Background
Lisandrello was born in Encino, a district of Los Angeles, California. During her childhood days she constantly traveled around Europe due to her mother"s singing career.
Lisandrello was born in Encino, a district of Los Angeles, California. During her childhood days she constantly traveled around Europe due to her mother"s singing career.
She has guest starred in Law & Order, Conviction and Nurse Jackie. At the age of 10 years she did a television commercial for Levi"s directed by David Fincher. This commercial is what later helped her to become a Screen Actors Guild Foundation member.
As a teenager she settled in New York City where she remained for many years.
About 10 years after acting in her first television commercial, Lisandrello decided that she wanted to become an actress. She graduated from New York University"s Tisch School of the Arts where she majored in Film Production.
She first appeared on television screens playing Serena Mallory in the short lived television series Conviction. She went on to guest star in some other television shows such as Law & Order, Mercy, Nurse Jackie, and a made-for-television movie called Washingtonienne.
Parallel to her work in television she has also been seen in some films: in the indie Pre, in the comedy The Best and the Brightest, and in the horror movie The Bleeding House.
Her big break came when she was cast as Tess Vargas in The CW"s remake of Beauty & the Beast. Even though the series has received "generally unfavorable" reviews, Lisandrello is so far the only star in the show to receive positive feedback from a television critic.