Sarita Pérez de Tagle (born October 29, 1986 in

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) is a

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and

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. She was launched as a member of Star Circle Batch 11, a group of talents managed by the

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...

Talent Center (now known as Star Magic) in 2003.

Personal life

She is the third of six children in a Filipino family of

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descent. Daughter of actor Bernie Pérez; she is the granddaughter of singer and actress

Sylvia La Torre Sylvia Reyes La Torre-Perez de Tagle (June 4, 1933 – December 1, 2022), was a Filipino singer, actress, and radio star. Early life La Torre was born on June 4, 1933 to actress Leonora Reyes and director Olive La Torre. Career Singing La Tor ...

, and also the cousin of actress

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle Anna Maria Francesca Enriquez Perez de Tagle-Kline

. She is also the distant niece of

Isabel Preysler María Isabel Preysler Arrastía (born February 18, 1951) is a Spanish-Filipina socialite and television host. She is the mother of singers Enrique Iglesias, Julio Iglesias Jr., journalist Chábeli Iglesias, Tamara Falcó y Preysler, 6th ...

and distant cousin of

Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...

Chabeli Iglesias María Isabel "Chábeli" Iglesias Preysler (born 3 September 1971) is a Spanish journalist and socialite. She is the daughter of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Filipina socialite Isabel Preysler, and the older sister of singers Julio Iglesia ...

and

Julio Iglesias Jr. Julio José Iglesias Preysler (born 25 February 1973) is a Spanish singer. In 2008, he was declared the winner of the CMT competition '' Gone Country''. Early life He was born Julio José Iglesias-Preysler (before a later name change) in Madri ...

She graduated AB Psychology at the

De La Salle University De La Salle University ( fil, Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private university, private, Catholic Church, Catholic coeducational research university run by the I ...

in 2005.

Early career

Sarita appeared in the TV series ''

It Might Be You "It Might Be You" is a song with music written by Dave Grusin, and lyrics written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Alan & Marilyn Bergman. It was performed by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop (singer), Stephen Bishop in the 1982 film ''Tootsie'' star ...

'' on

, and in the movies '' My First Romance'' (2003) and ''

D' Anothers ''D' Anothers'' is a 2005 Filipino comedy horror film directed by Joyce Bernal, story by Adolfo Alix Jr., and screenplay by Alix and Raymond Lee. The film tells the story of Hesus Resurreccion (Vhong Navarro), the protagonist who is afraid of ...

'' (2005).

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* 1986 births Filipino child actresses Filipino film actresses Living people People from Muntinlupa Actresses from Metro Manila Star Magic {{Philippines-actor-stub