Chynna Ortaleza

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Roque, the birth surname or paternal family name is Ortaleza, and the marital name is Cipriano.

Chynna Ortaleza
Born	Lara Serena Roque Ortaleza (1982-12-06) December 6, 1982 (age 42) Quezon City, Philippines
Occupation(s)	Television host, model, actress
Years active	1997–2020
Agent	Sparkle GMA Artist Center (2001–2020)
Height	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Spouse	Kean Cipriano ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2

Lara Serena Roque Ortaleza-Cipriano (born December 6, 1982), professionally known as Chynna Ortaleza, is a Filipino actress, television host, and model. She is currently a contract star of GMA Network. She is also Vice President for Production & Artist Management for O/C Records a fast rising music & entertainment agency in the Philippines.

Career

Ortaleza landed her first TV gig as a junior reporter on the children's magazine show 5 and Up.^[1] She left the show after three years to concentrate on her studies. She returned to acting after graduating from high school, when she became known as Sprite's Kitikitxt girl via a popular TV commercial that launched her showbusiness career.

Ortaleza was later cast as Mimi on GMA Network's teen drama, Click, where she starred next to Richard Gutierrez.

In 2004, Ortaleza began to focus on her hosting career. After the success of the first season of StarStruck, Ortaleza hosted the StarStruck's Friday live show, Stage 1 Live, with Cogie Domingo and Raymond Gutierrez. Stage 1 Live was cancelled after one season. She was then added to the new youth segment of SOP (Sobrang Okey Pare), titled as SOP Gimikada then changed to SOP Gigsters. She was then cast as host in the second season of 3R with Iza Calzado and Bettina Carlos. She was also a cast member of Joyride.

In 2010 to 2012, she played more than five major villainess character roles.

In 2013, Ortaleza was cast as the hard-hearted and soft-spoken Minerva on Kakambal ni Eliana, along with Sherilyn Reyes-Tan and Lexi Fernandez, the three of them are the lead villains to the main heroine, Eliana. Ortaleza's character in the end became snake and tries to murder Eliana as a revenge for Nora's demise (Sherilyn Reyes-Tan).^[2]

In 2005, Ortaleza appeared in the first issue of Pump Magazine. She was also a part of Metro Magazine and FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World."

Ortaleza then starred in the soap opera Sugo and joined the MTV VJ Hunt to become one of the 16 finalists.

Though she did not win the title, she got the People Choice awards.

For the year 2006, Ortaleza was on the list again of FHM 100 sexiest women.

In 2014 she played as Colleen on Second Chances and on 2018 she played the kind-hearted and tough Lynette on Victor Magtanggol.^[3] Her Lynette character was slightly hateful to her mother for abandoning them but later learns to forgive her.

Personal life

In November 2015, Ortaleza married singer and actor Kean Cipriano.^[4] On April 20, 2016, the couple had their first child, a daughter named Stellar.^[5] The name of their daughter was inspired by one of the songs of their favorite band Incubus. On September 25, 2019, Ortaleza gave birth to their son, Salem.^[6] The name of their son means "peace" in Hebrew.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
1997–2002	5 and Up	Herself/host	GMA Network
1999–2004	Click	Mimi Mendez
2001	Ikaw Lang ang Mamahalin	Melanie Fuentebella
	GMA Telecine Specials	Various
2002	Campus Romance
2002–2003	Habang Kapiling Ka	Donna Javellana-Capistrano
2002	Maynila	Various
	Click Barkada Hunt	Host
2003–2004	Joyride	Lea
2003	Love to Love: Maid For Each Other	Jen
	Love to Love 2: My 1, 2 Love	Nikki
2005	Bahay Mo Ba 'To?	Tingting
	Love to Love 7: Haunted Love House	Nadia
2005–2006	Sugo	Rebecca
2006	Now and Forever: Linlang	Jane
	Atlantika	Vera
2007	Sine Novela: Pati Ba Pintig ng Puso	Mabel
2007–2008	La Vendetta	Joanna Alumpihit
2008	Codename: Asero	Fran Guevarra
2009	Sine Novela: Paano Ba ang Mangarap?	Maya Benitez
	Dear Friend: Kay Tagal Kitang Hinintay	Dianne
	SRO Cinemaserye: The Eva Castillo Story	Pilar
	Adik Sa'Yo	Lisa
2010	The Last Prince[7]	Lourdez
	Dear Friend: Tisay
	Claudine
	Sine Novela: Trudis Liit	Precious Toledo
	Jillian: Namamasko Po	Mavic
2011	Magic Palayok	Natasha Ledesma
	Pepito Manaloto	Nancy
	Pahiram ng Isang Ina	Sophia
2012	Legacy	Young Eva Altamirano-Alcantara
	Luna Blanca	Young Divine Alvarez-Buenaluz (1st and 2nd chapter)
2012–2013	Sana ay Ikaw na Nga	Olga Villavicer / Dulce
2013	Kakambal ni Eliana	Minerva San Beda
	My Husband's Lover	Stella
2013–2014	Adarna	Janelle
2014	Dading	Celine Pacheco-Rodriguez
2015	Second Chances	Colleen Paredes
	The Rich Man's Daughter	Batchi Luna
	Karelasyon	Julia
	Juan Tamad	Ellen Da General
2016	Magpakailanman: Hula ng kamatayan: The Marivic Celi Story	Marivic Celi
	Magpakailanman: The Happy and Sad Adventures of Tekla: The Romeo Librada Story	Ayrin
2017	Mulawin vs. Ravena	Reyna Rashana
	Ika-6 na Utos	Maui Alcaraz
2017–2020	Idol sa Kusina	Herself / Co-host	GMA News TV
2018	Wagas	Kara David	GMA Network
	Victor Magtanggol	Lynette Magtanggol-Domingo / Hel
	Wowowin	Herself

Film

• (2002) Bakit Papa as Chiqui
• (2003) Mano Po 2: My Home as Yna
• (2004) Kuya as Jill
• (2005) Kilig, Pintig, Yanig as Mitch
• (2009) Forget Me Not as Karla
• (2012) Migrante as Edna
• (2013) Menor de Edad as Nancy
• (2013) Ano Ang Kulay Ng Mga Nakalimutang Pangarap? as Monette
• (2014) Basement as Angela
• (2014) Dementia as Olivia
• (2014) Hustisya as Kristal
• (2014) #Y as Abby

Awards and nominations

Year	Film Awards/Critics	Award	Result
2013	61st FAMAS Awards	Best Supporting Actress (Migrante)	Nominated
2015	17th Gawad PASADO Awards	Pinakapasadong Katuwang na Aktres (Dementia)	Nominated

References

1. Arcadio, Ryan (September 1, 2019). "'90s show '5 and Up' is the kind of program 'children deserve,' says Chynna Ortaleza". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
2. Garcia, Rose. "Chynna Ortaleza transforms into a scary, slimy serpent". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
3. "GMA News Online". GMA News. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
4. "LOOK: Kean Cipriano marries Chynna Ortaleza". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN Corporation. January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
5. Abanilla, Clarizel G. "Kean, Chynna didn't take too long to know they're meant for each other". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
6. "Chynna Ortaleza gives birth to a bouncing baby boy!". GMA News. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
7. Garcia, Rose (November 4, 2009). "Aljur Abrenica and Kris Bernal star in new GMA-7 telefantasya". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Archived from the original on November 7, 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

External links

• Chynna Ortaleza at IMDb
• https://www.gmanetwork.com/sparkle/artists/chynnaortaleza