Nanette Medved

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Nanette Gwen Medved
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Medved at a classroom turn-over in Upper Tambler Elementary School, General Santos City, June 2014
Born
Nanette Gwen Medved

(1970-01-21) January 21, 1970 (age 54)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S
Alma mater Babson College
Occupation Actress
Known for Darna (1991 film), GenerationHope
Spouse
Christopher Po
​
(m. 1999)​
Children2

Nanette Gwen Medved (born January 21, 1970) is a Russian-Chinese philanthropist, businesswoman, and former actress and model based in the Philippines. [1]

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Career

In 2014, Medved founded Generation HOPE, a social enterprise that produces packaged water known as "Hope in a Bottle," "Hope in a Box", and "(Not Just) Tubig," and builds public school classrooms across the Philippines. It is the first B-Corporation certified company in the Philippines. [2] [3]

In 2019, Medved founded PCX, a non-profit plastic credit program. PCX established a Plastic Pollution Reduction Standard and recycles plastic waste with programs that aim to reduce the flow of plastic pollution into nature. [4]

From 2007 to 2012, Medved served on the advisory board of Bantay Bata. [5] In 2012, she began to serve on the National Advisory Council of the World Wildlife Fund Philippines and in 2019, she was invited to serve on its board of trustees. [6] In July 2019, she began serving as part of the Board of Directors of Winrock International. [7]

Prior to her philanthropic work, Medved had a career as a commercial model and actress. In 1996, she left the Philippines to pursue studies in the United States. [8] In 2002, she decided to leave the entertainment industry to focus on her advocacy work. [9]

Personal life

Medved was born in Hawaii to a Russian father and a Chinese mother. [10] Medved married businessman Christopher Po in South Africa in 1999. The couple have two sons. [11]

Filmography

Film

Television

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  4. ↑ Yalao, Khriscielle (November 3, 2023). "PCX to join push vs plastic pollution". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Meet the amazing Mothers for Others". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  6. ↑ "Meet the pandas" . Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  7. ↑ "Winrock International - Nanette Medved-Po Joins Winrock International Board of Directors". www.winrock.org. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  8. ↑ "From Darna to builder of classrooms: The many lifetimes of Nanette Medved-Po". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  9. ↑ Ito ang Balita - 2011/04/27 , retrieved 2019-09-02
  10. ↑ Rim, Lala (October 16, 2019). "From Darna to Mogul: How Nanette Medved-Po Was Named Chairperson of the Po Family Council". Esquiremag.ph. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  11. ↑ Lee-Chua, Queena N. (2018-02-23). "Winning, the Po way". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
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