Krystal Millie Valdes is a Cuban American actor and musician/singer-songwriter living in Miami, Florida. With a BFA in acting from New World School of the Arts, she has worked professionally in film, voice over, and onstage at a national and international level.

When not acting, Krystal writes and performs original bilingual folk music. She had a 6 song EP out on Spotify and Apple Music and recently released “Orange Fields”, her first single from her first full length album, Honey Girl, lout 2025. 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 over 8 years.

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 proud member of Actors Equity Association. She won Best Actress in a Feature Film at the Houston Horror Film Festival for her work in the folk horror film “Summoning the Spirit” (Prime Video, Apple TV, Tubi), and was recently named one of American Theatre Magazine’s People to Watch.

 

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

Fall/Winter 2024-2025:

“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!

Girlfriend in Lincoln Road Hustle (World Premiere) at Miami New Drama

Written by Billy Corben and Harley Elias

Directed by Michel Hausmann.

December 14 - February 16, 2025

Jodi in I Am Me (World Premiere) at Arsht Center

December 2024-March 2025, Directed by Teo Castellanos

Lydia in All My Sons at New City Players

Written by Arthur Miller

Directed by Mary Gundlach

Feb 21 - March 9, 2025

Previously in 2024:

Jodi in I Am Me (World Premiere) at the Adrienne Arsht Center

January-March 2024

A devised piece directed by Teo Castellanos.

Mimsey/Jean in

Plaza Suite at

Maltz Jupiter Theatre

February 11-25, 2024, Directed by J. Barry Lewis

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.

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.

Baby in the Feature Film “Baby”

Baby completed principal photography Summer 2024.

Directed by Lexi Goldi

Maritza in the Feature Film Cajita wins Best Feature at the New York Latino Film Festival

Drama, Directed by luis Gispert

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.

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