# Cooky Chua
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name=Cooky Chua
|image=Cooky Chua.jpg
|caption=Cooky Chua
|image_size= 250
|landscape=no
|background=person
|origin=25px [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
|instrument=Voice
|genre=[Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock), [jazz](/source/jazz)
|occupation=Singer, works in data management field
|years_active=1989 – current
}}
'''Cooky Chua''' is a [Filipino](/source/Filipinos) 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](/source/Hanoi), [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam).[{{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}}][{{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}}]
== 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''.[{{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}}] They received an [Awit Award](/source/Awit_Awards) in 1995 for Best Performance by a New Group.[{{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}}] In 1997, Cooky Chua and [Wency Cornejo](/source/Wency_Cornejo) performed a duet on the song "Walang Hanggang," and they won the Awit Award for Best Performance in a Duet.[{{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}}]
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.[{{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}}] Cooky Chua portrayed Lidy, the wife of an activist, in the musical production ''Lean, a Filipino Musical'' in 1997.[{{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}}][{{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}}]
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](/source/Coritha), who had suffered a stroke.[{{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}}]
Cooky Chua also joined Wency Cornejo of [AfterImage](/source/AfterImage), Naldy Padilla of Orient Pearl, and Lei Bautista of [Prettier Than Pink](/source/Prettier_Than_Pink) in a concert of [original Filipino music](/source/Music_of_the_Philippines) on January 25, 2025, at the Music Museum.[{{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}}]
== Personal life ==
Cooky Chua has been working part-time in the field of [data management](/source/data_management) for twelve years whenever she is not busy performing with a band.[{{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}}] They have a child named Joaquin Ignacio, who is also a vocalist and the lead guitarist of his own band, Cutting Corners.