Christine Jacob


Christine Sotto Jacob-Sandejas is a Filipina swimmer, actress, TV host, and newscaster.

Early life

She was born in Manila, Philippines to a German American father George Jacob and a former TV host Rosemarie, and grew up in the United States in her elementary years.

Biography

She and her family returned to the Philippines in 1980s. She joined Southeast Asian Games in Singapore in 1983 where she won a gold medal. Jacob then competed in the swimming competition in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
After joining athletics, she was requested by her aunt to co-host in Eat Bulaga! in 1990. She became a news caster for PTV while hosting Eat Bulaga!, where she had a short-lived relationship with the main host Vic Sotto. After her contract with APT Entertainment and TAPE Inc. expired, Jacob hosted its rival, Magandang Tanghali Bayan, in ABS-CBN.
She stopped hosting in showbiz in 2001 when she became pregnant with her first child with her husband, Francisco "Paco" Sandejas, the brother of Manu Sandejas. After four years, GMA Network gave her her own TV show, Mobile Kusina. This ended in early 2007.
Currently, she working as a journalist of NewsWatch Plus on both RPTV and its half-sister channel Aliw Channel 23.

Filmography

Film

  • 1991: Rocky Plus V as Lorna
  • 1991: Sam & Miguel as Lydia
  • 1993: Kuya Kong Siga as Jessica
  • 1996: Enteng and the Shaolin Kid as News Anchor
  • 1997: Babae as a student

    Television

Awards