Ana Valdes Lim is an acting coach, (Film, TV, Theater), theater director, author, and actress. Ana trained at the Julliard School in New York, and received her teaching diploma (K-12) for Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Ana worked as an actress with The Acting Company under John Houseman, The Public Theater in Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It, with Estelle Parsons as director & Joe Papp, artistic director.  Also at Berkeley Rep in The Misanthrope with Irene Lewis as director, Sharon Ott as Artistic Director, in La Jolla Playhouse in The Skin of Our Teeth under Des MacNuff.  Ana has played a recurring role in As The World Turns and in John Carpernter's cult classic,  Prince of Darkness.  Ana has made numerous commercials.
She graduated from the Managing Arts Program at the Asian Institute of Management and was President of her class.  Ana was Artistic Director and Founder of Metta for 16 years, where she resided in Manila and awarded Emerita status.
Ana founded Theater Space during the covid pandemic and directed on line performances of Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Servant of Two Masters, Crucible, and Hamlet.   This May 2022 Ana coached actors in Indonesia for a Netflix series:  Cigarette Girl/ Gadis Kretek with Diane Sastrowardoyo, Airo Bayu, Putri Marino, & Arya Saloka.   Ana is a private coach for actors and gives classes on line or face to face. 
Theater Intimacy
In 2022, Ana completed courses the Best Practices,  Staging Sex:  Intercourse, and Staging Sex:  Outercourse with TIE,  Theater Intimacy Education.
Gadis Kretek:  Cigarette Girl NETFLIX, Indonesia
In 2022, Ana coached Netflix Original Gadis Kretek, (Indonesia) featuring  Dian Sastrowardoyo, Ario Bayu, Arya Saloka, and Putri Marino. Produced by Shanti Harmayn & Tanya Yuson.  Acclaimed directors: Kamila Andini and Ifa Isfansyah.
In 2023 NAGOYA PLAYERS, Japan
April 2023 Ana acted with Nagoya Players, in Edward Albee's "American Dream" in the role of Grandma. Directed by Shawn Mahler. 
NAGOYA PLAYERS 2024 Directed William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".
She is married and has two wonderful grown sons.