Joan Richelle C. Almedilla (born September 19, 1973) is a film and theater actress, composer, and singer who has starred as Kim in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon.
In 2007, Almedilla starred as Imelda Marcos in Here Lies Love, opposite David Byrne at Carnegie Hall's main theater, the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, with nearly 3,000 music patrons and enthusiasts in attendance.
[4] Almedilla recited two poems ("Wonderment" and "A Hill in the Land of Moriah") composed by Pope John Paul II to the United Nations.
[citation needed] In 2016, Almedilla joined Lincoln Center's North American tour of The King and I as Lady Thiang, directed by Tony Award Winner Bartlett Sher.
[citation needed] Almedilla's son CJ Uy plays one of the Royal Children in the 2016 North American tour of The King and I.