Kristine Hermosa
Kristine Hermosa Orille-Sotto is a Filipino actress.
Hermosa made her screen debut in the youth-oriented variety show Ang TV. Her breakthrough came in the soap opera Pangako Sa 'Yo, which became one of the highest-rated television series in Philippine history. She went on to star in several teleseryes, including Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas,
She was one half of the popular ABS-CBN love team "EchoTin" alongside Jericho Rosales. Hermosa has also been recognized as one of the network's successful actresses, known for her consistent box office appeal. One of her most notable works is the 2002 film Forevermore, which has been described as a significant romantic drama in Philippine cinema. In 2003, Ngayong Nandito Ka was released, earning ₱115 million at the box office. The following year, she starred alongside Aga Muhlach in All My Life, which grossed ₱175 million. That same year, she appeared with Vic Sotto in Enteng Kabisote: OK Ka Fairy Ko... The Legend, the first installment of the highly successful Enteng Kabisote film series.
Hermosa reprised her role as Faye in four subsequent installments of the Enteng Kabisote film series, concluding in 2007. The second installment, Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko... The Legend Continues!, was a commercial success, earning ₱158 million domestically and earning her the title of "Box-Office Queen" at the 2005 GMMSF Box Office Entertainment Awards. In 2010, she took an indefinite hiatus from acting to focus on her family with Oyo Sotto. She returned to television in 2016 with the sitcom Hay, Bahay! and rejoined ABS-CBN in 2018, portraying an antagonist in Bagani.
Personal life
Hermosa was in an intimate relationship with her on-screen partner, Jericho Rosales, from 2000 to 2004.On September 21, 2004, she married actor Diether Ocampo. Their marriage ended shortly after and was officially nullified on January 30, 2009.
Hermosa married actor and host Oyo Boy Sotto on January 12, 2011, at Club Balay Isabel in Talisay, Batangas, with fellow actors Charo Santos-Concio and Johnny Manahan as their special sponsors. Hermosa and Sotto have five children. In February 2024, Hermosa announced on Instagram that she and Sotto were expecting their sixth child.
Acting career
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. In 2000, she was cast in the primetime soap opera, Pangako Sa ’Yo, alongside Jericho Rosales. She starred in the film Forevermore, released in 2002. In 2003–2004, she starred in Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas.She also played the lead role in the short-lived drama 'Til Death Do Us Part in 2005. Hermosa appeared in Gulong ng Palad and Prinsesa ng Banyera in 2006 and 2007 respectively and in Dahil May Isang Ikaw in 2009.
Her last project on ABS-CBN was the action-fantasy series Noah where she played a diwata, the counterpart of a fairy in Philippine mythology.
In 2016, she starred in GMA's weekly sitcom Hay, Bahay! with her husband Oyo Boy Sotto, Vic Sotto and Ai-Ai delas Alas, her first major role as a Kapuso artist.
In 2018, she returned to teleseryes through a very special role in the adventure-fantasy drama Bagani, her comeback project on ABS-CBN.