Angel Locsin

Angel Locsin had been in a relationship with Filipino Actor Miko Sotto in 2003. After their breakup, she got involved with Dennis Trillo, another Filipino Actor, in 2005. In 2006, she was in a relationship with actor Oyo Boy Sotto. In 2011, she began dating Filipino Footballer Phil Younghusband, and the relationship lasted for two years. She started dating Luis Manzano in 2014. However, they had a breakup in 2016. Locsin now seems to be single.

Locsin is associated with various NGOs, and in 2007, she celebrated her birthday with Gabriela Foundation, which supports women and children. For her 2008 birthday, she distributed food, clothing, and other basic needs to children at Payatas, Quezon City, supported by her sponsors.

In 2016, she had a series of spinal operations because of her slip disc problem, and is still healing.

Angelica Locsin Colmenares was born on April 23, 1985, in Santa Maria, Bulacan in Philippines. She is a Christian, but is also a part of a Muslim Royal Family in Marawi City through her mother Emma.

She started living with her father, Angelo Colmenares, when she was 14, and has had no contact with her mother since then.

She first studied at St James College in Quezon City and completed high school from University of Santo Tomas High School in Manila.

In August 2007, she did a short course in fashion designing from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.

A talent scout discovered Angel Locsin at a shopping mall, and asked her to audition for some commercials, which were a part of ABS-CBN's Star Circle Batch 9. However, she couldn’t sign a contract despite clearing the auditions as her father opposed it.

She then became a contract star of GMA Artist Center, and was featured in the second season of the teen-oriented series, ‘Click’, and in ‘Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw’. She was with GMA till early 2007.

In August 2004, she started starring as Alwina in ‘Mulawin’, a fantasy-themed TV series, which was a huge success, and received high ratings till its finale in March 2005.

Following the success of ‘Mulawin,’ she was cast as Darna in another fantasy-themed TV series of the same name in 2005. This show also received high ratings, which surpassed the records set by ‘Mulawin’.

Locsin was then featured as Sabina in another fantasy-themed TV series, ‘Majika’, in September 2006. Next, in 2007, she was cast in ‘Asian Treasures’, the first Philippine TV series that was shot in a number of countries. Both the shows received massive acclaim.

The TV series ‘Darna’ and ‘Mulawin’ are two of Angel Locsin’s major works in her early career for which she is still remembered. Her 2007 work in ‘Pilat’ can also be counted as one of her best early performances.

‘Mano Po III: My Love’, and ‘Sigaw’ are also her significant works as both the films were entries to the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival. ‘Mano Po 5’, in which her performance was remarkable according to critics, was another entry to the 2006 Metro Manila Film Festival.

Locsin gained critical acclaim in her 2011 film ‘In the Name of Love’. Her performance in Star Cinema's ‘One More Try’ in 2012 was also highly praised by film critics and media.