Chai Fonacier (born December 25, 1986) is a Filipina actress, singer, writer and songwriter.
Career
Music
Fonancier was a contestant of the
first season of ''
Pinoy Dream Academy
''Pinoy Dream Academy'' (also known as PDA) is the Philippine version of Endemol's '' Operación Triunfo'' (Operation Triumph). The format is similar to Big Brother, where a set number of finalists (billed as "scholars" throughout the series) w ...
''. She was also a part of the defunct Cebu-based
trip hop
Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with " downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic fusion of hip hop and electronica with slow temp ...
trio Womb with Anthony Uy and Fender Figuera.
Acting
Fonacier won her first Best Supporting Actress award in the 11th Sinulog Film Festival for her performance in Ara Chawdhury's short film ''Operation Prutas'' in 2015. Later in the same year, she appeared in the
Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival entry ''Miss Bulalacao'' and won the Best Supporting Actress award.
In 2016, Fonacier appeared in the film ''
Pauwi Na''. For her performance in ''
Patay na si Hesus'', Fonacier was awarded Best Supporting Actress in the
35th Luna Awards.
In 2018, Fonacier appeared in the film ''Asuang''. She also appeared in ''
Halik'' and ''
Wansapanataym
''Wansapanataym'' ( Filipinization of the English phrase "'' once upon a time''") was a Philippine fantasy anthology television series produced and broadcast by ABS-CBN. It airs every Sunday night. The series was aired from June 22, 1997, to Fe ...
s ''Switch be with You'' miniseries, both running from 2018 to 2019.
In 2019, she appeared in the films ''
Born Beautiful'' and ''Sakaling Maging Tayo''. Later in the same year, she would reprise her role in the TV adaptation of ''Born Beautiful''.
Personal life
Fonacier identifies as
cisgender
Cisgender (often shortened to cis; sometimes cissexual) is a term used to describe a person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth. The word ''cisgender'' is the antonym of ''transgender''. The prefix '' cis-'' is L ...
and
mostly straight.
She speaks English,
Tagalog
Tagalog may refer to:
Language
* Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines
** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language
** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language
* Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...
,
Cebuano and
Hiligaynon.
Filmography
Television
Film
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
External links
*
People from Cagayan de Oro
Living people
1996 births
Cebuano film actresses
Cebuano television actresses
21st-century Cebuano actresses
People from Cebu City
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