Maritoni Fernandez-Dayrit (born Antonita Maria Carmen Fernandez Moynihan; March 31, 1969) is a Filipina character actress, model and entrepreneur.

Family

She is the daughter of

Antony Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan Antony Patrick Andrew Cairne Berkeley Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan, 3rd Baronet of Carr Manor (2 February 1936 – 24 November 1991) was a British hereditary peer. He lived a playboy lifestyle and married five times. After multiple charges of fr ...

, who was

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with some

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roots, and a

Filipina Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other ...

mother. She is niece to Colin Moynihan, the current Baron Moynihan and former head of the British Olympic Association. She was reared by her grandmother in York, England during her childhood years, later moving to the Philippines to accompany her father, who became a close friend of former Philippine president

Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...

and a successful food critic and restaurant owner in Manila in the 1980s. She is the mother of actress

Lexi Fernandez Lexi Fernandez (born January 5, 1995) is a Filipina actress, host, singer and dancer. Career Lexi, who got her mestiza looks from her mother Maritoni who is half-English with some Irish roots, decided to follow in her mother's footsteps by pur ...

, who was a former

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contract artist. On September 10, 2016, her sister, Maria Aurora Moynihan, was killed in the Philippines.

Career

As an adult, she became a commercial model and actress in the Philippines, adopting the screen name Maritoni Fernandez. She has had considerable success as a screen actress, figuring in many movies with the respected Filipino actor

Fernando Poe, Jr. Ronald Allan Kelley Poe (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004), known professionally as Fernando Poe Jr., and often referred to by his initials FPJ, was a Filipino actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and politician. His long and s ...

and appearing in the award-winning Hong Kong film ''

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'' by acclaimed director

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. During the 90s, she worked as a showbiz columnist of

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, under the title ''Eksena''. In 1993, Fernandez was linked to the '' Brunei beauties'' affair. On her 30th birthday, Fernandez was diagnosed with

breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a re ...

and has since undergone a

lumpectomy Lumpectomy (sometimes known as a tylectomy, partial mastectomy, breast segmental resection or breast wide local excision) is a surgical removal of a discrete portion or "lump" of breast tissue, usually in the treatment of a malignant tumor or brea ...

in the United States. In remission, she has been serving as a spokesperson for breast cancer patients and survivors in the Philippines and abroad. Fernandez is currently an entrepreneur-owner of Herb-All Organic Trading Corporation, a

food supplement A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement one's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources or that are synthetic in order ...

company specializing in "young

barley Barley (''Hordeum vulgare''), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Globally 70% of barley pr ...

" powder and other natural health supplements. Simple Thoughts, her easy text floral service Bella Regalo, RSVP Event Planning and Design, and Just Desserts in addition to her jobs as commercial model and actress in television

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s for a major Philippine television network. She resides with her children in

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

. She is a member of the ICanServe Foundation.

Filmography

Television

Movies

References

External links

Herb-All Organic Trading Corporation
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Maritoni 1969 births Actresses from Metro Manila Living people 21st-century Filipino businesspeople Filipino Christians Filipino evangelicals Filipino female models Filipino film actresses Filipino people of English descent Filipino people of Irish descent Filipino Protestants Filipino television actresses Daughters of barons People from Makati GMA Network personalities ABS-CBN personalities