Ching Valdes-Aran
Biography
Ching Valdes-Aran is a Filipino-American performer who works in theater, television, and film, having begun as a dancer and later becoming a choreographer. A native of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, in the Philippines, she joined the Filipinescas Dance Company in Manila at age 13 and moved to New York City in 1967. She first appeared on screen in 1985 in an episode of the CBS series The Equalizer, and her film debut was the 1994 experimental film Fresh Kill. She later appeared in Kiss of the Damned (2012), From What Is Before (2014), Little Men (2016), and voiced Gamu in Missing Link (2019). On stage, she won a 1997 Obie Award for Flipzoids and earned a Lucille Lortel nomination for playing Imelda Marcos in Dogeaters. Her Broadway credits include The Wild Party, and from 2017 to 2023 she toured in Geoff Sobelle's Home.
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 7 years2012 to 2019
Every film, newest first
- 2019Missing LinkIMDb rating 6.7
- 2016Little MenIMDb rating 6.7
- 2014From What Is BeforeIMDb rating 7.6
- 2012Kiss of the DamnedIMDb rating 5.5
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Early training
Ching Valdes-Aran was 13 years old when she became a member of the Filipinescas Dance Company, which was based in Manila.
First role
Valdes-Aran made her film debut in Fresh Kill, an experimental movie released in 1994. Jessica Hagedorn wrote the film, and she also wrote Dogeaters.
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