Nadine Samonte (born Nadine Burgos Eidloth on March 2, 1988 in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany) is a Filipina-German actress. The daughter of a German father and a Filipina mother, she is an Avenger from the first season of StarStruck. She is lasted up to the Final 6 with Dion Ignacio, Yasmien Kurdi, Rainier Castillo, Mark Herras and Jennylyn Mercado. Nadine and Dion were the last contestants to be eliminated and the last avengers for the said season of StarStruck.

Shortly after the Final Judgment wherein Jennylyn and Mark won, Nadine and Dion were cast to the third season of Love to Love, a Sunday twin bill television program. She starred in the series Kissing Beauty with Angel Locsin, Dennis Trillo, Cogie Domingo, Karen delos Reyes and AJ Eigenmann. Mercado and Herras were also cast with the second half, Duets for Love, starring Jay-R and Toni Gonzaga. After the season ended, she was also cast as the lead star of the new afternoon daily soap Ikaw sa Puso Ko as Sophia, where she was paired with Oyo Boy Sotto and James Blanco.

Later, Nadine and Oyo became real life sweethearts. Their love team achieved high popularity that film production company made a movie for them entitled Forever my Love, a gothic romance-drama. Also, their popularity urged TAPE inc, the producer of the soap, to produce another soap starring Nadine and Oyo which has a fantasy theme in it. It was entitled Leya: Ang Pinakamagandang Babae sa Ilalim ng Lupa (Leya: The Most Beautiful Woman Underground), with Nadine playing the title role. The soap lasted for four months, after that Nadine took a short break.

She received the “Most Promising Actress” award from the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation along with Dennis Trillo who received the male counterpart of the award. After resting for sometime, she was considered to play Darna (Angel Locsin was favored by the management) and as Richard Gutierrez’s love interest in Sugo (Isabel Oli was favored by the management). After a long break, she was included in the second installment of GMA’s seasonal afternoon soap, Now and Forever with their plot entitled ‘Ganti’ (Revenge). She was then dubbed as the afternoon soap opera princess. She proved her acting prowess in the said series. She had comebacking actress Sheryl Cruz as co-star for this hard drama. Then, she made another film with Jennylyn Mercado and Mark Herras in the teen-romance flick, Say That You Love Me. She was also included in the comedy film, “Hari ng Sablay” with Bearwin Meily, Rica Peralejo and Jay-R. As Encantadia is about to end, she was offered to play Minea in the prequel/sequel Etheria playing the same role as Dawn Zulueta’s character and the mother of the four Sang’gres. She ended the year, or rather started it, with the movie Isusumbong Kita sa Kuya Ko with action star Ronnie Ricketts, which was an official entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival. She was also given her first villain role via Bakekang as Lorraine. Samonte left her character from Bakekang to focus on her biggest break as a superhero along with Jennylyn Mercado in Super Twins. Then, she was then chosen to reprise the role of Hilda Coronel in the TV remake of Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap alongside Dennis Trillo. Samonte used to be auditioned for the role of MariMar but she has given a role of Innocencia in that said series in which she worked with Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes. After her character was killed off, she later replaced her StarStruck batchmate, Jennylyn Mercado, in the TV remake of Maging Akin Ka Lamang where she reprised the role of Dina Bonnevie, who ironically was the mother of her former boyfriend, Oyo Boy Sotto and Polo Ravales is her leading man who was Patrick Garcia’s replacement..

Her recent soap was Ako si Kim Samsoon, a koreanovela remake, where she plays Hannah, a villain. After Kim Samsoon, she recently worked once again with Dennis Trillo, MariMar co-star Katrina Halili, Glaiza de Castro, Jean Garcia and Maging Akin Ka Lamang co-stars Polo Ravales and Isabel Oli in Carlo J. Caparas’ Gagambino. Then, Samonte is recently working with her fellow StarStruck batch 1 alumni and winners Jennylyn Mercado and Yasmien Kurdi in SRO Cinemaserye: Suspetsa. Later, she plays Babaeng Impakta, one of the original villains, in 2009 TV series of Darna, where she works again with Marian Rivera for the third time since MariMar and Super Twins.

Before joining StarStruck, she was an ABS CBN talent at an early age of 13. Her Batchmates in Star Circle batch 10 are Dennis Trillo, Alfred Vargas, Bea Alonzo and Reggie Curley. Dennis, Alfred and Reggie later followed by Nadine defected to GMA where their careers soared higher to greater heights.

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Marian Rivera (born Marian Gracia Rivera on August 12, 1984 in Madrid, Spain) is a Filipina actress, commercial model and occasional singer. Her first TV role came in 2005 via TAPE Inc.’s afternoon drama, Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako in the lead that was aired in GMA Network. However, her breakout role did not come until 2007 when she was cast for the title role in the Philippine remake of MariMar.[1]

In 2006, Rivera signed a contract for Regal Films that she was cast in the horror movie, Pamahiin along with Dennis Trillo and Iya Villania.[7]

Rivera also starred in two MMFF movie entries such as Bahay Kubo and Desperadas.[8] In 2008, Rivera’s starred her first leading lady movie with Richard Gutierrez in the romantic-comedy My Best Friend’s Girlfriend.

Marian recently filmed a movie with Dingdong Dantes and her Desperadas co-star Iza Calzado, One True Love,[9] .

In 2009 she then, played the role of “Nieves” The Engkanto Slayer in her title episode of Shake, Rattle & Roll X, an MMFF entry, where she received praises due to her comedic timing. Also, she worked with singer and songwriter Ogie Alcasid along with Desperadas main stars, in the second movie of Desperadas”

Rivera is slated to star in the following movies of Regal Films: Tarot (August 26, 2009) opposite Dennis Trillo; The Other Man, alongside Carla Abellana; Nieves: The Engkanto Slayer for the MMFF 2009.

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Iwa Moto-Pretty Girl From Darna

Aileen Quimado Ablan Iwamoto (born August 29, 1988), popularly known by her screen name Iwa Moto, is a Filipino-Japanese actress. She is well known for playing Rita Acuesta on Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap and Valentina in Darna

Iwa Moto is the eldest of the three siblings. Her father is Hiroaki Iwamoto and her mother is a Filipina.

Her father was diagnosed with liver cancer and was released from prison in Japan[1]. Unfortunately, her father was succumbed to cancer last March 8, 2009[2].

Iwa Moto has auditioned for StarStruck season 2 but failed to qualify until she has succeeded in audition for the third season in which she ended up as the First Princess along with Gian Carlos as the First Prince.

After StarStruck, she was premiered in the show SOP Gigsters, Love to Love: Young At Heart, Nuts Entertainment on GMA Network and POSH on QTV.

She was suspended for 6 weeks, along with Jackie Rice. After the suspension, she came back to Nuts Entertainment and joined in the cast of Bakekang, her first primetime show where she played Jenny, the best friend of Kristal (played by Lovi Poe) and also on the last season of Love to Love which is Jazz Got Lucky. She also portrayed her own life story in Magpakailanman.

In 2006, she appeared in two films. The first one was “White Lady as Mimi and in “Pitong Dalagita” as Tisha. From mid-2006, she changed her manager to Rommel Gacho, the same manager of fellow-StarStruck survivor Katrina Halili[3].

She played Rita (Amy Austria in the original film) on Sine Novela’s third installment “Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap”[4]. As she plays the role of Rita, she gets a favorable response from the viewers of “Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap”[5].

She played as the black amazona in Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan which became her third villain role[6][7].

In 2008, Iwa became the image model of the FHM Philippine standee. She is the third Filipina to hold that title after Asia Agcaoili and Katrina Halili. In September of the same year, Iwa graced the cover of FHM Philippines for the second time[8]. She was a previous covergirl of FHM Singapore.

Straight after Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan, she is given a supporting role in Robin Padilla’s Joaquin Bordado[9], as Diane but her character was killed off for Iwa to focus on Sine Novela’s eighth installment “Magdusa Ka” with Katrina Halili and Dennis Trillo.[10]

She was included on the cast of Luna Mystika as Donita Sagrado, the bad cousin of Luna (Heart Evangelista).[11]

In 2009, she appears in the primetime series Adik Sa’Yo as Andrea and on August 2009, Iwa Moto will play as the famous villainess Valentina in Darna which stars Marian Rivera.

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Ehra Madrigal-Pretty Girl From darna

Geralyn Madrigal Gaspar, who is better known by her screen name Ehra Madrigal (born June 25, 1985 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress.

Ehra is a talent of Annabelle Rama and is a contract artist of GMA Network. A high school graduate of St. Mary’s College, Quezon City, she is the eldest sister of fellow actress Michelle Madrigal, who is also a celebrity in the Philippines and a product of the talent show Star Circle Quest. She is the daughter of former actress Karla Kalua, whose real name is Katherine Ann Madrigal. She, her younger sister Michelle, and her mother are distant relatives of affluent Spanish-Visayan family, the Madrigal Family. Before being a mainstay talent of GMA, Ehra have made several appearances in some ABS-CBN shows such as ASAP and talkshows like Homeboy. After her teenybooper days, she got into a “leading lady” status in GMA Primetime shows like Lupin, Kamandag and among others. She becomes a Tanduay calendar girl and model for the year 2008 after Katrina Halili. Ehra became 2-time FHM Philippines covergirl for September 2006 and June 2008 while her sister Michelle became 1-time FHM covergirl for the same month as Ehra’s but in 2007 issue. Ehra also landed twice at the top ten spot in FHM’s 100 sexiest. Aside from being a talent of GMA Network, she has also appeared in the movie My Bestfriend’s Girlfriend with Richard Gutierrez and Marian Rivera. She appeared as one of the characters of Codename: Asero. Currently she is appearing as one of the characters in the drama series “Totoy Bato” where she worked with Robin Padilla. In an interview with the Philippine Star Supreme, Ehra reveals she loves cooking, saying:

“Specialty ni Michelle beef caldereta. Ako, gusto kong niluluto yung mga sinigang o nilaga. O kaya salmon, bini-bake ko siya at nilalagyan ko ng olive oil na may basil. Mga healthy-healthy food.” (“Michelle’s specialty is beef caldereta. I like cooking sinigang or nilaga. Or salmon, which i bake with olive oil and basil. Healthy food.”)[1]

After Totoy Bato, Ehra is playing her first main antagonist role in television, Babaeng Lawin, one of the main villains, in Darna, which stars Marian Rivera.

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Pretty Girl Francine Prieto

Francine Prieto born Anna Marie Falcon (September 19, 1982) is a model and actress from the Philippines.

Francine studied in Adamson University with the degree in Bachelor of Science in Psychology.

She began her career in the entertainment industry as a member of That’s Entertainment. She had done sexy roles and she’s a Seiko Films contract star along with Diana Zubiri. But her biggest break came when she played Queen Avria in Etheria, the second book of Encantadia. She has done in her comic roles in Bubble Gang where she’s one of the current members. She recently played Kuran, a villainess in Kamandag. As of now, she is not only a sexy star but a great actress with the likes of Diana Zubiri, Rufa Mae Quinto and among others. She played a supporting role as Aureana in Codename: Asero. In Early 2009 she played Shiela, one of the villains in Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang.

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