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Filipino actress Julianne Pundan is Kim in UK's 'Miss Saigon'

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<div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-7" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DLE6FtdMGYE/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A7%2C%22os%22%3A7133837.699999809%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1261" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-7" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Filipino actress Julianne Pundan is set to play the role of Kim in the new production of the well-loved musical &#x27;Miss Saigon,&#x27; which will tour the UK later this year. </p><p>Miss Saigon UK made the announcement on its social media pages on Thursday as it revealed its spectacular cast.</p><p>It also shared a video of Pundan sharing her excitement to play the role of Kim, a girl who falls in love with an American GI.</p><p>&quot;I feel very privileged, very honored as well because &#x27;Miss Saigon&#x27; is this insane musical. The score compliments the storyline so well. It&#x27;s just all beautiful. And the fact to play Kim, I&#x27;m so blessed. I feel very, very grateful,&quot; Pundan said.</p><p>Pundan said she was inspired to pursue musical theater after seeing a documentary of the original Miss Saigon, Lea Salonga.</p><p>&quot;When I was younger I watched the documentary of Lea Salonga, and she was actually my inspiration to pursue musical theater as well. And this was the documentary of her auditioning for &#x27;Miss Saigon.&#x27; And ever since I saw that, I kind of had that push that I could do the same thing. And to think we were, like, both Filipino and that we&#x27;re both 17 turning 18, auditioning for &#x27;Miss Saigon.&#x27; And to think that I have the role now is like, unreal,&quot; she said.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLE6qFys2q5/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A6520900.199999809%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1064" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Apart from Pundan, Filipino-British Seann Miley Moore will also be part of the cast as the wheeler-dealer Engineer.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re bringing this back home to UK because I&#x27;m actually half-Filipino, half-British! So, finally performing in the motherland but I need to come back home to the UK to perform The Engineer!&quot; said Moore, who also played The Engineer in the musical&#x27;s Manila run last year. </p><p>&quot;We&#x27;ve just done an amazing stellar run all around Australia and Asia, and all I can say is I&#x27;m going to be giving you big slay-sian energy and give you The Engineer but through the eyes of Seann Miley Moore,&quot; he added.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-3" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLE5SM3MIFu/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A6540984.699999809%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1010" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-3" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Also part of the cast are Jack Kane as Chris, Dom Hartley-Harris as John, Emily Langham as Ellen, Mikko Juan as Thuy, ACE as Gigi, Bea Ward as alternate Kim/ensemble, Aaron Teoh as alternate Engineer/ensemble.</p><p>Meanwhile included in the ensemble are Jamil Abassi , Aaron Aisoni, Daniel J Brian, Ann-Marie Craine, Ben Fenwick, Aaron Gonzales, Owen Johnston, Evita Khrime, Caleb Lagayan, Rayhan Lee, James Mateo-Salt, Shania Montevalde, Ryan Ocampo, Julius Sahr, Tonny Shim, Anh Khoa Tran, Yiling Yang, Aimee Yue and Carmen Zhu. </p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-5" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGDKvX8IKyV/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A5%2C%22os%22%3A6565136.699999809%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="973" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-5" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>“Miss Saigon” will be touring the UK begining October 2025 to April 2026.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/3/30/-miss-saigon-review-seann-miley-moore-slays-as-enginqueer-1122" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&#x27;Miss Saigon&#x27; review: Seann Miley Moore slays as &#x27;EnginQueer&#x27;</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RkQbv9zeYQw?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5SuIYsyFuSU?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VR7ZHsifato?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8I4i5MxSs?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Filipino actress Julianne Pundan is set to play the role of Kim in the new production of the well-loved musical 'Miss Saigon,' which will tour the UK later this year. </p>

Filipino actress Julianne Pundan is set to play the role of Kim in the new production of the well-loved musical 'Miss Saigon,' which will tour the UK later this year.

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Filipino actress Julianne Pundan is Kim in UK tour of 'Miss Saigon'

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Published Jun 20, 2025 09:48 AM PHT

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Updated Jun 20, 2025 03:39 PM PHT

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