Mara Lopez

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Mara Isabella Lopez Yokohama
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Lopez in July 2017
Born
Mara Isabella Yokohama [fn 1]

(1991-05-20) May 20, 1991 (age 33)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • surfer
Years active1998–present
Agents
Parents

Mara Isabella Yokohama [fn 1] (born May 20, 1991), known professionally as Mara Lopez, is a Filipino actress. She is a member of Star Magic Batch 13.

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Early life

Lopez was born on 20 May 1991 in San Pablo, California, United States. She is the daughter of beauty queen and actress Maria Isabel Lopez and former Japanese spouse, Hiroshi Yokohama. She is the elder of two siblings to a younger brother five years younger.[ citation needed ]

Career

Acting

Lopez made her acting debut in 2003, playing a younger version of her real-life mother Maria Isabel Lopez, in an episode in GMA's Magpakailanman. [1]

In 2006 she was launched, along with 23 other aspiring actors and actresses, as a member of Star Magic Batch 13. She then starred in ABS-CBN's Sineserye Presents: Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos? . In 2002, she played the lead role in the indie film Following Rosa, a Sundance Film Festival entry. [2]

Yokohama was one of the castaways of Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown in November 2011.[ citation needed ]

In 2015, she was now a freelancer.

Sports

Her father Hiroshi Yokohama was the one who taught Mara how to surf. She learned how to surf at age 6 in the coastal barangay of Urbiztondo in La Union. [3] In 2002 she won the Surfing Championship-Ladies Division at 11 and became the youngest Filipina surfing champion.[ citation needed ]

Aside from surfing, she also practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She first introduced the sport under the guidance of actor Sid Lucero.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2002Masarap Na PugadYoung Koala [4]
2008Sta. MesaSelAlternative title: "Following Rosa"
Credited as "Maria Lopez"
2009Tulak
2010Watawat [5]
2012Palitan [6]
2013 Ang Kwento ni Mabuti Lucia de la Cruz
Debosyon Salome
2014K'na, The DreamweaverK'na
Tres "Tata Selo" segment
2015 Haunted Mansion Teacher
Flotsam Jamie [7] [8]
2018 BuyBust

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2007 Star Magic Presents: Abt Ur Luv
2007 Sineserye Presents: Natutulog Ba ang Dios Tina Ramirez
2007 Love Spell Presents: Cindy-rella Mona
2008Star Magic Presents: Astigs in Haay...skul lyf Mara
2008 Maalaala Mo Kaya PayangEpisode: "Notebook"
2008Maalaala Mo KayaLilac volunteerEpisode: "Journal"
2009Maalaala Mo KayaEpisode: "Boarding House"
2009 Shall We Dance: The Celebrity Dance Challenge HerselfEpisode: "Mama and Me"
Guest, with Maria Isabel Lopez
2010Maalaala Mo KayaJenna's colleagueEpisode: "Litrato"
2010Maalaala Mo KayaFeEpisode: "Bracelet"
2010 Elena M. Patron's Momay Stephanie
2011 Reputasyon Sheila
2011Maalaala Mo KayaDaughterEpisode: "Bibliya"
2011–2012 Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown Herself - CastawayRunner Up
2013 Titser Rosa
2014 Daybreak Herself / Guest
2015 Pasión De Amor Dinora Rosales
2015 Showbiz Unlimited Herself / Guest
2015Single / SingleTricci
2015 Karelasyon Selya [9]
2016 The Story of Us TeresaSupporting Cast
2017 Wagas LaurenEpisode: ‘’My Love From Baler’’
2017 Tadhana JoanaEpisode: “Hagod”
2018Maalaala Mo KayaMarieEpisode: "Lason"
2018 Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Los Bastardos young Sita
2019 Maalaala Mo Kaya DimEpisode: "MVP"
2019–2020 The Killer Bride Agnes Sagrado / Agnes DimaguibaSupporting Cast / Antagonist
2021–2022 The World Between Us Venus LibradillaSupporting Cast / Protagonist

Notes

  1. 1 2 Mara Lopez was born in the United States of America. Thus, she does not possess her mother's maiden name which is Lopez.

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