Lara Serena Roque Ortaleza-Cipriano (born December 6, 1982), professionally known as Chynna Ortaleza, is a

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, and

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. She is currently a contract star of

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Career

Ortaleza landed her first TV gig as a junior reporter on the children's magazine show ''

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''. She left the show after three years to concentrate on her studies. She returned to acting after graduating from high school, when she became known as Sprite's Kitikitxt girl via a popular TV commercial that launched her showbusiness career. Ortaleza was later cast as Mimi on

's teen drama, '' Click'', where she starred next to

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. In 2004, Ortaleza began to focus on her hosting career. After the success of the first season of '' StarStruck,'' Ortaleza hosted the ''StarStrucks Friday live show, ''Stage 1 Live'', with Cogie Domingo and

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. ''Stage 1 Live'' was cancelled after one season. She was then added to the new youth segment of ''

SOP (Sobrang Okey Pare) ''SOP'' is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on February 2, 1997, replacing '' GMA Supershow''. The show concluded on February 28, 2010, with a total of 672 episodes. It was replaced by ''Party Pilipina ...

'', titled as ''SOP Gimikada'' then changed to ''SOP Gigsters''. She was then cast as host in the second season of 3R with

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and

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. She was also a cast member of Joyride. In 2010 to 2012, she played more than five major villainess character roles. In 2013, Chynna Ortaleza was cast as the hard-hearted and soft-spoken Minerva on ''

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'', along with

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and Lexi Fernandez, the three of them are the lead villains to the main heroine, Eliana. Ortaleza's character in the end became snake and tries to murder Eliana as a revenge for Nora's demise (Sherilyn Reyes-Tan). In 2005, Ortaleza appeared in the first issue of Pump Magazine. She was also a part of Metro Magazine and ''

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s "100 Sexiest Women in the World." Ortaleza then starred in the

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'' Sugo'' and joined the

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to become one of the 16 finalists. Though she did not win the title, she got the People Choice awards. For the year 2006, Ortaleza was on the list again of FHM 100 sexiest women. In 2014 she played as Colleen on '' Second Chances'' and on 2018 she played the kind-hearted and tough Lynette on ''

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''. Her Lynette character was slightly hateful to her mother for abandoning them but later learns to forgive her.

Personal life

In November 2015, Ortaleza married singer and actor

Kean Cipriano Kean Edward Uson Cipriano (born June 11, 1987 in Pasig City) is a Filipino singer, composer, actor, music video director, and musician. He is well known as the former vocalist of pop-rock band Callalily, and the founder of his own record label O ...

. On April 20, 2016, the couple had their first child daughter named Stellar. The name of their daughter was inspired by one of the songs of their favorite band

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. On September 25, 2019, Ortaleza gave birth to their son, Salem. The name of their son means "peace" in Hebrew.

Filmography

Television

Films

*(2014) ''#Y'' as Abby *(2014) ''Hustisya'' as Kristal *(2014) ''

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'' as Olivia *(2014) ''Basement'' as Angela *(2013) ''Ano Ang Kulay Ng Mga Nakalimutang Pangarap?'' as Monette *(2013) ''Menor de Edad'' as Nancy *(2012) ''Migrante'' as Edna *(2009) ''Forget Me Not'' as Karla *(2005) ''Kilig, Pintig, Yanig'' as Mitch *(2004) ''Kuya'' as Jill *(2003) '' Mano Po 2: My Home'' as Yna *(2002) ''Bakit Papa'' as Chiqui

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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