At the Beverly Hilton on 11 January 2026, cameras will track every entrance at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards. Among Hollywood regulars, one name stands out: the Thai-born rapper and dancer millions know as BLACKPINK Lisa. Listed on the call sheet as Lalisa Manobal, she is stepping into an awards-show spotlight far from the arenas where fans scream her name.
Her appearance is more than a red-carpet cameo. Lalisa Manobal will serve as a presenter, becoming the first K-pop artist and I think the first Thai actor ever to present at the Golden Globes, in a ceremony airing at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. For a generation that first met her through Blackpink, it is a crossover moment that hints at a bigger story.
BLACKPINK Lisa Golden Globes invite goes truly global
Organisers have confirmed that Lalisa Manobal will take the stage during the telecast on Sunday, 11 January, as one of the stars reading out nominees and winners rather than simply sitting in the audience. The show airs at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT in the United States, at 10 a.m. KST on 12 January, and at 6:30 a.m. IST in India, turning her segment into a worldwide moment.
The presenter list itself is stacked with out stars such as Queen Latifah, Colman Domingo, Wanda Sykes and Ayo Edebiri, alongside queer-adjacent favourites including Zoë Kravitz, Miley Cyrus and Charli XCX. In that crowd, Lalisa Manobal stands out as a global pop phenomenon whose huge queer fanbase has followed her from K-pop stages to the broader awards circuit, so her Golden Globes bow feels less like a stunt and more like a natural progression.
From Pranpriya to Lalisa: the journey behind the Golden Globes
Born Pranpriya Manobal (Thai name: ลลิษา มโนบาล, born , March 27, 1997) on 27 March 1997 in Buriram, Thailand, Lalisa Manobal grew up as the only child of her mother Chitthip Brüschweiler and Swiss stepfather Marco Brüschweiler. “My dad is Swiss, and he really values having a family day. We’d go to a mall together. And at least once or twice a year, we went traveling abroad together. I miss that so much,” Lisa told Rolling Stone in 2022. The family later moved to Bangkok, where she attended an English-language programme.
At 13 she auditioned for South Korea’s YG Entertainment in Thailand; after not hearing back straight away, her mother took her to a fortune teller who advised a name change, and she chose Lalisa, meaning “one who is praised.” She became the company’s first international recruit. “They wanted me to focus on speaking Korean more, so they told all the girls who trained with me: ‘No English with Lalisa,’” she said. After five demanding trainee years she debuted in 2016 as Blackpink’s rapper and lead dancer, helping the group score global hits like “Boombayah” and “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” and reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Born Pink.
Lalisa Manobal beyond music, from Lloud to The White Lotus
Her 2021 solo single “Lalisa” drew 73.6 million YouTube views in its first 24 hours, while “Money” went on to surpass a billion streams on Spotify. After she and her Blackpink bandmates became free agents for solo work in 2023, she founded her own management company, Lloud. “I feel like Lloud is like my safe zone that always focuses on Lisa, supports Lisa,” she told Billboard.
Acting is the newest part of that story. “I hated acting,” Lisa admitted. “I was a baby, trying to memorize lines, but I didn’t know how to read! How could I memorize lines?” Yet she now plays a luxury hotel employee in Thailand-set The White Lotus Season 3. For someone who once said, “I feel like I’m born to be onstage,” the Golden Globes stage is simply her latest arena.
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