Lissa Carandang-Sweeney

Having lived in Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs her entire life, Lissa initially pursued her interest in theater during primary school through stage crew, orchestral accompaniments, and the development and distribution of junior theatrical promotional material. Lissa went on to attend Drexel University, majoring in Business Analytics and Marketing, with minors in Film and Television Production and German. It wasn't until her sophomore year in college where she made her first small debuts as a featured bar girl in the third season of Amy Sherman-Palladino's, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019) and a principal model working for Pepsi's Funyuns (2019) that she began to develop a finer interest in acting and modeling. During her third and fourth years of university, Lissa found time to partake in her artistic work between her university's coursework and her internships. She has gone on to undertake featured day playing role's in Nattawut Poonpiriya and Wong Kar Wai's, One for the Road (2021) and Antonio Tibaldi's, We are Living Things (2020) along with various other product photo shoots and supporting work. Lissa appears in Ray Levé's, The Golden Apple (2021) as the supporting Girl in Red, as the lead actress for Kyle Crago's, Walk Me Out (2021) playing Cassidy, and leading antagonist of Taylor and Sean King's, Super Hot (2021) playing Monica.