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Katrina Halili
Halili at the 2008 PhilExpo, New Jersey
Born
Maria Katrina Iren Pe Halili

(1986-01-04) January 4, 1986 (age 38)
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
AgentSparkle

Maria Katrina Iren Pe Halili (born January 4, 1986) is a Filipino actress. She began her career after finishing as a finalist on the reality talent search StarStruck (2003). She was the first Filipina to be named by FHM Philippines as the world's sexiest woman twice, in 2006 and 2008. Her performances in Darna (2005 & 2009), Majika (2006), Marimar (2007), the International Emmy nominated Magdusa Ka (2008),[1] Destiny Rose (2015), Sa Piling ni Nanay (2016), The Stepdaughters (2018) and Prima Donnas (2019) established her as one of the leading actresses in soap operas, mostly portraying antagonist roles. In 2024, Halili won Best Supporting Actress at the Emirates Film Festival for her role in AbeNida (2023).

Background

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Katrina Halili is an alumna of the StarStruck talent search and the cover girl of magazines such as FHM and Maxim Philippines. She was voted as FHM Philippines' sexiest woman for the year 2006 and in 2007. She is the first StarStruck contestant to top the FHM Philippines' 100 Sexiest list and the first Filipina celebrity to have won the title twice in a row. She is a four-time FHM covergirl (2005, 2006, 2008 and 2015).[2] With 123,000 votes, she placed 2nd in 2008.

She gave birth to her daughter named Katrence Lawrence Halili Cadevid by Kris Lawrence on September 18, 2012.[3]

She is co-parenting Lawrence's second child Lyric Lawrence (with a non-showbiz girlfriend) born on October 4, 2019. Halili's non-showbiz partner Jeremy G. Guiab, former vice mayor of Wao, Lanao del Sur succumbed to a heart attack at age 53 on January 29, 2024.[4]

Career

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2003–2008: Career beginnings

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Halili started her first soap drama way back 2004 (Forever in My Heart) where she played Janelle Bernabe, the antagonist to the character of Jennylyn Mercado. Since then she played supervillain roles in two famous GMA fantaserye, Darna and Majika. In April 2007, she was one of the main cast in Lupin, where she played a good character, Ashley Calibre. However the same year she was pulled out from the show to play the famous villainous role of Senyora Angelika Santibañez in the remake of Marimar, but the character was changed into a young who will compete with Marimar for Sergio's love and extremely ruthless character, this is also her first pure evil role as she killed many people in the series compared to her past roles as she only committed attempted murder. This made Katrina more famous as she was given her first lead role after Marimar this was the 2008 Magdusa Ka, she portrayed Christine, a headstrong waitress and prostitute who turns out to be a rich lass but was opposed by the evil Millet (played by Iwa Moto). Katrina said she was challenge for her new role because she always played heartless characters in the past.[5]

In the same year, she was given another lead role in Gagambino. But in May 2009, she was involved in a controversy surrounding a leaked video of her then partner, forcing her to temporarily go on hiatus from the showbiz industry. In June 2009, she returns to acting to play the villain role of Fedra Perez in Rosalinda.

2009–2010: Darna, Langit sa Piling Mo, Beauty Queen

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Halili performing at the Panagbenga Festival in 2009

In 2009, Halili was given another antagonist role in Darna, she played Serpina, a snake woman and one of the primary rival of Darna. Next is Langit sa Piling Mo, she played another main antagonist role as the scheming and manipulative Aurora. She later played a antagonist role in Beauty Queen. In Kaya ng Powers, she played an ex-syndicate member.

2011–2012: Continued success

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In 2011, she rose to fame again as she played the role of Lynette in Munting Heredera, again she is the main antagonist of the series but later was killed. In 2012, she once again played a villain role as Emmie in My Beloved. She reunited with Marimar (2007) lead casts, Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes. Halili's character in this series is similar to her obsessed and murderous Angelika character in 2007 Marimar. However Halili and Rivera has another feud when Katrina started tweeting, she wanted to kill Emmie's character because someone is insecure and hateful to her. She said that this person also hated her five years ago.[6]

2013–present: Villainous and protagonist roles

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In 2013, Halili played two main antagonist roles in two TV series, in Indio, she played the goddess of greed who wanted to kill the protagonist of the series. Another series is Magkano Ba ang Pag-ibig?, she played Margot, the scheming and hard-hearted sister of Lualhati who killed her mother out of anger, she also hated Eloisa.

In 2014, she played a protagonist role, a good character role in Niño as Hannah. In 2015, she played a villain role in The Rich Man's Daughter. Later Katrina Halili played the main villain role as Jasmine in Destiny Rose, Jasmine is the evil cousin of Joey who made his life miserable as hell. In the finale episode Jasmine tried to kill Joey/Destiny Rose by burning him but failed.

Later in 2016, Halili played another main antagonist role in Sa Piling ni Nanay as Scarlet, the socialite evil mother of Katherine who tried to kill Ysabel and even her daughter as a revenge. Scarlet is the one who killed Matilda and many characters. She is also the source of Ysabel's misfortune. She is a wicked mother as she uses her daughter to usurp the Mercado family's wealth and never loved Katherine.

In 2017, Halili played another main antagonist role in D' Originals as Yvette, the social climber sexy-tary-turned-mistress of Lando who tried to kill Lando and Josie because of her vengeance. Although Yvette is the one who started the fight as she uses Lando to usurp his wealth and brutally confront the legal wife, Josie. Jaclyn Jose played protagonist Josie who also played the antagonist role of Senyõra Angelica Santibañez in the 2015 Marimar, which was originally played by Halili in 2007.

In February 2018, Halili played the main villain role of Isabelle in The Stepdaughters, Isabelle hates Mayumi from the start and does many evil things to her including her loved ones. Isabelle also killed her unborn half-sister and tried to kill her own father and orchestrated kidnappings and serial murders in the series. In the end she kidnaps Mayumi and tries to kill her by burning her face but failed.

In November 2018, Halili joined the series Pamilya Roces, she played Maisa, the villainous daughter of Virgil, a seductive and ruthless serial killer who wants revenge for her mother's death.

In 2019, she played her first anti-hero role in TODA One I Love where she played Georgina, a mysterious rich character who hates the evil Mayora Dyna and plotted to kill her husband. Georgina firstly appeared as a cold-hearted and seductive woman but in reality she is kind and was a victim of the latter's cruelty as Dyna and the Generoso's killed her father. Now she helps Gelay to stop Mayora's evil things and expose her secrets. She later played another protagonist role in Prima Donnas as Lillian Madreal, the surrogate mother of the triplets, Mayi, Ella, and Lenlen. Late 2022, she portrayed Diane Sebastian, the doting mother of Bianca and Hope Sebastian, in the series Unica Hija.

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Network
2003 StarStruck Herself / Hopeful GMA Network
2004–2009 Bitoy's Funniest Videos Herself / J4K Host
2004–2005 Joyride Vicki
Forever in My Heart Janelle Bernabe
2005 Mars Ravelo's Darna Carol / Black Darna
Now and Forever: Ganti Alexa
2006 Majika Juno
2006–2007 Atlantika Princesa Ruana / Helena
2007 Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang: Ang Prinsipeng Unggoy Princess Ameris
Lupin Veronica Arkanghel a.k.a. Ashley Calibre
2007–2008 Marimar Senyora Angelika Santibañez / Angelika Aldama[7]
2008 MariMar: Rewind (Filipino Version) Angélica de Santibañez (voice only)
Sine Novela: Pablo S. Gomez' Magdusa Ka Christine Salvador Doliente-Henson
Obra: Katrina Halili Various roles
2008–2009 Carlo J. Caparas' Gagambino Lucy Gutierrez / Lady Mantisa[8][9]
2009 Dear Friend: Magkaribal Kim
Rosalinda Fedra Perez
2009–2010 Mars Ravelo's Darna Serpina / Babaeng Anakonda / Valentina[10]
2010 Carlo J. Caparas' Panday Kids Amazona Wenoa
Langit sa Piling Mo Aurora Ty
Kaya ng Powers Carlotta
2010—2011 Beauty Queen Dorcas Rivas[11]
2010—2012 Party Pilipinas Herself / Co-host / Performer
2011 Spooky Nights: Ang Manananggala: Battle of the Half-Sisters Stella
Munting Heredera Lynette Sarmiento-Montereal[12]
Spooky Nights: KaLAbit Iya
2012 Spooky Valentine: Masahista Noemi / Melissa
My Beloved Emilia "Emmie" Montecastro[13]
2013 Indio Burigadang Pada Sinaklang Bulawan
One Day Isang Araw Yaya Maxima
Sunday All Stars Herself / Performer
2013–2014 Magkano Ba ang Pag-ibig? Margarita "Margot" Cruz[14]
2014 Niño Hannah Sagrado-Ibarra
2015 Maynila: Totoy's True Lab Leslie
The Rich Man's Daughter Maria Louella "Wila" Mateo
2015–2016 Destiny Rose Jasmine Flores[15]
2016–2017 Sa Piling ni Nanay Scarlet Morato-Mercado[16]
2017 Wagas: Ang Babaeng May Kambal Ahas Conchita
D' Originals Yvette Benitez[17]
Road Trip Herself / Guest
Wagas: Drug Runner Tintin
Tadhana: Third Wife Laisa
Wagas: One Life to Give Imelda Papin
Dear Uge: Mr. + Mrs. + Ex Mayette
Kambal, Karibal Nida Generoso
2018 The Stepdaughters Isabelle Salvador
Imbestigador Margie
Inday Will Always Love You Herself
Dear Uge: Basta Dubber, Sweet Lover Gloria
Imbestigador: Teacher Mhai Mylene "Teacher Mhai" Durante
Pamilya Roces Maria Eloisa "Maisa" Renacia Quirante / Maisa Sampaguita
2019 TODA One I Love Georgina Ferreira / Gregoria "Oriang"
Wagas: Ang Lihim ni Isadora Maya
Tadhana: Akin ang Anak Ko Susan
2019–2022 Prima Donnas Lilian Madreal-Claveria
2021 Dear Uge: GangstaSistah Red Pepper
2022 Tadhana: Hanggang Kailan Victoria Terra-Dorata
2022–2023 Unica Hija Diane Sebastian
2023 Wish Ko Lang: Paluwagan Sara
Magpakailanman: The Power of Love Baby
2023–2024 Black Rider Rona Marie Ana "Romana" Madela-Tolentino
2023 Magpakailanman: Save my Children Quirly Galache
2024 Recipes of Love: Tortang Talong with Tuna Gemmalyn
Lilet Matias: Attorney-at-Law Lydia Soriano
2025 Mommy Dearest Emma

Film

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Year Title Role
2004 Kilig... Pintig... Yanig
2005 Sablay Ka na Pasaway Ka Pa Raven
2006 Gigil Chynna
Super Noypi Annys
2007 Shake Rattle and Roll 9 Engkanto
2008 Romantic Island(Korean Movie) cameo
One Night Only[10] Jasmine
2009 Sundo[10] Kristina
Dalaw Daisy
2011 My Neighbor's Wife Cameo
2015 Child Haus Rose
2016 Higanti Dolly
2018 Mga Anak ng Kamote Iyong[18]
2019 KontrAdiksyon Yvonne Acosta

Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations received by Katrina Halili
Award[a] Year[b] Nominated work Category Result Ref.
Emirates Film Festival 2024 AbeNida Best Supporting Actress Won [19]
Best Ensemble[c] Nominated
Star Awards for Television 2018 The Stepdaughters Best Drama Actress Nominated [20][21]
ToFarm Film Festival 2018 Mga Anak ng Kamote Best Actress Nominated [22]

Listicles

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Name of publisher, name of listicle, year(s) listed, and placement result
Publisher Listicle Year(s) Result Ref.
FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004 No. 8 [23]
2005 No. 14
2006 No. 1 [24]
2007
2008 No. 2 [25]
2009 No. 5 [26]
2010 No. 6 [27]
2011 [28]
2012 No. 16 [29]
2013 No. 27 [30]
2014 No. 31 [31]
2015 No. 15 [32]
Top 25 Sexiest Women of the Decade 2000-2009 Placed [33]
Yes! Magazine 100 Most Beautiful Stars 2010 Placed [34]

Notes

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  1. ^ Awards, festivals, honors and other miscellaneous organizations are listed in alphabetical order.
  2. ^ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  3. ^ (with Allen Dizon, Gina Pareño, Joel Lamangan, Leandro Baldemor, Vince Rillon, Kate Brios, Ina Alegre, Mimi Juareza, Nella Marie Dizon and Anna Jardin Cabrega)

References

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  1. ^ "Katrina Halili wants to attend International Emmy awards night where Magdusa Ka is nominated for Best Telenovela". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Katrina Halili on FHM.com.ph". Archived from the original on June 18, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
  3. ^ Llanes, Rommel (January 23, 2013). "Katrina Halili and Kris Lawrence welcome baby Katrence to Christian world". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  4. ^ Ranara, John (January 16, 2024). "Katrina Halili grieves death of non-showbiz partner Jeremy Guiab". The Philippine Star.
  5. ^ "Heartless no more". GMA Network. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  6. ^ Santiago, Erwin. "Is there another feud brewing between Marian Rivera and Katrina Halili?". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "GMA 7, siksik sa mga pasabog". Archived from the original on June 14, 2007. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  8. ^ "Gagambino", pasok sa GMA-7! Archived June 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine journal.com.ph
  9. ^ Dennis Trillo will have Katrina Halili and Nadine Samonte as leading ladies in "Gagambino" Archived July 13, 2018, at the Wayback Machine pep.ph
  10. ^ a b c Dimaculangan, Jocelyn (November 2, 2009). "Marian, 'di puwedeng kumain habang may 'Darna'". Journal Online. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  11. ^ "Journal Online | No more complaints from Iza". People's Journal. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
  12. ^ "PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal): Showbiz and Beyond". Philippine Entertainment Portal.
  13. ^ "Marian Rivera reunites with Katrina Halili in My Beloved; wants to enrol in a culinary school". Philippine Entertainment Portal.
  14. ^ "Malalaking pangalan sa showbiz dapat abangan sa 'Magkano Ba Ang Pag-ibig?'". GMA Network.
  15. ^ "Gaganap na bidang transwoman sa Kapuso series na 'Destiny Rose,' napili na". GMA News. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  16. ^ "Yasmien Kurdi, Mark Herras at Katrina Halili, magsasama sa bagong GMA teleserye". May 6, 2016.
  17. ^ Bianca Rose Dabu (February 16, 2017). "'D' Originals,' seryeng ipakikita ang mga modus ng mga nangangaliwang asawa". GMA News. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  18. ^ Valle, Precious Del. "Why Katrina Halili accepted the lead role in dystopian flick 'Mga Anak ng Kamote'". Rappler.
  19. ^ Baylon, Khryzztine Joy (March 23, 2024). "Katrina Halili wins first Best Supporting Actress award in 21 years". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  20. ^ Ganal, FM (October 6, 2018). "Bagani, Contessa, Asintado, Kambal, Karibal among nominees for 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Television". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  21. ^ "CNN Philippines shows, anchors get nominations in 32nd PMPC Star Awards for TV". CNN. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  22. ^ "Katrina Halili thankful sa Best Actress nomination sa Star Awards - Abante TNT". TNT Abante (in Filipino). October 8, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  23. ^ Katrina Halili: Do you think I'm sexy?. Philippine Daily Inquirer. January 25, 2007. p. 40.
  24. ^ Villafuerte, Ingrid (July 6, 2007). "Katrina Halili makes FHM history as back-to-back Sexiest Woman". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  25. ^ "Kapuso stars Marian and Katrina voted as FHM's Top 2 Sexiest Pinays". GMA Network. July 1, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  26. ^ Anadia, Sanden (June 30, 2009). "FHM Top 5". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  27. ^ "Angel Locsin is FHM's Sexiest Woman in the World for 2010!". Philippine Entertainment Portal. June 29, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  28. ^ "Kapuso stars dominate Top 10 list of 2011 FHM Sexiest Women". GMA News Online. July 1, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  29. ^ "FHM Philippines reveals the Top 10 Sexiest Women of the World 2012 - LionhearTV". Lionheartv.net. July 2, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  30. ^ "FULL LIST: FHM Philippines' 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2013 - LionhearTV". Lionheartv.net. July 9, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  31. ^ "Sam Pinto, Jennylyn Mercado join Marian Rivera in FHM sexiest top five". GMA News Online. July 6, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  32. ^ "Kapuso stars dominate FHM 100 Sexiest 2015". GMA Network. July 8, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  33. ^ Ching, Mark Angelo (March 11, 2010). "FHM lists the Top 25 Sexiest Women of the Decade". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  34. ^ "Kim Chiu leads this year's YES! 100 Most Beautiful list". Philippine Entertainment Portal. June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
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