Bea Alonzo

Although Bea Alonzo has maintained that she is single at present, she has been linked with many of her co-stars in the past. The list includes John Lloyd Cruz and Gerald Anderson. It has been claimed that she was in a relationship with Gerald for about a year.

Her long term relationship with a fellow actor Zanjoe Marudo has also been in news for quite some time. They were together from 2010 until 2016.

Bea Alonzo was born on 17th October 1987 in Rizal, Philippines to a British father and a Filipino mother. She was the oldest child in the family and facing her parents’ separation at a tender age of 4 was a very unpleasant experience for her. It left her scarred for a long time that followed, but also made her quite strong-headed.

She was brought up by three women in her life, her mother, her grandmother and her aunt and somehow, this constant moving around also caused troubles for her psychologically. As a result of this hectic lifestyle, she grew depressed and said in interviews that she was lonely, cut off from rest of the world during her early teenage years.

Somehow, she managed to finish her primary school education by the time she started dreaming about a career in films. She started honing her acting skills herself and at the age of 13, she was located by a talent manager Archie Ilagan. He saw the burning passion in the young girl to do something big with her life and decided to further hone her skills. She was immediately enrolled at the ABS-CBN Star Circle Batch in 2000.

Her grandmother asked her to try out for the beauty contests as it would have been a perfect stage for Bea to start her entertainment career. Bea was determined to not let her career take any other route than acting and confident of her skills as an actor, she kept auditioning for different parts in TV and films.

After auditioning around for quite a few months, she was finally selected to feature in the series ‘K2Bu’, in a minor role. And from that to starring in a meaty role in the series ‘Kay Tagal Kang Hanintay’, she gave a few more auditions.

‘Kay Tagal Kang Hanintay’ went on-air in 2012 and Bea played the role of Katrina, who falls in love with the first love of her older sister. The soap opera was a major hit among the audiences and the critics alike and eventually became first ever Filipino soap opera to get nominated at the International Emmy Awards. This early success benefitted Bea massively and she also received a nomination her performance at the PMPC Star Awards.

Another nomination for a PMPC Star Award came to her in 2004 for the series ‘It Might be you’ and in the same year, she was included in the FHM Philippines 100 Sexiest Women list, at the 36th spot.

After making her film debut in the year 2003 with the film ‘My First Romance’, she appeared in the film ‘Now That I have You’, a romance drama film which received average ratings from the critics, but went on to become a financial success.

In 2006, she received a number of acting awards for her leading role in the series ‘Maging Sino ka Man’, which included Outstanding Performance as an Actress Award at the Annual Visionary Awards and Best Drama Actress honour at the PMPC Drama Awards.

Music had always been her another passion and after getting established as an actor, she focused on her music projects, which resulted in the release of her debut album ‘The Real Me’ in 2008. Her already huge and growing fan following made sure the success of the album, and although the music critics weren’t particularly praised with the quality of her music, the album was a success.