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Juilliard Drama Alumni Open House

Juilliard Drama hosts an alumni gathering each spring in New York or Los Angeles, a time where former students take classes, share stories, and reconnect with their training. Hear students from Group 1 to Group 40 describe why Juilliard is always home.

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Ana

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40 Years

Ana Valdes Lim is an actress, acting coach, director, author.  Ana coaches actors privately, online, or face to face.   

Juilliard School

Ana is a graduate of the Juilliard School, Drama Division, New York:  Also worked with the Public Theater, in NY, The Acting Co in NY, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, and NY City Opera. 

 

TV Film

Ana played a recurring role on As The World Turns. Film roles played Lisa in John Carpenter's horror classic, Prince of Darkness, & Mollie in Love or Money.   

Philippine Playhouse

Ana formed Philippine Playhouse, an improv group that performs and provides training for actors, educators, and corporations in teamwork,  leadership, and communication.

Metta,  Artistic Director 16 Years

Ana was Artistic director, 16 years & awarded Emerita at Assumption College Metta. 

Theater Intimacy Education

 In 2022 Ana completed training with TIE (Theater Intimacy Education) for Best Practices, Staging Intercourse & Outercourse. 

Netflix Cigarette Girl Gadis Kretek

2022 Ana coached lead actors in Netflix original Cigarette Girl: Dian Sastrowardoyo, Ario Bayu, Arya Saloka, Putri Marino.

Theater Space

During the covid isolation of 2020-22 Ana formed Theater Space, an online performing platform to provide actors a chance to perform safely from their homes.

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Author

Ana has written four books on Acting and edited a fifth book by women inmates incarcerated in prisons.

 

Bureau of Corrections

2024 Ana edited a new book: Theater Arts, a compilation of classic scenes in dialects written by women inmates of the Correctional Institution of the Philippines.  Ana has taught for the Bureau of Corrections for 12 years.

 

Ana Valdes Lim actress, acting coach, director, author of four books. 

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Ana creates her own brew of exercises from lessons of different methods and teaches to suit the needs of the moment.

 

Apply for private or group classes online or face to face.  

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©2026 by Ana Valdes Lim

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