Tyra Banks Bikini: Kristine Hermosa

Friday, September 2, 2011

Kristine Hermosa

Kristine Hermosa Sotto (born Kristine Hermosa Orille) on September 9, 1983 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. She is well known for portraying the role of Yna Macaspac in the primetime drama series, Pangako sa 'Yo. She is currently a talent of Star Magic and a contract artist of ABS-CBN. She is the second of four children in the family. Her mother is of Spanish descent. One of her siblings is former actress Kathleen Hermosa. Hermosa went to Batino Elementary School. When her family moved to Laguna, she then enrolled at Colegio de San Pedro, San Pedro, Laguna near Pacita Complex to continue her remaining years in grade school and eventually her first year in high school. She then pursued her studies at ABS-CBN Learning Center after they moved back to Manila. On September 21, 2004, she had a marriage ceremony with Diether Ocampo, her co-star in Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas; however, the Court of Appeals, on January 30, 2009, upheld a lower court ruling that the marriage was declared null and void from the very start. Kristine became official part of sotto family clan when she married Oyo Boy Sotto. Kristine Hermosa was discovered at age 12 when her older sister Kathleen auditioned for a show in ABS-CBN. She was cast in the 1998 weekly drama series, Sa Sandaling Kailangan Mo Ako. On 2000, she was cast in the primetime soap opera, Pangako sa 'Yo. She starred in the film Forevermore, released in 2002. In 2003-2004, she starred Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas. The following year, Hermosa starred in the film All My Life where she played a broken-hearted woman who finds love with a dying man. She also played the lead role in the short-lived television series 'Til Death Do Us Part in 2005. Hermosa appeared in Gulong ng Palad and Prinsesa ng Banyera in 2006 and 2007 respectively and in 2009 in Dahil May Isang Ikaw. She appeared in the action-fantasy series Noah where she played a diwata, the counterpart of a fairy in Philippine mythology.