Janna Cachola

Janna Cachola is Filipina New Zealander actress singer model She has been performing since 1996 but rose to fame in 2010 when she was cast in Miss Saigon in New Zealand Janna is also known as Janna Cach or Janna C as her surname Cachola pronounced CATCHOLA is commonly mispronounced In 2006 she auditioned for New Zealand Idol season 2 but failed to go through the first rounds The same year she performed at various bars in Philippines and recorded a demo literally entitled Selftitled After that she was part of several musical groups In 2008 Cachola was discovered by a Kiwi rapper Joshua Webb and chosen to be a backing vocalist for Parachute Music Festival 2008 one of the biggest Christian festivals in the southern hemisphere Soon after she appeared on two tracks Society is a warzone and Keep on for Webbs album Later that year another Kiwi rap artist Jzaman Shaun Jervis chose her to appear on his track Back against the wall for his album Comfort Zone Cachola has performed all over New Zealand and Philippines as a backing vocalist under the stagename Lyka however was changed due to confusion with Filipino RB artist Kyla In 2009 Cachola took a step back from music to pursue her first passion acting She got herself an agent in Auckland that got her parts as a background actor in various tv showscommercialsmusic videos filmed in New Zealand She moved to Dunedin in 2009 and was casted in local musical theatre In 2010 she was in Miss Saigon musical in Dunedin New Zealand With Tina Braganza and internet sensation Kimpoy FelicianoIn 2011 Cachola admitted that she was feeling depressed and was low in selfesteem so she signed on to do confidencemodeling course with the local Dunedin modeling agency Ali McD She trained in Modeling with New Zealand Next Top Model cycle 2 twins Nellie Jenkins Elza Jenkins along with the agency owner herself Aliana McDaniel Despite her small stature the 51 ½ was signed into the agency as a petite model She was then discovered by a US based blogger model and author Isobella Jade who named Cachola Petite Model of the Week In October 2011 she was casted in two shortfilms one in which she plays Scarlet in Will Allans Detective Doctor Felon Mystery Woman She is also to play Isabella in Bella Bandida Cachola is related to Filipino entertainers Juvy Cachola Sampaguita Pictures actress Jean Altavas beauty queen model and now producer of Kisapmata productions 2010 Romeo at Juliet with Alessandra De Rossi and Victor Basa and Febe MagbanuaPantoja former member of The Company Her greatgrandmother Marcelina Cachola was a World War II heroine who went facetoface with the Japanese to appeal for the freedom of the men captured Paete Laguna One was her husband Vicente Cachola