'The Wannabe' written and directed by Althea Waslow, winner of the best documentary for 'Riker's High' at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival and another feature film titled, 'Life Decisions', had been featured in the 2005,'Latino Film Festival'. In early 2005, she worked on the award winning, NYU short, 'Uta' directed by Kim Spurlock, which won the 'Gestures of Reconciliation' award at the 2005 Munich Film Festival.

She played Gladys in Teatro La Tea's production of 'Chained Dog', written by Rob Santana and directed by Writer, Director Jerry Rodriguez and 'Tales of an Addict', a one woman show written by Torri Oats. Other lead roles followed on both stage and screen. In it she played a wife and mother, living with Aids. Bill gave her the encouragement she needed to pursue more film work and in late 2004, she landed her first lead in a feature film titled 'Knockout of the Century'. In 2004, she started working with Bill Hopkins at the Stella Adler Acting Academy. In 2003, Lissette was taking voice lessons with Philip Campenella in NY, when she was offered the role of 'Dulcinea' in a contemporary musical adaptation of the classic, 'Don Quixote'.

During this time, she went on to do various off, off Broadway plays such as 'Fool for Love', 'Running' and 'The Captives'. A few years later, she studied with Actor, Director and Playwright Bruce Ornstein. During college, she also interned at the prestigious, Ensemble Studio Theater where her true love of acting, began. After High School, she attended Parsons: The New School in NY, to get her BFA in Drama and Photography.

While in grade school, she enjoyed working on theater productions but always tended to stay behind the scenes. As a child, she studied Ballet, Jazz and Modern dance. Lissette Espaillat was born on January 28th to Dominican parents, in Upper Manhattan's, Washington Heights.

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