Kate Valdez Filipino Actress Known for Encantadia

Early life

Kate Valdez was born Keith Eliana Habala Sisante on 21 August 2000 in the Philippines. Her parents are Edmond and Teresita Habala-Sisante. Alongside her screen work she has studied at Miriam College.

Career

Valdez is a Filipino actress who also works as a singer-songwriter and online content creator. Her professional career began in 2015, when she signed with the GMA Artist Center, the talent management arm of the network GMA. That same year she appeared in the drama Destiny Rose in the role of Violet Vitto Jacobs.

Her next major part came in 2016 in Encantadia, a television series that revisited an earlier fantasy production. She played Mira, a character who is the daughter of Pirena. In the 2016 version Pirena was played by Glaiza de Castro, and the same role had been played in the original series by Sunshine Dizon. Mira was first portrayed on screen by Yasmien Kurdi. Valdez returned to the part in 2025 in the spin-off Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'gre.

In 2018 she took on the role of Natalie Montenegro, also credited as Rosemary Montenegro, in the drama Onanay. The character was written as an arrogant antagonist. Valdez was again cast as a villain in 2020 in Anak ni Waray vs. Anak ni Biday, in which she played Caitlyn, the envious daughter of a character named Sussie.

At the end of 2022 she began playing a double role in the science fiction drama Unica Hija. Her characters were Bianca Sebastian and Hope Marasigan, with Hope written as a clone of Bianca. The series drew high ratings. In 2024 she took the lead part of Inna Villarazon in Shining Inheritance.

Later projects

In 2023 the trade publication Variety reported that an adaptation of the American comic book series Dreamwalker, created by Mikey Sutton, had been approved by the studio 108 Media, which is based in London and Singapore. According to that report, Valdez would play the lead character, Kat. She had served as the visual inspiration for the Filipino-American protagonist of the comics. Mikhail Red was named as the director.

Her credited television work comprises four series in her filmography: Encantadia, Onanay, Unica Hija and Shining Inheritance, with Onanay in 2018 the earliest dated entry.