Cai Cortez

Cai Cortez
Cortez in 2023
Member-elect of the Taytay Municipal Council
Incumbent
Assuming office June 30, 2025
Personal details
Born	Carizza Cortez (1988-07-01) July 1, 1988 (age 36) Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
Political party	NPC (2024–present)
Children	2
Relatives	Rez Cortez (father)
Occupation	Actress, comedian, model, endorser, politician

Carizza Cortez-Rkhami (born July 1, 1988) is a Filipino politician, actress, comedian, model and endorser, who is currently a councilor-elect of Taytay, Rizal since 2025.

Biography

Carizza Cortez was born on July 1, 1988, in Taytay, Rizal, a densely populated municipality of Rizal. She is the daughter of the actor Rez Cortez.

She took up Theatre Arts at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. ^[1]

She has two children with her husband Wissem Rkhami.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2009	Maximus & Minimus	Max		[2]
	And I Love You So	Teacher Grace
2010	Paano na Kaya	Jubis
	Here Comes the Bride	Marize		[3]
	My Amnesia Girl	Maia		[4]
2011	Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank	Jocelyn		[5]
	My House Husband: Ikaw Na!	Stella Villafrancia
2013	The Bride and the Lover	Pinky		[6]
	Ang Turkey Man Ay Pabo Rin	Girlie		[7]
2014	Starting over Again	Beb		[8]
	Third Eye	Ryzza		[9]
	Beauty in a Bottle	Wendy		[10]
2015	Everyday I Love You	Receptionst
	Buy Now, Die Later	Larra	Segment: "Halimuyak"	[11]
2016	Imagine You & Me	Vangie
	Ang Taba Ko Kasi			[12]
	Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2: ForeverIsNotEnough	Jocelyn		[13]
2017	Fallback
	Foolish Love
	My Ex and Whys	Candelaria "Tita Candy" Ferrer		[14]
2018	Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes	Baby		[15]
	Da One That Ghost Away	Tabako		[16]
	The Girl in the Orange Dress	Rachel
	Kasal	Kaye		[17]
	Bakwit Boys
2019	Portrait of My Love
	#Jowable
2020	Four Sisters Before the Wedding	Matutina Marie "Toti Marie/Tina Marie" Bugayong
2021	Love or Money	Cat
2022	Partners in Crime	Amelia Libme
2023	Kampon	Rhona
2024	A Thousand Forests	Lovely Tolentino	Sunshine’s mother who is a body positivity advocate	[18]
2025	Song of the Fireflies

Television

Year	Title	Role	Source
2010	Kristine	Keanna
	Habang May Buhay	Debbie
	My Driver Sweet Lover	Minnie
2012–2015	Luv U	Becky Belo
2012	Regal Shocker	Emilia Trinidad / Michelle	[19]
	Be Careful with My Heart	Luisa
2013	Toda Max	Miss Maganda
2014	Jasmine	Mama Mia
	My Destiny	Let-let
2015	Once Upon a Kiss	Fiona Allegre
2016	Tubig at Langis	Sally	[20]
2017–2018	Ika-6 na Utos	Charlotte Amalie "Char" Ledesma	[21]
2018	Ang Forever Ko'y Ikaw	Marissa "Issa / Queenie" Mercado-Lastimosa	[22]
	Wansapanataym	Pamu	Episode: "Gelli in a Bottle" 15 episodes.
2018–2019	Ngayon at Kailanman	Mela	[23]
2019	TODA One I Love	Josefina "Finny" Rogers Obrero	[24]
2020	Anak ni Waray vs. Anak ni Biday	Ezra
	Ilaban Natin Yan!	Herself / Kalkalera
2021	Magkaagaw	Madam Kitchie
	First Yaya	Norma Miranda
2022	First Lady
2023	Wish Ko Lang!: Binalot na Handa	Krizza
	The Missing Husband	Glenndolyn "Glenn" Feliciano
	Comedy Island Philippines
2024	Abot-Kamay na Pangarap	Joyce	Episodes 468-475
	What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim	Klarisse "Kla" Liwanag
	High Street	Ruth Chavez
	Ang Himala ni Niño: Unang Libro ng Niña Niño	Kisses

References

1. "Newbie actress Cai Cortez admits giving up on stressful relationship with Baron Geisler". PEP.ph. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
2. MAXIMUS & MINIMUS Full Trailer. YouTube . Retrieved November 7, 2009.
3. Here Comes The Bride Official Full Trailer. ABS-CBN Star Cinema. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
4. Cinema Teaser 'My Amnesia Girl' John Lloyd Cruz and Toni Gonzaga . Retrieved October 26, 2010.
5. Official Trailer 'Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank' Eugene Domingo . Retrieved July 29, 2011.
6. THE BRIDE AND THE LOVER UNCUT TRAILER . Retrieved March 26, 2013.
7. ANG TURKEY MAN AY PABO RIN OFFICIAL TRAILER: Ayala Malls ngayong Dec. 18-24 . Retrieved December 9, 2013.
8. Starting over Again (Trailer) . Retrieved January 18, 2014.
9. THIRD EYE FULL TRAILER . Retrieved February 4, 2014.
10. Official Trailer 'Beauty in a Bottle' . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
11. Buy Now, Die Later FULL TRAILER . Retrieved December 1, 2015.
12. CineFilipino Ang Taba Ko Kasi - TRAILER . Retrieved February 2, 2016.
13. ANG BABAE SA SEPTIC TANK 2 ForeversNotEnough (MMFF 2016) Official Trailer Eugene Domingo . Retrieved November 25, 2016.
14. Official Trailer 'My Ex and Whys' Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil . Retrieved January 21, 2017.
15. 'Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes' Judy Ann Santos, Angelica Panganiban Unrated Trailer . Retrieved January 1, 2018.
16. DOTGA Full Trailer . Retrieved March 28, 2018.
17. Sino nga ba ang ika-'KASAL'? Official Trailer . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
18. "About". A Thousand Forests. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
19. REGAL SHOCKER: Pelikula. Instagram . Retrieved February 25, 2012.
20. "AFrom the Tubig at Langis family, ipanalo natin ang pamilyang pilipino 👍🏼✊🏼 @talabscbn #halalan2016🇵🇭". Instagram . Retrieved May 8, 2016.
21. "Angelika dela Cruz' best performance as Geneva Takahashi in GMA's afternoon drama series "Ika-6 Na Utos"". Twitter . Retrieved March 1, 2018.
22. "Cai Cortez on Ang Forever Ko'y Ikaw". Twitter . Retrieved March 1, 2018.
23. "My first day taping for #NgayonAtKailanman ️ #mathematicsdance". deskgram.net. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
24. "Gagampanan Ni Cai Cortez Ang Role Ni Konsehala Finny Rogers Ang Babaeng Ayaw sa". Facebook . Retrieved February 4, 2019.

External links

• Cai Cortez at IMDb