Lisa Mishra is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known for her reprise version of the song Tareefan in the 2018 Indian film

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. Since then, she has worked on songs like 'The Wakhra Song' from the 2019 film '' Judgementall Hai Kya,'' 'Nadaaniyaan' in the film ''

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'' and also the party-anthem 'Chandigarh Mein' from '' Good Newwz''. She debuted as an actress in the series ''Call Me Bae'' (2024), produced by

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's Dharma Productions.

Early life

Mishra was born in

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, Odisha, and raised in Chicago. She graduated from

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, with a double major in economics and religion and has a research background with both the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the Pluralism Project at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She started her own YouTube channel in 2007 when she was 13. Her first studio experience was while lending vocals on the track "All We Got" on Grammy-winning album "

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" by

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. Lisa was also credited on ' I Love You So Much' by

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ft. Chance the Rapper and 'Single No More' by

as a songwriter and vocalist.

Career

In 2017, Mishra collaborated with

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to create the theme song of the Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls. On 19 May 2018, she uploaded a video on her Instagram handle singing a

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of the Hindi song Tareefan and Let Me Love You. The mashup caught Sonam Kapoor Ahuja’s attention, and Mishra was subsequently flown down to India where she recorded and shot for the reprise version of the song for ''

'', along with the other stars. In 2019, Mishra signed with VYRL Originals, part of

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for non-film music. In May 2019, she collaborated with composer-singer Vishal Mishra on 'Sajna Ve.' Mishra has also sung on 'Running Back To You,' an uptempo dance/house record by

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based producer and DJ

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released in February 2020. Her debut album ''Sorry, I'm Late'', released by the artist in May 2024, blends Indian and Western pop.

Discography

Hindi film songs

Non-film songs

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Lisa Living people Singers from Chicago Singer-songwriters from Illinois American women singer-songwriters American playback singers American artists of Indian descent American women singers of Indian descent American web series actresses American actresses of Indian descent Bollywood playback singers Expatriate musicians in India American expatriate musicians American expatriate actresses in India American people of Odia descent People from Brahmapur Indian emigrants to the United States Illinois Wesleyan University alumni Harvard University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American actresses