Maybelyn dela Cruz

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Maybelyn dela Cruz
Member of the Dagupan City Council
In office
June 30, 2010 June 30, 2019
Personal details
Born (1982-12-20) December 20, 1982 (age 42)
Philippines
Political party KANP (2020present)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (20092020)
Spouse
Michael Fernandez
(m. 2008)
Occupation Actress

Maybelyn dela Cruz-Fernandez (born December 20, 1982) is a Filipino actress and politician based in the Philippines. She was former child star and popularly known as the daughter of Nova Villa in Home Along Da Riles, a comedy series that aired on ABS-CBN. She served as former city councilor of Dagupan from 2010 to 2019.

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Career

Dela Cruz started as child star in Ang TV of ABS-CBN. She worked with the late Dolphy for eight years when she was cast as his 10-year-old niece in the television sitcom Home Along Da Riles from 1992.

She appeared in GMA's Impostora (2007) starring Sunshine Dizon and Iza Calzado, and Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita (2008) starring Yasmien Kurdi and Dina Bonnevie. She did also Gaano Kadalas Ang Minsan? (2008) starring Marvin Agustin, Camille Prats and Diana Zubiri, and Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? (2009) starring Aljur Abrenica and Kris Bernal, showed in GMA-7. In 2009, she played the role originally played by Beth Bautista, as Choleng, in the TV remake of the 1985 film Tinik Sa Dibdib with Nadine Samonte.

She performed also in theater the role of Maria Clara in Noli Me Tangere.

Personal life

She is married to Dagupan councilor Michael Fernandez on January 20, 2008. The two met in 2005, during the National Assembly of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL). She was elected as number one city councilor in Dagupan in 2010. She is an active member of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) for a long time, where she served as a member of the board of PNRC-Pangasinan.

Her lawyer father served as a three termer councilor of Las Piñas.

Maybelyn quit showbiz in 2015. Her last project was a drama anthology "Karelasyon" which formerly hosted by Carla Abellana and was previously aired on GMA Channel 7.

She returned to showbiz in 2021 in the anthology series Wish Ko Lang! as a guest role, and in 2022, she had her first regular role as Cara, the main antagonist and wicked arch-enemy of Hope/Bianca (Kate Valdez) in Unica Hija. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRolesReference(s):
1993 Home Along da Riles da Movie Maybe Madamba [2]

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1994 Megamol Neneng
1996T.G.I.S.: The MovieMaruja
1997Home Along da Riles 2Maybe Madamba
2000Bahay Ni LolaAnne
2004Kilig... Pintig.. Yanig
2007Pitong TagpoAida Mercado

Television

YearTitleRolesNetwork
1992–1997 Ang TV Herself ABS-CBN
1992–2003 Home Along Da Riles Maybe Madamba
1992–2015 Maalaala Mo Kaya Various Roles
1995–1999 T.G.I.S. Maruja GMA Network
1996Lovingly YoursHerself/Guest
1999 Sing Galing TV5 Network
Maynila GMA Network
1999–2002 Click Rosario "Rose" Mercado
2002–2003 Kung Mawawala Ka Guadalupe Valiente
Kahit Kailan Rosette
Home Along da Airport Maybe Madamba ABS-CBN
2005 Magpakailanman (Episode: Bernabe Dodong Pasagad Story)Emily GMA Network
Quizon Avenue ABS-CBN
2007 Impostora Doray GMA Network
2008 Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita Dolly Dela Cruz
Sine Novela: Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan Charley Villanueva-Paterno
2009 Sine Novela: Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? Cherry Ramos
2009–2010 Sine Novela: Tinik Sa Dibdib Choleng
2010 The Last Prince Diwani Ogyna
Bantatay Lilian
2011 My Lover, My Wife Ellen Torres
2011–2012 Amaya Baylan Asinas
2013 Hindi Ka na Mag-iisa Sofia
Anna Karenina Anaida "Nayda" Serrano
2013–2014 Magpakailanman Sheila/Liza/Carolina
2015 Sabado Badoo
Karelasyon
2021 Pepito Manaloto Becca
2022–2023 Unica Hija Cara Orosco-Rivas
2023 TiktoClock Herself/Guest
Family Feud
2024 Lilet Matias: Attorney-at-Law Nymia Ozdemir

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References

  1. https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/tv/unica_hija/94482/maybelyn-dela-cruz-returns-to-doing-teleseryes-after-9-year-hiatus/story "Maybelyn Dela Cruz returns to doing teleseryes after 9-year hiatus"
  2. http://entertainment.inquirer.net/tag/mybelline-de-la-cruz "Dolphy's co-actor in Home Along Da Riles remembers Comedy King"
  3. http://www.pep.ph/celeb/celeb_events/19626/former-child-star-maybelyn-dela-cruz-becomes-a-bride "Former child star Maybelyn dela Cruz becomes a bride!"
  4. http://www.pep.ph/news/23312/actress-maybelyn-dela-cruz-still-waiting-for-her-first-baby "Actress Maybelyn dela Cruz still waiting for her first baby"
  5. "Actress wins city councilor post | Sun.Star". SunStar . Archived from the original on 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2013-03-27. "Actress wins city councilor post"