Lissa Carandang-Sweeney is a mixed Filipino-American actor, producer, and costume designer based in New York City and raised in the greater Philadelphia region. Her debut as both lead actor and producer on the feature film Alice-Heart deepened her commitment to both disciplines, earning her Slamdance Film Festival’s 2025 Outstanding Acting Award, while the film received the festival’s Narrative Feature Grand Jury Honorable Mention.
2025Please, SmileMovieas Luna
2025I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in BrooklynMovieas TJ
2025Hazy, Hot & StupidMovieProducer · Costume Designer
2025Alice-HeartMovieas Alice-Heart · Producer · Costume Designer · Story Consultant
2024Crescendo InMovieas Claire
2024Practice SpaceMovieas Neighbor · Production Assistant
2023Scratch-OffMovieas Nurse · Wardrobe Coordinator
2023First TimeMovieProduction Design · Costume Design
2022Long Beach IslandMovieas Alice · Editor · Writer2022Fiber OpticsMovieas Marlene
2021We Are Living ThingsMovieas Karaoke Girl
2021Super HotMovieas Monica
2021Total ImmersionMovieas Emily—Buckets of FunMovieas Susan · Producer
—Between RiversMovieas Sam
—Always Nothing MuchMovieCostume Design · Associate Producer