Since she first appeared on the scene, comedienne Cathy Lewis has earned the respect and admiration of audiences and fellow comedians as well as the stellar reputation for being one of the industry's most philanthropic up and coming performers. From the tough beginnings of being born with a congenital heart condition called Tectrology of Fallet, Lewis has survived four open heart surgeries since childhood and 4 plastic surgeries due from a surgery she had for an ear disease called Meniere disease. Never one to give up, she turned her would be tragedy into a triumph getting laughs on stage talking about her physical condition among other things, and later founding Big Heart Productions in 1996. Lewis, a Bay area native, has performed regularly at the Comedy Store where she produces and performs weekly. She has also appeared on such television programs as ‘Last Comic Standing’ on NBC, ‘The Journey of Allen Strange for Nickelodeon’, ‘Comic View’ for BET, ‘The Jenny Jones Show’, and on Nickelodeon's ‘Teapot’ as the voice of Bouche. For the past 10 years her extraordinary life has been the subject of a documentary started by Spike Lee collaborator Monty Ross and Donna Lane of Purple Pacific Productions.