The career of the Vienna native began at the tender age of eight. At that time, she was a star in various ORF series and was the youngest presenter on Austrian radio.
She played her first major film role in the German TV six-parter Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften with Oscar winner Maximilian Schell and Franco Nero, among others. She also took part in several auditions and was a contestant in the second season of the ORF casting show Starmania. On the recommendation of Monika Ballwein (vocal coach for Starmania), she introduced herself to the record company Hitsquad Records, where her first singles Star That You Are (ran for several months in the opening credits of the weather show on the TV channel ATV+), Loud Music and Everything Breaks were produced. As part of the Vienna Festival, she sang the opening show alongside greats such as Bobby McFerrin.
In the course of her career, she released successful singles and albums - followed by solo tours through Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
In 2016-2018, Missy May toured Austria and Germany with "Voices of Musical" and "Voices of Musical Christmas" together with Maya Hakvoort, Mark Seibert, Lukas Perman, Andre Bauer and Ramesh Nair. In 2017, she sat on the jury of the "Big Chance of Choirs" show together with Oliver Pocher. At the same time, she released her new album, which reached number 1 in the Austrian iTunes pop charts.
In PENSION SCHÖLLER she could be seen in the role of Therese Schöller in BLUTSBRÜDER as Linda. Most recently, she impressed as Little Red Riding Hood in INTO THE WOODS and as Lady Marian in the musical ROBIN HOOD.
Since 2019, she has also been a soloist in the international Bond in Concert series as well as Musicalstars im Steinbruch and Musicalstars unter Sternen Formation.
In 2023 Missy May won the ORF main evening show Dancing Stars alongside Dimitar Stefanin.