Karylle

Her film debut was in Ang Agimat: Anting-anting ni Lolo, an official entry for the 28th Metro Manila Film Festival.

In television, she made her first appearance in the drama series Twin Hearts, portraying the character Iris.

Initially scheduled for only a week, the show's producers were impressed with the chemistry between Karylle and actor Dingdong Dantes, leading them to ask her to take on another character, Jade.

The success of Twin Hearts paved the way for further on-screen collaborations between Karylle and Dantes in the subsequent years, starting with the fourth season of the romantic anthology series Love to Love.

In this series, she portrayed Cathy Ruiz, an Ilonggo from Guimaras, earning her a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress at the 2nd Golden Screen TV Awards..

The song she co-wrote with Jerome Hughes, Pabigyan Ng Puso, won "Best Original Song" at the 30th Metro Manila Film Festival for the movie Mano Po III: My Love.

Her musical work have earned her nominations from Asian Television Awards, Awit Awards and Star Awards for Music.

Philanthropically, she has been active in supporting the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and charity organizations like White Cross Orphanage and ChildHaus.

Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari-Yuzon (born March 22, 1981), known mononymously as Karylle, is a Filipino singer, actress, television presenter, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

Having achieved mainstream success across stage, screen, and music, her accolades include four Awit Awards, an Asian Television Award, two MTV Pilipinas Music Award, a New York Festivals International TV and Film Award, and a Star Award for Television, including nominations from Monte Carlo Festival, Aliw Awards and Golden Screen Awards.

Karylle was born on March 22, 1981, in Manila to Zsa Zsa Padilla, a singer-actress and Dr. Modesto Tatlonghari.

She is the granddaughter of boxing referee Carlos Padilla Jr...

Her parents separated when she was six years old.

Karylle has two half-sisters Nicole and Zia Quizon from her mother's relationship to actor and comedian Dolphy.

Karylle completed her elementary and secondary education, notably in O.B. Montessori Center – Greenhills during grade school (where she was class valedictorian), and Saint Pedro Poveda College where she finished high school with a Service Medal for extra-curricular and volunteer works.

She began taking formal ballet lessons at the age of three and continued until she was fifteen.

In college, Karylle took up BS Management Major in Communications Technology Management at the Ateneo de Manila University, where she made the Dean's list.

Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Karylle first ventured into theater musical in 2000 and played several supporting roles in film and television.

In 2000, Karylle made her acting debut in the stage musical Little Mermaid, in which she played Princess Sapphire.

Her performance in the Trumpets production is known to have been her breakthrough in show business.

As a recording artist, Karylle has released six studio albums since 2001.

In 2001, Karylle began appearing on television.

She became a co-host and performer in GMA Network's variety show SOP.

She graduated in 2002.

From 2002 to 2004, Karylle took on a series of supporting roles in both films and television series.

Karylle also had roles in two Mano Po films: Mano Po 2: My Home in 2003 and Mano Po III: My Love in 2004.

She rose to stardom after playing Sanggre Alena in the drama fantasy series Encantadia (2005).

She reprised her role in the succeeding sequels and crossover such as Etheria (2005), Mulawin: The Movie (2005) and Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas (2006).

In 2005, she appeared in the horror film Bahay ni Lola 2; her first leading role in a film.

She then starred in the fantasy drama series Enacantadia as Sang'gre Alena, alongside Iza Calzado, Dingdong Dantes, Sunshine Dizon, Jennylyn Mercado, and Diana Zubiri.

Encantandia was a groundbreaking success, spawning a multimedia franchise.

Karylle reprised her role in the sequel series Etheria and the crossover film Mulawin: The Movie, both released later in the year.

It was followed by the theatrical release of the blockbuster film Moments of Love (2006), which she starred with Iza Calzado and Dingdong Dantes.

She returned to stage and appeared in two major productions: Cat in the Hat (2007) and West Side Story (2008), garnering praises from the critics.

Following her transfer to ABS-CBN, she made several appearances in television shows such as Nasaan Ka Maruja? (2009) and Dahil May Isang Ikaw (2009), which earned a nomination at the International Emmy Awards.

According to PARI, her most successful releases include the platinum-sellers Time for Letting Go (2009), Roadtrip (2011), and the gold-certified albums Time to Shine (2001) and K (2013).

In 2010, she played a supporting role in the horror film Dalaw and became one of the mainstay host of the long-running noontime show It's Showtime the following year.

She was cast as one of the lead in the Singaporean TV series The Kitchen Musical, earning her a bronze medal for "Best Performance" at the New York Festivals and a "Best Actress" nomination at the Monte Carlo Festival.

On screen, she appeared in several international productions such as Point of Entry (2012) and P.I. (2017), as well as in the fantasy film Mystified (2019), which earned a nomination at the Asian Academy Creative Awards.

On theaters, she appeared in more stage productions in the following years including Rodgers and Rama Hari (2012), Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (2013), Carousel (2022) and The Sound of Music (2023) among others.