2. Belle Mariano
• Belinda Angelito "Belle" Mariano[2] (born June
10, 2002) is a Filipino actress, singer, and model.
She began appearing on television at the age of
nine playing supporting roles and starring in the
comedy-themed show Goin' Bulilit. She starred in
the film Four Sisters Before the Wedding and the
television series He's Into Her.
3. Early life and education
• Belinda Angelito Mariano was born on June 10,
2002 to Michael and Katrina Mariano. She studied
elementary at St. Paul College, Pasig and finished
her high school at Divine Angels Montessori of
Cainta, Inc.
5. • In 2013, she appeared in Juan dela Cruz, Muling Buksan Ang
Puso, and Maria Mercedes. In all of these series, Mariano
played younger versions of all of the main characters. Mariano
then starred in the television series FPJ's Ang
Probinsyano from 2015 to 2016, portraying the role of Rachel
Tuazon, the sister of Arjo Atayde's character.
• In 2015, she graduated in Goin Bulilit alongside
fellow Bulilits Carl and Miguel.
6. • In 2017, Mariano reunited with her Lorenzo's Time co-star Zaijian
Jaranilla and paired up together for a Maalaala Mo
Kaya episode, Cellphone.[9] In the same year, she also appeared in
the films Can't Help Falling In Love starring Kathryn
Bernardo and Daniel Padilla as Bernardo's sister Grace Dela
Cuesta, and Love You To The Stars and Back starring Julia
Barretto and Joshua Garcia as Ronnabel.
• In 2018, she made appearances in the television
series Bagani (which stars Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil) as the
young Gloria (Dimples Romana) as well as a cameo appearance
in Playhouse starring Zanjoe Marudo and Angelica Panganiban.
7. 2019–2020: Star Magic Circle, Four
Sisters Before The Wedding, and
"DonBelle" partnership
• In 2019, she was part of the year's batch of artists launched in the Star
Magic Circle together with Kyle Echarri, Melizza Jimenez, Sophie
Reyes, Jeremiah Lisbo, Gillian Vicencio, Arielle Roces, Arabella del
Rosario, Anthony Jennings, JC Alcantara, Glen Vargas, Kendru Garcia,
Eisel Serrano, RA Lewis, Javi Benitez, and Aiyana Waggoner. In the
same year, she appeared in the Bugoy Cariño-starrer film Danztep by
Errol Ropero and in the hit series Kadenang Ginto as Catherine V.
Herrera, the daughter of Leon, Richard Yap’s character in the series, as
well as the Maalaala Mo Kaya episode Pregnancy Test. She also joined
the Asia's songbird Regine Velasquez-Alcasid in the film Yours Truly,
Shirley under Cinema One.
8. • In November the same year, it was announced that Mariano
will be teaming up with Donny Pangilinan for He's Into Her,
an iWantTFC original series directed by Chad Vidanes that is
based on the 2013 Wattpad novel of the same name by
Maxine Lat a.k.a. Maxinejiji.
• In 2020, she was among the first batch of artists from Star
Magic to be handled by ABS-CBN Film's new talent
management arm, Rise Artists Studio.
9. • She had a cameo appearance in the film James and Pat and
Dave (sequel to Vince and Kath and James) starring Ronnie
Alonte, Loisa Andalio, and Donny Pangilinan. She played the
role Trish, hinting the future romance with Dave, Pangilinan's
character in the film and previewing her love team partnership with
him as DonBelle.[14] For their project He's Into Her, the production
was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ABS-CBN
shutdown and the denial of franchise renewal.
10. • In the same year, Mariano landed the role of the iconic Gabbie
Salazar (previously played by Shaina Magdayao) and starred
the prequel of the 2013 hit Four Sisters and a Wedding, 2020
film Four Sisters Before the Wedding. She was joined by
actresses Alexa Ilacad, Charlie Dizon, and Gillian Vicencio as
the newest Salazar sisters. The film became the No.1 top
trending film as it arrived on Netflix Philippines and No.3
on Netflix Canada and UAE.
11. 2021–present: He's Into Her, Daylight,
and future projects
• In 2021, the long-awaited series He's Into Her had its
record-breaking launch as it crashed the streaming
platform iWant TFC upon its release due to the surge of
the number of viewers who wanted to watch the premiere
episode.[16][17] The series was marked a huge success as
it continuously trended all-throughout its run,[18] and also
helped the iWantTFC app to top all free entertainment
apps in the country. It was also the number one most
watched series on the streaming platform.
12. • Following the series' success, the cast headlined a special online
concert, He's Into Her: The Benison Ball for the fans to enjoy through the
streaming platform KTX.ph. VIP tickets for the show became sold out
after only three days since release.[20] At the end of show, it was
announced that a second season of the show will take place.[21] Shortly
after the successful concert, ABS-CBN Entertainment also unveiled He's
Into Her: The Journey, a documentary about the making of the series. It
showed the production of the show from the conceptualization, auditions,
and the lock-in tapings. With the series' production passing to two years,
the documentary also showed the hardship of the entire team and how
they managed to push through the show even during a global pandemic
and after the ABS-CBN shutdown.
13. • In the same year, Mariano also made her mark in the music scene.
She released her debut song Kung Ako Nalang for the special
compilation album, Kumu Summer Album under Believe Music (on
behalf of Nickl Entertainment). Shortly after, she released her debut
single Sigurado under Star Music which was also included in the
sound track of her series He's Into Her. As of May 2022, the single
already garnered over 16M streams on Spotify and 7.5M views
on YouTube.
14. • Following the successful He's Into Her, the DonBelle love team
landed their first ever lead movie under Star Cinema, romantic-
comedy film Love Is Color Blind. The casts include their He's Into
Her co-star Jeremiah Lisbo, as well as singer-actress Angelina
Cruz, and TikTok contributor Esnyr Ranollo. It premiered through
the streaming platform KTX.ph and Smart's GigaPlay
app.[25][26] Shortly after coming to Netflix, the film ranked atop the
streaming service's trending lists in the Philippines.
15. • She also released her debut album Daylight under Star Music as
well as music video for lead single, Tanging Dahilan. She also
released a visualizer video for For Your Eyes Only, music video
for Rise and performance video for Nights of December. Her
track For Your Eyes Only also became the OST for her movie Love
Is Color Blind, marking her second song to be featured as a
soundtrack.