There's a part of me that wants to be known and make a comfortable living but still be able to go grocery shopping. My overall idea of success is having people I want to work with want to work with me.

She has played for the Chicago Steppenwolf Goodman and Victory Gardens theaters as well as for the Curious Theatre Company the Northlight Repertory and others and has also worked for Yoplait WBEZ and the Chicago Jazz Festival. Strus played Janine in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous and plays Rachel in Jason Lew's and Gus Van Sant's Restless. As a theater major Lusia Strus joined Greg Allen's Neo-Futurist ensemble in 1993 which Lusia Strus wrote solo and ensemble performances for.