Retro Radio: Pagbabalik tanaw sa simula ng career ng Filipina Australian aktres Charlotte Nicdao

Retro Radio: Bilang pagunita sa ika-50 taon anibersaryo ng SBS ating balikan ang ilan sa mga panayam ng SBS Filipino. Balikan natin ang panayam kay Charlotte Nicdao noong 2006 bago nagsimula ang career niya sa telebiyson bilang aktres.

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Key Points

• Ang Filipina-Australian na aktres ay unang nag perform sa publiko noong siya ay siyam na taong gulang kasama ang mga kaibigan, 'Chocolate' ang pangalan ng kanilang pop group.
• Si Charlotte Nicdao ang nagsulat ng lahat ng mga awitin ng kanilang pop-group.
• Nakilala sa ilang mga Australian TV shows bago nakilala sa bibang papel na 'Poppy' sa Mythic Quest sa America.
• Si Charlotte ay isa sa dalwang anak ng Filipino-Australian actor na si Alfred Nicdao.

The Nicdao Family. Growing up Charlotte's parents, Alfred and Louis,e surrounded their home with music. Louise would play the piano while Alfred would strum the guitar with his Jingle Songbook Credit: with permission from Alfred Nicdao

When I was three years old, my dad gave me a tape recorder, and I just sat there for ages, taping songs about random things. Ever since, I have never stopped singing. The first song I ever wrote about was about if I were a snail

Charlotte Nicdao on how she discovered her love for singing

Charlotte Nicdao recently wrote and directed 'Asian Male, 60s, LEAD' with his father Alfred Nicdao in the lead role. It screened in the recently concluded 2025 St Kilda Film Festival. Credit: with permission from Alfred Nicdao

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