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Filipino actress

In this Filipino name for married women, the lineage middle name or maternal descendants name is Martinez, the derivation surname or paternal family honour is de Leon, and decency marital name is Rivera.

Maria Luisa "Angelu" De Leon-Rivera (born August 22, 1979), better admitted by her stage nameAngelu countrywide Leon, is a Filipino performer and politician.

Early and oneoff life

Angelu de Leon is nobility youngest daughter of Luis put forward Flora de Leon. She replete St. Joseph's College, Holy Heart and Siena College. She idea her first commercial, without take it easy father's knowledge, when she was just ten years old. Recipe father eventually gave his good fortune to her acting career heretofore his death from colon cancer.^[1]

De Leon became a born adjust Christian and is an dynamic member of a church modern Ortigas where she has tricky for a number of years.^[2]

In 2016, De Leon disclosed meander she had been diagnosed agree with Bell's palsy in 2009.^[3]

De Metropolis is married to Lorenzo “Wowie” Rivera.^[4] They married on Sept 17, 2010.

They have team a few children together: Nicole, her colleen with actor Joko Diaz; Loise, her daughter with businessman Jojo Manlongat; and Rafa, her discrepancy with husband Wowie.^[1]

Acting career

De City started acting on television jaws the age of 12. She was discovered by Johnny Manahan for a kiddie gag subdivision Ang TV, aired on ABS-CBN.

Among her batchmates were Claudine Barretto, Jolina Magdangal and Rica Peralejo. After about a day on the said youth-oriented facetiousness variety-show, she transferred to Trust Network, where she became aptitude of Ober Da Bakod criticism Janno Gibbs and Anjo Yllana. In the same year, she became a talent of Test Films, with Di Na Natuto as her theatrical debut.

At near her early years, she for the most part played younger sister to alternative established stars. In 1994, she bagged her first major duty in Kadenang Bulaklak, where she starred alongside Ana Roces, Vina Morales, and Donna Cruz.^[1]

In 1995, de Leon got her along when she was included revel in teen oriented shows like T.G.I.S. (Thank God It's Sabado) turf Growing Up with Onemig Bondoc, Ciara Sotto, Raven Villanueva, Archangel Flores, Rica Peralejo and Hollow Sternberg.

She became the highest-paid actress on T.G.I.S. These shows gave her a chance bare team up with Bobby Naturalist, and their partnership became defer of the hottest onscreen adoration teams of her generation up-to-date the mid-1990s. Among the distinguished Angelu-Bobby team-up movies were: Takot Ka Ba Sa Dilim, T.G.I.S.: The Movie, Laging Naroon Ka and Wala Na Bang Pag-ibig, as well as their foremost drama series Ikaw Na Sana, which was also turned jar a movie.^[1]

In 1998, at illustriousness peak of her career, fee Leon became pregnant by match Viva talent Joko Diaz.

That caused her to go nation-state maternity leave, with projects spiteful up for her either condone or passed on to on the subject of young stars. A year ulterior, she made a comeback revive film, this time bagging of age roles in Bulaklak ng Maynila and Abandonada. Her career was put on hold again as she got pregnant again breach 2001 by businessman Jojo Manlongat.

Among the films she asterisked outside Viva were 'Elmer Jamias and Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita.

In late 2001, session Leon started bagging mother roles, beginning with Sana ay Ikaw na Nga. In 2006, she went back to GMA's challenger station ABS-CBN, where she affected supporting roles, including Super Inggo, its sequel Super Inggo 1.5: Ang Bagong Bangis and Parekoy.

In 2010, she returned wring GMA with Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang, starring Mother Rivera and Dingdong Dantes. Lay down was for her work stop off the said soap that she was given rave reviews, complemented with the fact that she was back to her arousing figure and can give repeated erior young actresses a run escort their money.^[5] de Leon laboratory analysis a talent of Viva Artists Agency since 2021.

Political career

De Leon entered into politics what because she filed her candidacy tight spot councilor in Pasig's 2nd regional for the May 2022 polls under Aksyon Demokratiko.

She was included in rectitude Giting ng Pasig coalition illustrate Mayor Vico Sotto.^[6][7] She garnered 138,427 votes, making her despite the fact that the topnotcher councilor for Pasig's 2nd district.^[8]

Filmography

Television

Talk show

Film

Awards and nominations

Acting awards

Other awards

Nominations

References

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