As the entertainment industry continues to nudge artists toward neatly defined identities, Lisa Mishra is intentionally resisting the pressure to “pick a lane.” The singer and actor is charting a course that embraces multiplicity over limitation, determined to expand her creative universe across both music and acting as she looks ahead to 2026.
At a time when the business often encourages performers to streamline their public personas for market clarity, Lisa is choosing complexity. For her, artistry has never been about choosing one medium over another. Instead, it is about exploring the full spectrum of her creative instincts without sacrificing authenticity. With shooting already underway for Call Me Bae, and progressing steadily according to schedule, she finds herself immersed in a dynamic phase of growth.
Simultaneously, new music projects are taking shape behind the scenes. While she remains tight-lipped about specifics, she confirms that fresh sounds and collaborations are in development. Alongside these musical ventures, a growing slate of acting opportunities is lining up in the pipeline. Rather than viewing her career as a singular pursuit, Lisa sees it as a mosaic — a diverse array of talents she is eager to explore and refine.
Reflecting on this transformative chapter, she speaks candidly about how each discipline has shaped her differently. “Music trained my emotions, acting trained my silence,” she says thoughtfully. For Lisa, singing was her first language of expression. “When I started out as a singer, I learned how to feel deeply and express without filters using the power of my voice and the music that flows.” Through melodies and lyrics, she discovered vulnerability and emotional expansiveness.
Acting, however, introduced her to a different dimension of storytelling. “Acting later taught me the value of restraint, of pauses, and of letting stillness speak,” she explains. Where music allowed her to pour outward, acting challenged her to internalize. The camera, she notes, captures nuance — the flicker of a thought, the weight of a silence. Together, these crafts have strengthened her artistic instincts in complementary ways.
As she looks toward 2026, the excitement in her voice is unmistakable. “I’m excited to keep experimenting in both spaces. I am currently juggling between working on music and acting work simultaneously and that really excites me,” she shares. For Lisa, the duality is energizing rather than exhausting. Each medium feeds the other, sharpening her emotional intelligence and deepening her creative reserves.
Importantly, she is clear about what she does not want. “I don’t want to abandon music to act, or act at the cost of music,” she says firmly. The idea of sacrificing one passion for another feels reductive. In an industry that often rewards specialization, her insistence on dual commitment is both bold and refreshing.
She also acknowledges the external pressures that come with visibility. “People often want to simplify you into one version or one stream of work,” Lisa observes. The urge to categorize artists into tidy boxes is real — and persistent. Yet she resists that simplification. “I don’t experience my creativity that way. I’m constantly evolving, and experimentation is what keeps me honest as an artist.”
Now firmly established as both a singer and an actor, she has no intention of letting one identity eclipse the other. “I don’t think now that I have been working as an actor I would do away one without the other. I want to be able to do justice to both and hopefully excel in work that truly excites me,” she says. For her, excellence is rooted in passion, not in conformity.
Interestingly, she finds that working across disciplines enhances her performance in each. Singing informs her emotional access as an actor, while acting sharpens her storytelling as a musician. “Working on singing or acting motivates me as an artist in each of these fields,” she reflects.
Ultimately, her ambition is simple yet expansive: to entertain and connect. “Entertaining audiences is the larger goal for me, and that’s what I set to do this year, on stage and on screen.” In choosing not to pick a lane, Lisa Mishra is instead building a highway — one that leaves room for every facet of her creativity to thrive.