Krystal Millie Valdes is a Cuban-American actor and musician/singer-songwriter born and raised in Miami, Florida. Recently named one of American Theatre Magazine’s People To Watch, she’s worked professionally in film, voiceover, and onstage across the United States and internationally. She is grateful to continue growing artistically and personally, representing the 305. Notable theatre credits include Bad Dog, Dangerous Days, Lincoln Road Hustle, 7 Deadly Sins (Miami New Drama), Plaza Suite, Brighton Beach Memoirs, (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Refuge-Silver Palm Award, Tar Beach (Theatre Lab), The Glass Menagerie, Proof, Little Montgomery (New City Players), Murder on the Orient Express, One Man Two Guvnors (Actor’s Playhouse), I Am Me (Arsht Center), Kitty Hawk (Arsht Center/House Theatre of Chicago), Amparo (AbreCamino/Bacardi), Dangerous Instruments, House of Blue Leaves (Palm Beach Dramaworks), Peter and The Starcatcher (Slowburn), As You Like It (Tour: Paris, France).
Notable film credits include Summoning the Spirit (Feature - Prime Video, Apple TV, Best Actress in a Feature Film - Houston Horror Film Festival), Fallen Fruit (Feature - MIami Film Festival, Frameline, New York Latino Film Festival), Cajita (Feature - Best Feature-New York Latino Film Festival, Miami Film Festival), 93 Miles (Short - Cannes Film Festival) Three Bedrooms (Feature - Prime Video), Thank You, Places (Feature - Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival), Pompano Boy (Feature - Prime Video), Splash! (Short - Red Dot Winner). Notable voiceover/dubbing credits include the English voice of Ayumi in Detective Conan: Case Closed and Dokeen in Anpanman.
When not acting, Krystal writes and performs original bilingual folk music. Her 6 song EP is out on Spotify and Apple Music and recently released “Orange Fields”, her first single from her first full length album, Honey Girl, out later this year. She also writes songs for children and develops '“empathy through the arts” workshops at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami. She has been an MCM Player at Miami Children's Museum for 9 years. With a BFA in acting from New World School of the Arts, she is a proud founding member of New City Players in which she is currently the Director of NCP Lab, is Sag-Eligible, and is a member of Actors Equity Association.
Resume and Reels
Reviews
Awards:
Best Actress in a Feature Film - Krystal Millie Valdes - Summoning the Spirit - Houston Horror Film Festival
Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Theatre - Krystal Millie Valdes - Remy Award
Outstanding Production - Refuge - Silver Palm Award
Outstanding Socially Distanced Theatre - 7 Deadly Sins - Drama League Award
Outstanding Interactive Theatre - Amparo - Silver Palm Award
2025:
Assistant in the world premiere of Bad Dog at Miami New Drama
Written by Harley Elias
Directed by Michel Hausmann
January 23 - February 16, 2025
Girlfriend in the world premiere of Lincoln Road Hustle at Miami New Drama
Written by Billy Corben and Harley Elias
Directed by Michel Hausmann.
December 14 - February 16, 2025
Jodi in the world premiere of I Am Me at the Adrienne Arsht Center
A devised piece
Directed by Teo Castellanos
2021-2025
2024:
Mimsey/Jean in
Plaza Suite at
Maltz Jupiter Theatre
February 11-25, 2024, Directed by J. Barry Lewis
Jodi in the world premiere of I Am Me at the Arsht Center
January-March 2024
A devised piece directed by Teo Castellanos.
Sam in Fallen Fruit - Feature Film Premiere
A Miami-made Feature Film, it premiered Spring 2024 at the Miami Film Festival and has traveled to Frameline Film Festival (San Francisco), New York Latino Film Festival, and Outshine (Winner - Audience Award for Best Feature) among others. It will continue its festival circuit in 2025.
Directed by Chris Molina.
“Thank You, Places!” Film Premiere
Taking on the female lead, Sierra, in a Feature Film by Timothy Mark Davis, premiering November 2024 at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. More Soon!
Anna in Dangerous Days at Miami New Drama
A world premiere based off of the book The Year of Dangerous Days by Nicholas Griffin, adapted for the stage by Nicholas Griffin.
April 2024
Directed by Jen Wineman.
Maritza in the Feature Film Cajita wins Best Feature at the New York Latino Film Festival
Drama, Directed by luis Gispert
Jasmine & Jenny in Short Plays: Laudermade at New City Players
New works developed in New City Players’s NCP LAB (Directed and curated by Krystal) were presented for one weekend only in Ft. Lauderdale September 2024.
Directed by Timothy Mark Davis
Orange Fields song release
I released the first single of my upcoming first full-length album, Honey Girl. Orange Fields can be heard on Spotify, Apple Music, and all other streaming platforms
About Honey Girl: A bilingual Indie Folk album, it is a love letter to my younger self and the woman I am today.
Baby in the Feature Film “Baby”
Baby completed principal photography Summer 2024.
Directed by Lexi Goldi