{{Infobox musical artist |name=Cooky Chua |image=Cooky Chua.jpg |caption=Cooky Chua |image_size= 250 |landscape=no |background=person |origin=25px Philippines |instrument=Voice |genre=Alternative rock, jazz |occupation=Singer, works in data management field |years_active=1989 – current }} '''Cooky Chua''' is a Filipino singer. She is best known as the vocalist of the band she co-founded, Color It Red, and as a recipient of the Golden Voice of Asia Award in Hanoi, Vietnam.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Cooky Chua and Joaquin Ignacio on making music and the changing times|url=https://coverstory.ph/2024/02/17/cooky-chua-and-joaquin-ignacio-on-making-music-and-the-changing-times/|website=CoverStory|date=2024-02-16|access-date=2025-11-29|language=en-US|first=T. J.|last=Burgonio|first2=Tito John|last2=Burgonio|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cooky Chua on Spotify - Web Player|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/4NPWTW67t77jtoc7uXHrUO|website=Spotify|access-date=2025-11-29|language=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Career == In 1989, while still in high school, Cooky Chua formed the band Color It Red together with Barbi Cristi and Maricar Florendo. They performed at Club Dredd. In 1994, they released their first album titled ''Hand Painted Sky''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Cooky Chua on Apple Munis |url=https://music.apple.com/ph/artist/cooky-chua/326556933 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Apple Music}}</ref> They received an Awit Award in 1995 for Best Performance by a New Group.<ref name=":3" /> They also won the Katha Awards in 2002 for Best Vocal Performance in the Rock category.<ref name=":3" /> Some of their well-known songs include "Paglisan" and "Na Naman."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Atilano |first=Joseph R. |date=2013-09-07 |title=Cooky Chua, Bayang Barrios and Lolita Carbon are the 'Tres Marias' |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/111525/cooky-chua-bayang-barrios-and-lolita-carbon-are-the-tres-marias |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> In 1997, Cooky Chua and Wency Cornejo performed a duet on the song "Walang Hanggang," and they won the Awit Award for Best Performance in a Duet.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=PREVIOUS AWIT AWARDEES |url=https://www.pari.org.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/awitwinners.pdf |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=pari.org.ph |language=en}}</ref>
Aside from singing with the band Color It Red, Cooky Chua also performs in hotels. She also sings jazz pieces and songs from the 1940s and 1950s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 12, 2025 |title=Cooky Chua naiinis noon sa kanta nilang "Paglisan" |url=https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/pep-troika/184861/cooky-chua-color-it-red-paglisan-a4118-20250112 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=PEP.ph |language=en}}</ref> Cooky Chua portrayed Lidy, the wife of an activist, in the musical production ''Lean, a Filipino Musical'' in 1997.<ref name=":1" />
In 1998, Cooky Chua was awarded the Golden Voice of Asia Award in Hanoi, Vietnam.<ref name=":1" /> In 2012, Cooky Chua, Lolita Carbon, and Bayang Barrios formally formed the band Tres Marias.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abunda |first=Boy |date=2015-08-31 |title=Tres Marias a musical powerhouse |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2015/08/31/1494446/tres-marias-musical-powerhouse |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Agbayani |first=Susan Claire |date=2014-02-25 |title=Rock goddesses unite |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/135746/rock-goddesses-unite |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref>
Cooky Chua was among the performers in a show titled ''Awit Para Kay Coritha'' at My Brother's Mustache Folkbar in Quezon City on August 5, 2024. The event aimed to raise funds to help Coritha, who had suffered a stroke.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cordero |first=KC |date=2024-08-01 |title=OPM group holds fundraising show for Coritha |url=https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/fyi/182090/opm-group-fundraising-show-coritha-a4888-20240801 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=PEP.ph |language=en}}</ref>
Cooky Chua also joined Wency Cornejo of AfterImage, Naldy Padilla of Orient Pearl, and Lei Bautista of Prettier Than Pink in a concert of original Filipino music on January 25, 2025, at the Music Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mercado |first=Josh |date=2025-01-13 |title=Wency Cornejo, Cooky Chua, Naldy Padilla, Lei Bautista team up for concert |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/music/2025/1/13/wency-cornejo-cooky-chua-naldy-padilla-lei-bautista-team-up-for-concert-1807 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=ABS-CBN Music}}</ref>
== Personal life == Cooky Chua has been working part-time in the field of data management for twelve years whenever she is not busy performing with a band.<ref name=":0" />
Cooky Chua and Earl Ignacio were married, but their marriage was annulled in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Comedian Turned Director Earl Ignacio Has A New GF After Separation From Cookie Chua |url=https://www.showbizportal.net/2014/06/comedian-turned-director-earl-ignacio.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=Showbiz Portal}}</ref> They have a child named Joaquin Ignacio, who is also a vocalist and the lead guitarist of his own band, Cutting Corners.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Filipino women singers Category:Filipino rock singers Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)