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Georgina

Saldaña Wonchee

 

Georgina Saldaña Wonchee is a Mexican actress and singer whose work brings together theatre and music through a distinctive artistic practice centered on memory, identity, and the human experience.​ She trained at the Atlantic Acting School in New York and is the co-founder of Espejo Escénico, a theatre company based in Oaxaca dedicated to collaborative creation and contemporary performance.

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Since 2025, she has been a member of Village Playback Theatre in New York, where she performs in improvisational theatre and community-based storytelling projects that transform real-life experiences into live performance.

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Georgina has built a career spanning Mexico and the United States, working in theatre, music, and interdisciplinary performance. In 2024, she presented her musical monologue Crossing Dreams (Cruzando Ensueños) at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, exploring migration, memory, and belonging. She also stars in Albatross, a short film selected for the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

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A trained mezzo-soprano, Georgina has performed with choirs, vocal ensembles, and Latin American music projects. For more than fifteen years, she has led La China Sonidera, a cumbia and Latin popular music ensemble that has performed throughout Mexico, the United States, Belgium, and the United Arab Emirates.

​Her work is distinguished by the integration of acting, live music, and an intimate stage presence, creating performances that foster emotional connection, cultural dialogue, and shared human experience.

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SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 · Atlantic Acting School
2020 · Expo Dubai
2023–24 · Festival Cervantino
2024 · Whitney Museum of American Art
2025 · Village Playback Theatre
2026 · Sundance Film Festival

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