer service supervisor with Pacific Life, or her father [Stan Tucker], an attorney, drive their daughter to Los Angeles every day. On performance nights, [Lisa Tucker] and her mother return home at midnight. Lisa sleeps until 11 a.m. Eleanor has cut back her workday by two hours, but she still starts at her normal time -- 6 a.m. She takes naps on an exercise mat in Lisa's dressing room.
What Lisa loves is singing. Lisa would rather sing than do just about anything else. She started singing as soon as she could talk, her mother said. No only did she love it, and do it all the time, she was good. Really good. At her father's urging, Lisa started auditioning for local children's theater productions about one year ago, and began singing lessons two years ago. She was selected to sing the national anthem at Edison Field in September 1999 at an Angels game her parochial school classmates attended.
It was [Claudia Hall] who recommended Lisa for the role of [Young Nala], the spitfire lioness with attitude. Disney officials had called Hall to say they were looking for kids ages 10-12 for the roles of Young Nala and Young Simba. Hall said she doesn't usually recommend children for high-profile roles, but after consulting with the Tuckers, gave them Lisa's name and one other child's.