Sarah Lahbati

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Sarah Alzol Lahbati-Gutierrez (born 9 October 1993) is a Filipino-Moroccan actress and reality show contestant who gained media attention as a finalist on the 5th season of StarStruck,^[1] a Philippine overall talent show broadcast on GMA Network. Lahbati declared StarStruck V's Ultimate Female Survivors after nine weeks of the competition. Together with Steven Silva, they each won P1.5 million cash prize and an exclusive contract with GMA Network, with a minimum guarantee of P3.5 million.^[2]

Career[]

Before entering StarStruck, she used to portray Bong Revilla's daughter in Hokus Pokus.^[3] Lahbati, finally got her first leading role as she topbills the drama series, Kokak, on GMA-7 (2011) and Makapiling Kang Muli along with her real-life partner Richard Gutierrez in 2012.^[4][5][6] She also starred in different GMA shows such as Love Bug Presents: Exchange of Hearts (2011), Little Star, Koreana and Time of My Life. She also performed in GMA Network's variety show Party Pilipinas and Sunday All Stars as a regular artist.

In 2015, Lahbati finally transferred to ABS-CBN, her rival network because she finished her contract under GMA Artist Center. She officially joined Viva Artists Agency in June 2015.^[7] Tagged as Dance Goddess, Lahbati is a regular performer on ABS-CBN's Sunday variety show, ASAP.^[8][9][10]

Lahbati has been part of the ABS-CBN soap opera, Written in Our Stars, starring Toni Gonzaga, Piolo Pascual, Jolina Magdangal and Sam Milby which started early 2017.^[11] In 2017, she was also cast as Valentina, the Goddess of Snakes, in the movie Darna released by Star Cinema and Reality Entertainment.^[12]

Lawsuit[]

In late 2012, Lahbati used her Twitter account to express her dissatisfaction with her network, GMA and expressed her desire to be released from her contract. On 10 January 2013, GMA Network and GMA Films president, Annette Gozon-Abrogar, counter-sued Lahbati.^[13] On 11 January 2013, GMA 7 filed a formal complaint against Sarah Lahbati for breach of contract. She is now facing multiple charges.^[14] In a related article published in PEP last 9 January 2013, Felipe Gozon, the head of GMA Network, released a statement indicating he did not guarantee protection that Sarah Lahbati said she was due.^[15] A few days later, Lahbati left the Philippines for Switzerland "to study".^[16] In August 2013, Lahbati returned to the Philippines to face the charges against her. It was later revealed that Lahbati left for Switzerland to give birth to her son with Richard Gutierrez that May 2013 at the age of 20.

Filmography[]

Television[]

Film[]

Awards and nominations[]

References[]

External links[]

• Sarah Lahbati at IMDb