Mariam Sayed Sameer Marbella Al-Alawi (born 25 December 1996), known professionally as Ivana Alawi (), is a Filipino actress, model, and YouTuber. She is also the CEO of her own skincare brand called

Ivana Skin Mariam Sayed Sameer Marbella Al-Alawi (born 25 December 1996), known professionally as Ivana Alawi (), is a Filipino actress, model, and YouTuber. She is also the CEO of her own skincare brand called Ivana Skin. Regarded as one of the biggest ...

. Regarded as one of the biggest

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influencers of her time, Alawi is the most subscribed Filipino celebrity on

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, having been honored by

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as the "Top YouTube Content Creator" in the Philippines for two consecutive years. In 2019, she won "Best New Female TV Personality" at the

PMPC Star Awards for Television PMPC Star Awards for Television is an annual award-giving body recognizing the outstanding programming produced by the several TV networks in the Philippines. It was founded by the Philippine Movie Press Club, an organization of tabloid repor ...

. In 2021, Alawi was ranked fourth on the "100 Most Beautiful Faces in the World" list by TC Candler.

Career

Television

Alawi appeared on the sixth season of

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's '' StarStruck'', which aired in 2015, where she placed among the top 22 contestants. She was later signed by

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. In 2018, Alawi appeared as Rina in

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's ''

Precious Hearts Romances Presents ''Precious Hearts Romances Presents'' is a 5-day Philippine program broadcast on ABS-CBN. It mainly focuses on adaptations of the best selling paperbacks distributed by company holder ''Precious Hearts Romances''. Its first run was from May 4, ...

Araw Gabi ''Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Araw Gabi'' (International title: ''The Secrets of El Paraiso'' / ) is a 2018 Philippine drama television series under '' Precious Hearts Romances'' based on the Filipino pocket book novel ''El Paraiso'' by Ma ...

''. A year later she appeared as Amor in ''

Ang Probinsyano ''FPJ's Ang Probinsyano'' (lit. ''FPJ's The Provincial Man''; abbreviated as ''FPJAP'' and internationally known as ''Brothers'') is a 2015 Philippine action drama television series under ABS-CBN Entertainment replacing ''Nathaniel''. Based ...

'', made her film debut in the film ''

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'' and was later cast in the

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entry '' 3pol Trobol: Huli Ka Balbon!'', and appeared as Lolita in '' Sino ang Maysala?: Mea Culpa'',for which she was awarded Best New Female Personality in the 33rd PMPC Star Awards for Television.

YouTube

Alawi launched a self-titled

channel in 2019. Her channel currently is one of the most subscribed in YouTube Philippines.

Personal life

Alawi was raised in

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to a

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mother and a Moroccan father. The third of four children, she eventually inherited all of her father's money after his death in 2018. Her youngest sibling is former child actress Mona Alawi. Following her parents' separation, the 7-year-old Alawi flew alone to the Philippines to live with her mother. The former worked various side jobs to financially support them in the Philippines.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * 1996 births Living people Participants in Philippine reality television series StarStruck (Philippine TV series) participants GMA Network personalities ABS-CBN personalities Female YouTubers Filipino female models Filipino film actresses Filipino people of Moroccan descent Filipino television actresses Filipino television personalities Filipino YouTubers People from Manila Star Magic personalities Tagalog people 21st-century Filipino actresses {{Philippines-actor-stub