Cris Villonco is a Filipino performance artist whose credits include performances in theater, television, film, album recordings, music videos, and advertisements. She is currently associated with Repertory Philippines.

Career Notes

Villonco's singing career began when she was only nine years old, prodded by her grandmother, showbiz industry crusader and former MTRCB chief Armida Siguion-Reyna

Armida Siguion-Reyna

Armida Ponce-Enrile Siguion-Reyna is a Filipino celebrity, singer, film and stage actress, producer, television show host, and former chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.-Family background:...

. She "first gained public attention with her sweet voice and wholesome image," but then "easily established a reputation as a young ingenue-from singer to actress with élan."

In 2000, she was featured in TIME Magazine (International Edition) as a Hero For The Planet. Villonco had her first solo concert Cris at Dish in August 2003, a year which also saw the release of her third album for Viva Records. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College

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 in May 2006, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree with concentrations in Music, and Economic Development. In 2007, she worked for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue Manila and Asia Society Philippines. Recently, Cris has returned to theatre performance, gaining acclaim in such roles as Hodel in Fiddler On The Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...

 and Ophelia in Ana Abad Santos-Bitong's steampunk

Steampunk

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-influenced take on Hamlet

Hamlet

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, for Repertory Philippines.

Credits

Villonco has had a varied career as an artist, with credits in Theatre, Television, Film, Album recordings, Music videos, and advertisements.

Theatre

• Les Misérables (Little Cosette) (with Repertory Philippines)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (with Repertory Philippines)
• Larawan (Patsy) (with Musicat)
• Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Frances) (with Actors, Actors, Inc.),
• Alikabok (Bising Vallejo) (with Musicat)
• Cinderella (Cinderella)(with Repertory Philippines)
• Fiddler On The Roof (Hodel)(with Repertory Philippines)
• Hamlet (Ophelia)(with Repertory Philippines)
• Orosman at Zafira (Zafira)(with Dulaang UP)
• Mulan Jr. (Mulan)(with Repertory Philippines)
• Legally Blonde the Musical (Vivienne Kensington)(with Atlantis Productions)

Television

• Aawitan Kita (television series)
• ASAP (variety television show)
• SOP (variety television show)
• Numerous television drama and musical specials.
• Ang Dalubhasa. (Film, co-starring Fernando Poe Jr.)

Album Recordings

• One Smile At A Time (BMG Records)
• A Girl Can Dream (BMG Records)
• Cris Villonco (VIVA Records)

Music Videos

• Hindi Ko Masabi (1999 MTV Philippines Favorite Female Video Award),
• It's You, (The Problem Is You) (BMG),
• Bago Mapagod ang Puso (VIVA),
• Kasali Ka (Code NGO),
• The Jubilee Song (National Eucharistic Congress).

Advertisements

• Pop Cola Soft Drink,
• the PLDT Centennial ad campaign, and the
• 1996 Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) ad campaign.