Presentation

1. MARIAN RIVERA

2. • Marian Rivera Gracia-Dantes (Tagalog: [mɐɾˈjɐn ɾiˈbɛɾa dɐnˈtɛs]; born 12 August
1984[1][2][3]) is a Filipino actress, television host, model and entrepreneur. She is known for
her portrayals of heroines and roles in romantic dramas. Her accolades include a FAMAS
Award, five PMPC Star Awards for Television, seven Box Office Entertainment Awards, and
six Anak TV Seal Awards, including nominations from Asian Television Awards and Metro
Manila Film Festival. In 2020, Forbes Asia named her one of the most influential Filipino
celebrities in Asia Pacific.

3. • Rivera initially began as a commercial model and ventured acting in mid 2000s. In 2005,
she made her film debut in Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko... The Legend
Continues!. The film earned her a nomination for 'New Movie Actress of the Year' at
the 2006 Star Awards for Movies. She started playing minor and supporting roles in various
projects and rose to stardom in the remake Marimar (2007). She gained wider recognition
for her leading roles in television shows such as Dyesebel (2008), Darna (2009), Endless
Love (2010), Amaya (2011) and Temptation of Wife (2012). She also top-billed the remake
of Super Inday and the Golden Bibe, earning her a nomination for Best Actress at
the Metro Manila Film Festival. She scored two nominations at the FAMAS Award for Best
Actress for the films Ang Panday 2 (2011) and Kung Fu Divas (2013). Her most successful
films at the box-office include Rewind (2023), Shake, Rattle & Roll X (2008), My Best
Friend's Girlfriend (2008), Ang Panday 2 (2011), You to Me Are Everything (2010),
and One True Love (2008).

4. • Appointed by the Congress of the Philippines as the Ambassador for Women and Children
with Disabilities, Rivera is also a volunteer of numerous charitable institutions. She is the
most followed Filipino celebrity on Facebook. Preview magazine named her one of the
most influential Filipino personalities in 2022.[5] She was the first Filipina to be inducted at
the FHM Philippines' Hall of Fame for being the "sexiest woman" in the country for three
cumulative years (2008, 2013 & 2014). She was also chosen as one of the members of the
selection committee at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant.[6] As a recording artist, Rivera has
released two albums: Marian Rivera Dance Hits (2008) and Retro Crazy (2009), receiving
Platinum and Gold certifications from the Philippine Association of the Record Industry. She
is currently the host of the drama anthology Tadhana (2017-present).

5. Early life and education
• Marian Rivera Gracia was born in Madrid, Spain to Francisco
Javier Gracia Alonso, a Spaniard, and Amalia Rivera, a Filipina
from Cavite. Her parents married and eventually divorced when
she was three years old, after which her mother brought her to
the Philippines where she grew up. However, her mother had to
leave to continue her work commitment abroad and Rivera was
sent to her maternal grandmother, Francisca Rivera,
in Maragondon, Cavite.

6. • Rivera pursued her elementary and high school
education at Saint Francis of Assisi College System, and
obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology degree from
the De La Salle University-Dasmariñas. After graduation,
she worked for a mental institution
in Mandaluyong where she gave out medicine and
conducted examinations and evaluations of patients.

7. Career
• 2004–2008: Career beginnings
• Marian Rivera pursued ramp modelling in her elementary schooling years then
later as TV commercial model for SkinWhite lotion,[8] Sky Flakes biscuits,[9][10] and
other labels. These commercial appearances led TAPE Inc. executive producer
Tony Tuviera commissioned her for roles in the afternoon TV soap operas Kung
Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako, Agawin Mo Man ang Lahat,
and Pinakamamahal.[11] Rivera made her first supporting role film appearance
through OctoArts' Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko: The Legend Continues in
2005 as the fairy Alyssa. In 2006, she signed a contract with Regal
Entertainment that featured her debut in the horror film Pamahiin.

8. • In February 2007, GMA Network cast her for motherly roles; first in the Filipino-
Malaysian TV drama series Muli.[13] and lastly in the fantasy TV series, Super Twins as the
protagonist twins' mother, and villain on later episodes that concluded on 1 June 200
• In June 2007, Rivera auditioned for and won the lead role in GMA Network's adaptation of
the popular Mexican series MariMar (based on Televisa's the 1994 Mexican telenovela of
the same title).[16][17][18] Opposite to Dingdong Dantes, the show became the highest-rated
prime time drama show on Philippine television at that time and launched Rivera to
stardom.7.

9. • She was acknowledged as a Phenomenal TV Star in the 38th Box-Office Entertainment
Awards by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. in 2008.[21] That
year she won an award for her work in the show, as well as several product endorsements.
She was named the country's sexiest woman by FHM magazine, and was also included in
the "hottest" list of other magazines like Maxim and Uno.
• That same year, she appeared in two films, Desperadas and Bahay Kubo, both Metro
Manila Film Festival entries.

10. • In 2008, Rivera played the title role in Dyesebel, which aired on 28 April 2008, the famous
Philippine mermaid character acted by many famous Filipinos actresses from as early as
1970.[24] The series is another team-up with Dantes.[24][25] The year marked Rivera's first
lead role opposite Richard Gutierrez in My Best Friend's Girlfriend.[26] In the same year,
Dantes and Rivera debuted in One True Love, directed by Mac Alejandre.[27][28] She also
appeared in two Metro Manila Film Festival entries such as Shake, Rattle & Roll X, an
omnibus horror trilogy in which she played "Nieves, The Engkanto
Slayer",[29][30] and Desperadas 2, a sequel of the 2007 film of the same with Rufa Mae
Quinto, Iza Calzado, Ruffa Gutierrez, and Ogie Alcasid. She was among the third batch of
stars honored in the Eastwood City Walk of Fame located in Eastwood City, Libis, Quezon
City in 2008.

11. • Rivera released her first dance music album entitled Marian Rivera Dance
Hits under Universal Records in 2008.[32] It was a compilation of 12 songs, danced and
choreographed by Rivera.[32] The album certified a 2-time Platinum Record Award by the
Philippine Association of the Record Industry (or PARI)

12. 2009–2014: Rise to Fame
• In 2009, she released her first single, "Sabay Sabay Tayo" under her second album Retro
Crazy. The single and the album both received a Gold Award and later on a Platinun
Record Award from PARI.
• In February 2009, she appeared in Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang, an adaptation
of Carlo J. Caparas' graphic novel.[35] It was her third team-up with Dingdong
Dantes.[36] Later that year, she was paired with Dennis Trillo in an adaptation of the famous
historical fiction heroine created by Mars Ravelo, Darna.[37] She played Narda, who turns
into superheroine Darna, after swallowing a magical stone. Nestor Torre of Philippine Daily
Inquirer described the series as "loud and livid", praising Rivera's acting.[38] Trillo and
Rivera later teamed up for the second time on the horror-suspense film Tarot produced
by Regal Entertainment.

13. • She appeared on her first sitcom, Show Me Da Manny, alongside Manny
Pacquiao.[when?][41] According to Philippine Star, Rivera showed a natural comic skill.
• Rivera, starred in the Philippine adaptation of Endless Love, a Korean series, aired on
GMA Network. Rivera reunited with Dantes in You to Me Are Everything, a romantic-
comedy film under GMA Films which premiered on 5 May 2010.[43] She played Francisca
Carantes, a girl from Cordillera who turns out to be the daughter of a millionaire.[

14. • Gracia starred in her own Metro Manila Film Festival entry, Super Inday and the Golden
Bibe, for which she was nominated as Best Actress at the festival's awards night.[44][45] She
starred on a Holy Week drama special, Anghel sa Lupa (Earth Angel), produced by APT
Entertainment, as well as in a Christmas series aired on GMA Network, The Christmas
Doll.
• In 2011, she was cast in Temptation Island, a remake of the 1980 film of the same name.
She reprised the role of Cristina G., a beauty queen aspirant who has been trapped on an
island together with contenders acted by Heart Evangelista, Solenn Heussaff, Lovi Poe,
and Ruffa Mae Quinto.[47][48] She also starred in Bong Revilla's film, Ang Panday 2.[49] That
same year, she headlined Amaya, a historical drama fiction depicting early Filipinos in the
16th century.[50] She won several awards and accolades including "Favorite TV Actress" on
2011 KZONE Awards, "Best Actress" in a Prime Time Television Series on NSSUA Awards,
and for the first time as "Best Actress" in Golden Screen TV Awards in 2013.

15. • That same year, she won her second "Best Actress" award for the same show at the
2013 Northwest Samar State University Annual Awards.[53][54] The series is promoted by
the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and Department of Education due to
its cultural concept that shows and depicts the Filipino material culture, beliefs, traditions
and mores in the Pre-Hispanic era.
• In 2012, Rivera headlined on different programs of GMA Network such as My Beloved,
a Filipino romance drama-suspense-thriller series created and written by RJ Nuevas, under
the helm of Dominic Zapata and Lore Reyes.