Charee Pineda-Soledad (born Crissha Charity Morrison Pineda on 27 September 1990) is a

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actress, politician and one of ABS-CBN's Star Magic artists. Her career began when she was cast as the "sweetilicious" girl on ABS-CBN's defunct teen sitcom '' Let's Go''. She is best known for playing the roles of Marissa Ocampo in ''

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'', Jeri Cenarosa in '' Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Alyna'' and Rosalie Dimaano in '' Angelito: Batang Ama'' and '' Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto'' where she was paired up with JM De Guzman. She has since transferred to

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and has done multiple supporting roles. As a politician, she is a incumbent councilor in the city of

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Early life and education

Pineda was born on 27 September 1990 as a daughter of Eloy and Precy Pineda. She took her elementary education at the Maysan Elementary School and graduated in 2002. She continued her secondary education at the Colegio Sto. Niño de Valenzuela. For college she attended the

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, earning a

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degree majoring in

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in 2015. She also finished a two-year course at the SKD Academy for Culinary Arts.

Career

Pineda began her career as a print ad model of beauty products and did freelance modeling jobs. She first appeared as an actress in the GMA-7 afternoon drama show '' Ikaw Sa Puso Ko'' as the jealous Mirasol. Becky Aguila took her wings as manager and became a freelancer for a while, working for both networks,

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and

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. In 2006, she was seen in the Kapamilya station (ABS-CBN) and became a part of the Saturday Barkada show ''Let's Go'' as Charie, the crush ng bayan. She was paired with majority of the guys in the show.

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and Mikel Campos are graduates of the said show. After her stint in ''Let's Go'', Pineda accepted the offer of the Kapuso network to appear in the drama show ''

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'' as Trish, the other party of the

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and

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love team. The writers decided to kill her character because of the conflict between GMA Network and her manager, Becky Aguila. She then moved back to the Kapamilya network and appeared in ''Lovespell'' with Gee-Ann Abrahan, Mickey Perz and Bodie Cruz. In 2008, she won her first major acting award via ''Alon'', a

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Originals 2008 entry, and received the Best Actress award. She is the youngest recipient of the Best Actress award in Cinema One Originals. In 2011, she played as the main female protagonist in '' Angelito: Batang Ama'' as Rosalie Dimaano and again in 2012 in '' Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto''. This was her last show on

. In 2013, she transferred to

and was part of the drama series ''

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'' as main antagonist Agatha Morales. In 2014, she starred on the drama series '' The Borrowed Wife'' as Maricar. In 2015, she starred on the drama series ''

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'' as Angeline San Jose. In 2017, she starred on the fantasy drama series ''

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'' as Savannah Montenegro. In 2018, she starred on the drama series ''

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'' as Rosanna Balagtas.

Politics

Pineda ran for councilor in

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in 2013 elections, allied with the outgoing councilor Shalani Soledad-Romulo, where she won 4th in the race. Her previous job is a

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(SK) chairman from 2007–2010. In the 2016 elections, she ran for re-election and won 2nd in the race. In the 2019 elections, she ran for re-election in her 3rd and last term and won 1st in the race.

Filmography

Film

Television

Other networks

* ''Kroko: Takas sa Zoo'' -

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* ''SPARKada Trip'' -

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* '' The Source with Pinky Webb'' -

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References

External links

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Sagad, Cecilia (2007-08-23). "Charee Pineda: Peek-a-boo star". Life & Entertainment stories. Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 2008-04-28
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