Si Nadine ang unang nabigyan ng big break sa TV bilang solo leading lady sa isang soap, ang Ikaw sa Puso Ko. Kapartner siya rito ni Oyo Boy Sotto. Kahit sina Jennylyn Mercado at Yasmien Kurdi, na kabilang sa final four noon ng StarStruck, ay walang ganitong role na ibinigay sa kanila ng GMA 7. [^]
Matatapos na ngayong Setyembre ang soap nina Nadine Samonte at Oyo Boy Sotto na Ikaw sa Puso Ko ng TAPE Inc. Pero may bago na silang show na Cattleya, isang fantaserye kung saan gaganap si Nadine bilang si Leya, isang dwende at si Oyo ay gaganap na Eman.
Dahil sa Cattleya, hindi na matutuloy si Nadine bilang Darna, kung saan siya ang napipisil ni Direk Joel Lamangan para sa role.
Update:
January 26, 2005
Leya is about to end and there are no definite shows for Nadine yet.
See also:
Nadine Samonte, masuwerteng talunan
Jennylyn Mercado now freely admits she’s just an adopted child.
This surfaced when her real dad, a singer-musician based in Korea (from whom she inherited her musical genes), came home and met with her.
“But it’s not true he’s asking for a share of my earnings,” she says. “Ang totoo nga, binibigyan ko siya ng pera, pero tinanggihan niya. Kawawa nga because someone even wrote kinukuha raw ang condo unit na tinitirhan ko ngayon, which is also not true. We left Las Pinas and got a condo in Quezon City para mas convenient for me when I have tapings at the GMA-7 studios.”
Her parents separated when she was a little girl. “Unang nag-abroad ang dad ko. Eight years old ako when my mom left me to her sister (Lydia Mercado, who’s her constant chaperone now and who she considers as her real mom). Sa birth certificate ko po, I have my dad’s real family name, Pineda. Mercado is the family name of my mom (Lydia.)”
Her dad has no family in Korea but her mom now has a new one in London and they have no communication at all. Despite all these, Jennylyn considers herself so blessed after winning in “Starstruck.” She’s now in “Joyride,” “SOP Gigsters,” and in the new soap, “Forever in My Heart.” She’s also doing her first movie, “Que Sera Sera,” as Kris Aquino’s daughter.
In all these projects, she’s paired with co-winner Mark Herras. Are they now really going steady? “Hindi po. Mabait si Mark, malambing, a real gentleman. I’m really thankful na siya ang ka-love team ko because he’s really very supportive sa akin. Nang magsimula siyang manligaw sa akin, nagpaalam pa po siya sa mommy ko. But I told him we’re both so busy now na dapat lang na trabaho muna ang priority namin bago lovelife. Sayang naman ang opportunities na binibigay sa amin ng GMA-7.”
In “Forever in My Heart,” she plays Joey Bernabe, the niece of Ariel Rivera who gets involved with Mark, who plays Cris Sagrado, the brother of Regine Velasquez.
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Jennylyn defends father against bad rumors
People’s Journal
FREEHAND
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Mario Bautista
Kung nagtataka kayo at nauna pa ang mga StarStruck kids na sina Miguel Tanfelix at Samantha Nicole Bumatay na nagkaroon ng show (Mulawin) kaysa sa mga StarStruck Ultimate Survivors na sina Mark Herras at Jennylyn Mercado, ngayon malalaman ninyo na sila ay nasa Forever in My Heart nina Regine Velaquez at Ariel Rivera. Kasama rin nila dito si Katrina Halili.
Nakahabol sa last day ng auditions ng StarStruck ang anak ni Eddie Gil na kumanta ng I love you papa I love you mama. Makakaabot kaya siya sa top 48?
Update:
Charlyn Gil made it to the Top 30 but not to the Final 14.
