Ashley Rivera (born April 19, 1992)[2] is a Filipino Internet personality, actress, television presenter, and singer. She is known by her alter ego, Petra Mahalimuyak. She gained recognition in 2011 for her humorous online content, in which she spoke English with an exaggerated Filipino accent in her videos. Among her most viewed uploads on YouTube are "How to Dance in a Club", "How to Get Abs in 1 Min", "How to Dougie", and "My British Accent". She has appeared in television series such as Legally Blind (2017) and The Better Woman (2019). She was also part of the comedy gag show Bubble Gang and the sitcom Happy Together.
Rivera had initially pursued a career in acting in the Philippines before relocating to Las Vegas, where she began producing video content that led to her emergence as an internet personality around 2011. She later returned to the Philippines to resume her professional acting career for the second time. Rivera also worked as a DJ at clubs and music festivals.[3][4][5]Viva Artist Agency took notice of Rivera's content around 2014 with the intention of signing her as one of their talents. She was subsequently given her own show, Petra's Panniest, which further developed and expanded the concept of her original videos.[6][7]
Rivera's initial appearance was in the romantic drama film A Secret Affair (2012) as Amie Ignacio. She also had roles in films including the romantic comedy My Lady Boss (2013)[8] as Kai, The Gifted (2014), and the comedy-drama Your Place or Mine? (2015)[9] as Camille. Rivera transferred to GMA Network in 2017[10] and became a regular cast member of the comedy gag show Bubble Gang. She portrayed Gretchen in the romantic drama television series Meant to Be, Diana Perez in the drama Legally Blind, and Rose in the action-drama Super Ma’am.[11] In 2018, she played Paris Villacorta in the romantic comedy-drama The One That Got Away.[12]
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