BLACKPINK K pop star Lisa will make her acting debut in the third season of HBO’s luxury vacation anthology The White Lotus. The series is set to begin filming in February in Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, Thailand. It will follow a new group of guests at a White Lotus resort. Character details are being kept under wraps. Lisa will be credited to the series under her full name, Lalisa Manobal. She is the second Blackpink member to appear on an HBO series, following Jennie’s role in last year’s drama The Idol.
One-fourth of the globally renowned girl group Blackpink, Lisa has already established herself in the world of fashion and beauty, making history as the first solo female Korean artist to have an album and single reach one billion streams on Spotify. She also launched her own management company, Lloud Co., in 2024 and has her eyes set on making an even more significant mark on the entertainment world.
Having already starred in the film Love Yourself Like This and the short-lived Netflix show My Fair Lady, it was only a matter of time before the K-pop idol took on an acting project. The news that she will be starring in the upcoming season of The White Lotus has her fans excited to see what kind of acting skills the singer and rapper will bring to her character.
Lisa will be credited on the HBO show under her full name, Lalisa Maobal, Variety said. However, her role in the series, which focuses on intrigue at exotic resorts, has yet to be disclosed. According to Variety, production on the third season will begin this month in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok. The cast for the series, which stars Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, and Parker Posey, will also include Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, and Julian Kostov.
The third season of The White Lotus is expected to explore themes of “death, Eastern religion and spirituality and sex,” Variety reported. The previous two seasons of the Emmy-winning show, set in Hawaii and Sicily, respectively, have examined wealth and colonialism.
The third season of The White Lotus is slated to premiere sometime next year. It will be the third time the series has traveled to Asia to film, with the first season shot in Hawaii and the second in Sicily. The series will reportedly explore the escapades of a wealthy family who owns a multi-billion dollar resort and a celebrity chef interested in the family’s fortune.
