Kristin Villanueva


Kristin Villanueva is a Filipino actress from Manila who is best known for her theatre career and her recurring role as Princess on the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt.

Personal life

Kristin Villanueva was born and raised in Manila in the Philippines. She immigrated to the United States when she was 15 years old and settled in Virginia. She initially did ballet to accommodate her asthma, but began acting in a high school program.
She attended SUNY Purchase where she earned her Bachelor in Fine Arts and was awarded the Chair's Award for Achievement in Acting.

Career

Villanueva was in various small acting and theatre roles throughout her high school and college years, a large concentration during her time at SUNY Purchase, where she studied acting.
In theatre, she has starred as Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Old Globe Theatre; Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice with the Playmakers Repertory; Helena in All's Well That Ends Well with Shakespeare & Company; and Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors at Theatreworks Colorado. She has also worked with NAATCO, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Resident Ensemble Theatre, The Public Theater, and acted at the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival and the Singapore Arts Festival.
In 2025, Villanueva started the role as Princess, a nurse, in the medical drama The Pitt. She praised the show and the production team for "having done their research" in writing her character. Filipinos make up 4% of the United States' nurses, the largest group of immigrant healthcare workers, while only making up 1% of the general population. Villanueva has several nurses in her extended family, and she mentions that they were "extremely impressed" with the show's attention to detail.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008KonstruksiyonLizabeth BoydIn the Philippines
2011Gossip GirlNatalieEpisode: "I Am Number Nine"
2011Merry Christmas, EveEveShort film
2014The Wordplay Shakespeare a Midsummer Night's DreamHermia/Flute/Peasblossom
2015ForeverGaiyaEpisode: "Hitler on the Half-Shell"
2017First ReformedNurse
2018ElementaryMayaEpisode: "Nobody Lives Forever"
2018InstinctWoman at ApartmentEpisode: "Tribal"
2018Viper ClubCamelyn
2021BondingSweet Charlotte5 episodes
2021Search PartyAssistantEpisode: "The Imposter"
2021YoungerAlessia2 episodes: "Risky Business", "The F Word"
2021Someone Will Assist You ShortlyBerniceShort film
2022That Damn Michael CheParty Planner #4Episode: "Black Mediocrity"
2022The CourtroomElizabeth Keathley
2022TroyLouShort film
2025–2026The PittPrincessRecurring role; 16 episodes
AndreaPost-production