Ana Villafañe has just finished leading her first feature film playing the title role in Castro’s Daughter opposite James Franco, directed by Miguel Bardem (2024).

Broadway: She made her Broadway debut originating the role of Gloria Estefan in the Tony nominated hit musical On Your Feet from 2014-2017 (Theatre World Award, Drama League Award). In 2021, Villafañe returned to Broadway for the industry re-opening, starring as Roxie Hart in Chicago.

Off-Broadway: Ana appeared as Nina Rosario in the Kennedy Center’s 2018 production of In the Heights by Lin Manuel Miranda. Made her Off-Broadway debut in MCC’s critically acclaimed Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties by Jen Silverman, earning her second Drama League Award in 2019.

Select Television credits: Best known as ‘Dr. Valentina Castro’ on hit medical drama New Amsterdam (Netflix/NBC), and ‘KT’ on Younger from executive producer Darren Star (Paramount+).

Named one of the New York Times’ “30 under 30” and honoured by NHMC for trailblazing Latin representation in entertainment.

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