Mara Lopez
Mara Lopez | |
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Born | Mara Isabella Yokohama[fn 1] May 20, 1991 San Pablo, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 1998–present |
Agent | Star Magic GMA Artist Center |
Parent(s) | Maria Isabel Lopez (mother) Hiroshi Yokohama (father) |
Mara Isabella Yokohama[fn 1] (born May 20, 1991), known professionally as Mara Lopez, is a Filipino-American actress and surfer. She is a member of Star Magic Batch 13.
Early life[]
Mara Lopez was born on May 20, 1991 in San Pablo, California, the daughter of beauty queen, Bb. Pilipinas Universe 1982 and actress Maria Isabel Lopez with Japanese ex-husband Hiroshi Yokohama. She is the older of two siblings. Her younger brother is five years younger.[citation needed]
Career[]
Acting[]
Lopez made her acting debut in 2003, playing a younger version of her real-life mother Maria Isabel Lopez, in an episode in GMA's Magpakailanman.[1]
In 2006 she was launched, along with 23 other aspiring actors and actresses, as a member of Star Magic Batch 13. She then starred in ABS-CBN's Sineserye Presents: Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos?. In 2002, she played the lead role in the indie film Following Rosa, a Sundance Film Festival entry.[2]
Yokohama was one of the castaways of Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown in November 2011.[citation needed]
In 2015, she was now a freelancer.
Sports[]
Her father Hiroshi Yokohama was the one who taught Mara how to surf. She learned how to surf at age 6 in the coastal barangay of Urbiztondo in La Union.[3] In 2002 she won the Surfing Championship-Ladies Division at 11 and became the youngest Filipina surfing champion.[citation needed]
Aside from surfing, she also practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She first introduced the sport under the guidance of actor Sid Lucero.[citation needed]
Filmography[]
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source | ||||
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2007 | Star Magic Presents: Abt Ur Luv | |||||||
2007 | Sineserye Presents: Natutulog Ba Ang Dios | Tina Ramirez | ||||||
2007 | Love Spell Presents: Cindy-rella | |||||||
2008 | Star Magic Presents: Astigs in Haay...skul lyf | Mara | ||||||
2008 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Payang | Episode: "Notebook" | |||||
2008 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Lilac volunteer | Episode: "Journal" | |||||
2009 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Episode: "Boarding House" | ||||||
2009 | Shall We Dance: The Celebrity Dance Challenge | Herself | Episode: "Mama and Me" Guest, with Maria Isabel Lopez |
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2010 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Jenna's colleague | Episode: "Litrato" | 2010 | ||||
2010 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Fe | Episode: "Bracelet" | |||||
2010 | Elena M. Patron's Momay | Stephanie | 2011 | Reputasyon | Sheila | |||
2011 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Daughter | Episode: "Bibliya" | |||||
2011–2012 | Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown | Herself - Castaway | Runner Up | |||||
2013 | Titser | Rosa | ||||||
2014 | Daybreak | Herself / Guest | ||||||
2015 | Pasión De Amor | Dinora Rosales | ||||||
2015 | Showbiz Unlimited | Herself / Guest | ||||||
2015 | Single / Single | Tricci | ||||||
2015 | Karelasyon | Selya | [4] | |||||
2016 | The Story of Us | Teresa | Supporting Cast | |||||
2018 | The Blood Sisters | |||||||
2017 | Wagas | Lauren | Episode: ‘’My Love From Baler’’ | |||||
2017 | Tadhana | Joana | Episode: “Hagod” | |||||
2018 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Marie | Episode: "Lason" | |||||
2018 | Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Los Bastardos | young Sita | ||||||
2019 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Dim | Episode: "MVP" | |||||
2019–2020 | The Killer Bride | Agnes Sagrado / Agnes Dimaguiba | Supporting Cast / Antagonist |
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2002 | Masarap na Pugad | Young Koala | [5] | |
2008 | Sta. Mesa | Sel | Alternative title: "Following Rosa" Credited as "Maria Lopez" |
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2009 | Tulak | |||
2010 | Watawat | [6] | ||
2012 | Palitan | [7] | ||
2013 | Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti | Lucia de la Cruz | ||
2013 | Debosyon | Salome | ||
2014 | K'na, The Dreamweaver | K'na | ||
2015 | Flotsam | Jamie | [8][9] | |
2017 | BuyBust |
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mara Lopez was born in the United States. Thus, she does not possess her mother's maiden name which is Lopez.
References[]
- ^ "A Look at Other GMA-7 Shows New and Old". Retrieved April 20, 2008 – via newsflash.org.
- ^ Aprylle Liabres. "Not Just Her Mother's Daughter". City Times. Khaleej Times Online. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
- ^ "Mara Isabella Lopez Shares her Fondness for Surfing". pep.ph. June 3, 2006. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ^ "'Karelasyon' Halloween Stories Tampok ang Kwentong Tungkol sa Gayuma, Sanib, at Pagmumulto". GMA News Online. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ^ "Cast". Sta. Mesa. Archived from the original on August 26, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
- ^ "Watawat Recalls the Creation of the Philippine flag". Guide / Indie. pep.ph. January 18, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
- ^ Ching, Mark Angelo (December 3, 2012). "Scions of Veteran Actors Win Top Acting Awards in Cinema One Originals 2012". pep.ph. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ^ Dabu, Bianca Rose (May 25, 2015). "Good Vibes for Solenn and Co. at La Union Surf Movie". GMA News Online.
- ^ Mendoza, Arvin (October 19, 2015). "'Flotsam' Movie Shows Beauty of La Union and Stars' Bodies". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
External links[]
- Mara Lopez at IMDb
- Star Magic
- Star Magic Batch 13
- Actresses from Metro Manila
- Filipina gravure idols
- People from Quezon City
- People from Metro Manila
- Filipino practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- Filipino martial artists
- Filipino surfers
- Filipino people of Japanese descent
- Survivor Philippines contestants
- Actresses of Japanese descent
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from San Pablo, California