Katrina Halili | |
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Born | Maria Katrina Iren Pe Halili January 4, 1986 Quezon City, Philippines |
Years active | 2003–present |
Agent | Sparkle (2003–present) |
Known for | Prima Donnas Marimar The Stepdaughters Destiny Rose Unica Hija |
Maria Katrina Iren Pe Halili (born January 4, 1986) is a Filipino actress and commercial model of Chinese descent. She made her screen debut in 2003 through the reality talent competition StarStruck , and became a household name for playing antagonist roles in several hit television series, the most prominent being Majika (2006), Marimar (2007) and Darna (2005 & 2009).
Dubbed as "GMA's Primera Kontrabida", [1] Halili notably top-billed the series Magdusa Ka (2008) which earned a nomination at the 37th International Emmy Awards. [2] The same year, she earned another nomination for "Best Actress" at the 3rdToFarm Film Festival. [3] She was also hailed by FHM as the "Sexiest Woman in the Philippines" twice in 2006 & 2007. [4] [5] In 2018, she earned a nomination for "Best Drama Actress" at the 37th PMPC Star Awards for Television. [6]
Katrina Halili is an alumna of the StarStruck talent search and the cover girl of magazines such as FHM and Maxim Philippines. She was voted as FHM Philippines' sexiest woman for the year 2006 and in 2007. She is the first StarStruck contestant to top the FHM Philippines' 100 Sexiest list and the first Filipina celebrity to have won the title twice in a row. She is a four-time FHM covergirl (2005, 2006, 2008 and 2015). [7] With 123,000 votes, she placed 2nd in 2008.
She gave birth to her daughter named Katrence Lawrence Halili Cadevid by Kris Lawrence on September 18, 2012. [8]
She is co-parenting Lawrence's second child Lyric Lawrence (with a non-showbiz girlfriend) born on October 4, 2019. Halili's non-showbiz partner Jeremy G. Guiab, former vice mayor of Wao, Lanao del Sur succumbed to a heart attack at age 53 on January 29, 2024. [9]
Halili started her first soap drama way back 2004 ( Forever in My Heart ) where she played Janelle Bernabe, the antagonist to the character of Jennylyn Mercado. Since then she played supervillain roles in two famous GMA fantaserye, Darna and Majika . In April 2007, she was one of the main cast in Lupin , where she played a good character, Ashley Calibre. However the same year she was pulled out from the show to play the famous villainous role of Senyora Angelika Santibañez in the remake of Marimar , but the character was changed into a young who will compete with Marimar for Sergio's love and extremely ruthless character, this is also her first pure evil role as she killed many people in the series compared to her past roles as she only committed attempted murder. This made Katrina more famous as she was given her first lead role after Marimar this was the 2008 Magdusa Ka , she portrayed Christine, a headstrong waitress and prostitute who turns out to be a rich lass but was opposed by the evil Millet (played by Iwa Moto). Katrina said she was challenge for her new role because she always played heartless characters in the past. [10]
In the same year, she was given another lead role in Gagambino . But in May 2009, she was involved in a controversy surrounding a leaked video of her then partner, forcing her to temporarily go on hiatus from the showbiz industry. In June 2009, she returns to acting to play the villain role of Fedra Perez in Rosalinda .
In 2009, Halili was given another antagonist role in Darna , she played Serpina, a snake woman and one of the primary rival of Darna. Next is Langit sa Piling Mo , she played another main antagonist role as the scheming and manipulative Aurora. She later played a antagonist role in Beauty Queen . In Kaya ng Powers , she played an ex-syndicate member.
In 2011, she rose to fame again as she played the role of Lynette in Munting Heredera , again she is the main antagonist of the series but later was killed. In 2012, she once again played a villain role as Emmie in My Beloved . She reunited with Marimar (2007) lead casts, Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes. Halili's character in this series is similar to her obsessed and murderous Angelika character in 2007 Marimar. However Halili and Rivera has another feud when Katrina started tweeting, she wanted to kill Emmie's character because someone is insecure and hateful to her. She said that this person also hated her five years ago. [11]
In 2013, Halili played two main antagonist roles in two TV series, in Indio , she played the goddess of greed who wanted to kill the protagonist of the series. Another series is Magkano Ba ang Pag-ibig? , she played Margot, the scheming and hard-hearted sister of Lualhati who killed her mother out of anger, she also hated Eloisa.
In 2014, she played a protagonist role, a good character role in Niño as Hannah. In 2015, she played a villain role in The Rich Man's Daughter . Later Katrina Halili played the main villain role as Jasmine in Destiny Rose , Jasmine is the evil cousin of Joey who made his life miserable as hell. In the finale episode Jasmine tried to kill Joey/Destiny Rose by burning him but failed.
Later in 2016, Halili played another main antagonist role in Sa Piling ni Nanay as Scarlet, the socialite evil mother of Katherine who tried to kill Ysabel and even her daughter as a revenge. Scarlet is the one who killed Matilda and many characters. She is also the source of Ysabel's misfortune. She is a wicked mother as she uses her daughter to usurp the Mercado family's wealth and never loved Katherine.
In 2017, Halili played another main antagonist role in D' Originals as Yvette, the social climber sexy-tary-turned-mistress of Lando who tried to kill Lando and Josie because of her vengeance. Although Yvette is the one who started the fight as she uses Lando to usurp his wealth and brutally confront the legal wife, Josie. Jaclyn Jose played protagonist Josie who also played the antagonist role of Senyõra Angelica Santibañez in the 2015 Marimar , which was originally played by Halili in 2007.
In February 2018, Halili played the main villain role of Isabelle in The Stepdaughters , Isabelle hates Mayumi from the start and does many evil things to her including her loved ones. Isabelle also killed her unborn half-sister and tried to kill her own father and orchestrated kidnappings and serial murders in the series. In the end she kidnaps Mayumi and tries to kill her by burning her face but failed.
In November 2018, Halili joined the series Pamilya Roces , she played Maisa, the villainous daughter of Virgil, a seductive and ruthless serial killer who wants revenge for her mother's death.
In 2019, she played her first anti-hero role in TODA One I Love where she played Georgina, a mysterious rich character who hates the evil Mayora Dyna and plotted to kill her husband. Georgina firstly appeared as a cold-hearted and seductive woman but in reality she is kind and was a victim of the latter's cruelty as Dyna and the Generoso's killed her father. Now she helps Gelay to stop Mayora's evil things and expose her secrets. She later played another protagonist role in Prima Donnas as Lillian Madreal, the surrogate mother of the triplets, Mayi, Ella, and Lenlen. Late 2022, she portrayed Diane Sebastian, the doting mother of Bianca and Hope Sebastian, in the series Unica Hija .
Year | Title | Role | Network |
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2003 | StarStruck | Herself / Hopeful | GMA Network |
2004–2009 | Bitoy's Funniest Videos | Herself / J4K Host | |
2004–2005 | Joyride | Vicki | |
Forever in My Heart | Janelle Bernabe | ||
2005 | Mars Ravelo's Darna | Carol / Black Darna | |
Now and Forever: Ganti | Alexa | ||
2006 | Majika | Juno | |
2006–2007 | Atlantika | Princesa Ruana / Helena | |
2007 | Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang: Ang Prinsipeng Unggoy | Princess Ameris | |
Lupin | Veronica Arkanghel a.k.a. Ashley Calibre | ||
2007–2008 | Marimar | Senyora Angelika Santibañez / Angelika Aldama [12] | |
2008 | MariMar: Rewind (Filipino Version) | Angélica de Santibañez (voice only) | |
Sine Novela: Pablo S. Gomez' Magdusa Ka | Christine Salvador Doliente-Henson | ||
Obra: Katrina Halili | Various roles | ||
2008–2009 | Carlo J. Caparas' Gagambino | Lucy Gutierrez / Lady Mantisa [13] [14] | |
2009 | Dear Friend: Magkaribal | Kim | |
Rosalinda | Fedra Perez | ||
2009–2010 | Mars Ravelo's Darna | Serpina / Babaeng Anakonda / Valentina [15] | |
2010 | Carlo J. Caparas' Panday Kids | Amazona Wenoa | |
Langit sa Piling Mo | Aurora Ty | ||
Kaya ng Powers | Carlotta | ||
2010—2011 | Beauty Queen | Dorcas Rivas [16] | |
2010—2012 | Party Pilipinas | Herself / Co-host / Performer | |
2011 | Spooky Nights: Ang Manananggala: Battle of the Half-Sisters | Stella | |
Munting Heredera | Lynette Sarmiento-Montereal [17] | ||
Spooky Nights: KaLAbit | Iya | ||
2012 | Spooky Valentine: Masahista | Noemi / Melissa | |
My Beloved | Emilia "Emmie" Montecastro [18] | ||
2013 | Indio | Burigadang Pada Sinaklang Bulawan | |
One Day Isang Araw | Yaya Maxima | ||
Sunday All Stars | Herself / Performer | ||
2013–2014 | Magkano Ba ang Pag-ibig? | Margarita "Margot" Cruz [19] | |
2014 | Niño | Hannah Sagrado-Ibarra | |
2015 | Maynila: Totoy's True Lab | Leslie | |
The Rich Man's Daughter | Maria Louella "Wila" Mateo | ||
2015–2016 | Destiny Rose | Jasmine Flores [20] | |
2016–2017 | Sa Piling ni Nanay | Scarlet Morato-Mercado [21] | |
2017 | Wagas: Ang Babaeng May Kambal Ahas | Conchita | |
D' Originals | Yvette Benitez [22] | ||
Road Trip | Herself / Guest | ||
Wagas: Drug Runner | Tintin | ||
Tadhana: Third Wife | Laisa | ||
Wagas: One Life to Give | Imelda Papin | ||
Dear Uge: Mr. + Mrs. + Ex | Mayette | ||
Kambal, Karibal | Nida Generoso | ||
2018 | The Stepdaughters | Isabelle Salvador | |
Imbestigador | Margie | ||
Inday Will Always Love You | Herself | ||
Dear Uge: Basta Dubber, Sweet Lover | Gloria | ||
Imbestigador: Teacher Mhai | Mylene "Teacher Mhai" Durante | ||
Pamilya Roces | Maria Eloisa "Maisa" Renacia Quirante / Maisa Sampaguita | ||
2019 | TODA One I Love | Georgina Ferreira / Gregoria "Oriang" | |
Wagas: Ang Lihim ni Isadora | Maya | ||
Tadhana: Akin ang Anak Ko | Susan | ||
2019–2022 | Prima Donnas | Lilian Madreal-Claveria | |
2021 | Dear Uge: GangstaSistah | Red Pepper | |
2022 | Tadhana: Hanggang Kailan | Victoria Terra-Dorata | |
2022–2023 | Unica Hija | Diane Sebastian | |
2023 | Wish Ko Lang: Paluwagan | Sara | |
Magpakailanman: The Power of Love | Baby | ||
2023–present | Black Rider | Rona Marie Ana "Romana" Tolentino Nadela | |
2023 | Magpakailanman: Save my Children- The Quirly Galache Story | Quirly Galache | |
2024 | Mommy Dearest | ||
TBA | Recipes of Love | TBA |
Year | Title | Role |
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2004 | Kilig... Pintig... Yanig | |
2005 | Sablay Ka na Pasaway Ka Pa | Raven |
2006 | Gigil | Chynna |
Super Noypi | Annys | |
2007 | Shake Rattle and Roll 9 | Engkanto |
2008 | Romantic Island(Korean Movie) | cameo |
One Night Only [15] | Jasmine | |
2009 | Sundo [15] | Kristina |
Dalaw | Daisy | |
2011 | My Neighbor's Wife | Cameo |
2015 | Child Haus | Rose |
2016 | Higanti | Dolly |
2018 | Mga Anak ng Kamote | Iyong [23] |
2019 | KontrAdiksyon | Yvonne Acosta |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2006 | Katrina Halili | FHM Philippines Sexiest Woman | Won |
2007 | Won | ||
2018 | Mga Anak ng Kamote | 3rd ToFarm Film Festival Best Actress [24] | Nominated |
The Stepdaughters | 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Drama Actress [25] | Nominated |
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