
Lissa Carandang-Sweeney
Acting
Lissa Carandang-Sweeney is a mixed Filipino American actor, producer, and costume designer based in New York City, but raised in and around Philadelphia. Her first on-camera role-as a featured bar girl in the third season of Amy Sherman-Palladino's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel-kicked off her determination to pursue acting professionally. Her first leading role in a feature film, Alice-Heart, cemented her conviction to work on projects she believes in and to support the films she contributes to, both on and off camera, when invited. With Alice-Heart also being the first feature she lead-produced, Lissa was ecstatic to receive Slamdance 2025's Honorable Mention for the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize, as well as the festival's Outstanding Acting Award. Lissa hopes to rekindle the liberated spirit of independent, low-budget filmmaking and to encourage more Gen Z artists to tell stories that are true to them-no matter how seemingly trivial or grand. She firmly believe that film sets should be environments that foster collaboration and friendship, and she aspires to influence a future where this outlook becomes customary.
Known for
2025Please, Smile
Luna
2025Alice-Heart
Alice-Heart
2025I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn
TJ
2024Practice Space
Neighbor
2024Crescendo In
Claire
2023Scratch-Off
Nurse
2022Long Beach Island
Alice
2022Fiber Optics
Marlene
2021Super Hot
Monica
2021We Are Living Things
Karaoke Girl
2021Total Immersion
Emily

Buckets of Fun
Susan

Between Rivers
Sam