Ciara Anna Gamboa Sotto ( , born July 2, 1980) is a Filipina actress and singer.

Personal life

She is the youngest daughter of actress Helen Gamboa-Sotto and actor and

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

Vicente Sotto III Vicente Castelo Sotto III (; born August 24, 1948), professionally known as Tito Sotto, is a Filipino politician, entertainer and athlete who served as Senate President from 2018 to 2022. Before that, had two stints each as Senate Majority Lea ...

. She is a first cousin of

Sharon Cuneta Sharon Gamboa Cuneta-Pangilinan ( , ; born January 6, 1966) is a Filipino actress, singer, television host, and socialite. Regarded as one of the most successful and highest-earning individuals in the Philippine entertainment industry, she has ...

(their mothers are sisters) and an aunt to

KC Concepcion Maria Kristina Cassandra "KC" Cuneta Concepcion (; born April 7, 1985) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, entrepreneur, socialite and humanitarian. She has had lead roles in Philippine films '' For The First Time'' (2008) and '' Whe ...

. She is also cousins with

Oyo Boy Sotto Vittorio Mari Bonnevie Sotto (; born January 12, 1984), known professionally as Oyo Boy Sotto, is a Filipino actor. He is the son of Filipino actor-comedian-host Vic Sotto and Swiss-Filipino singer-actress Dina Bonnevie, nephew of Senator Tito ...

, as well as

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Mayor

Vico Sotto Victor Ma. Regis "Vico" Nubla Sotto (; born June 17, 1989) is a Filipino politician serving as the incumbent mayor of Pasig. Sotto first entered politics when he ran for a seat on the Pasig City Council in 2016. He won the election as an indep ...

. In 2010, Sotto married businessman Jojo Oconer, with whom she has a son.

Career

At age six, Sotto made her first appearance on ''

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'' and became one of the show's regular hosts from 2005 to 2012. Before she became a regular host at ''Eat Bulaga'', she was a member of '' T.G.I.S.'', produced by

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and

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. During her teenage years, Sotto together with cousin Danica Sotto and Jocas de Leon, had a regular Saturday production number in ''Eat Bulaga!''. They were dubbed as the "Ang TVJ (Tito, Vic and Joey) Kids". During her stint in ''Eat Bulaga!'', she was paired with co-host

Paolo Ballesteros Paolo Elito Macapagal Ballesteros IV (born November 29, 1982) is a Philippines, Filipino actor, comedian, TV host, model, drag queen, and impersonator. He has appeared in films and several TV shows, and has been one of the co-hosts of longtime ...

and were together dubbed "CiaPao". In 2008, Sotto launched her album entitled ''If You Love Me''. She said that she was involved in different aspects of the album's production. The album contains songs written by her father Tito with her uncle

Vic Sotto Marvic Valentin Castelo Sotto (; born April 28, 1954), professionally known as Vic Sotto, is a Filipino actor, singer and comedian known far and wide for his various television and film projects on the major Philippine television networks GMA ...

along with

Joey de Leon Jose Maria Ramos de Leon Jr. (born October 14, 1946), professionally known as Joey de Leon, is a Filipino comedian, actor, television presenter and songwriter. He hosts the noontime variety show ''Eat Bulaga!'' He is a member of the comedy trio ...

doing the back-up vocals of one song. It was Sotto's second album and it is produced and was distributed by Sony BMG Music.

Filmography

Television

Films

References

External links

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Ciara Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model and entrepreneur. She released her debut studio album, '' Goodies'' in 2004, which spawned four singles: " Goodies" (featuring Petey Pa ...

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