Biography
Katrina Halili has gone from childhood beauty pageants to “StarStruck,”
the Philippine reality-based teen talent search show, and on further to a large
number of films and serials. She has been nominated for numerous awards and honors
for her roles, and her photos can be found on the covers of FHM Philippines magazine
as well as several men’s magazines.
In January 4, 1986, Maria Katrina Irene Halili was born in Quezon City in the
Philippines. Palawan, and island province of the Philippines, is where she grew
up. As a child she participated in pageants on the island and represented the
city El Nido, which is a coastal town on the northeast tip of the island. The
actress claims to be part Chinese, and is fond of mentioning this when being
interviewed.
Although she spent her youth competing in beauty pageants, the direction of
her career was changed when she auditioned for StarStruck. This television teen
talent search has launched the careers of many of the Philippines’ top
teenage actors and actresses, and the effect on Halili was no different. Although
she was the only one not to audition at the studio, she still one a spot as
a finalist.
Since then Katrina Halili has appeared and starred in many films and television
series, and has posed for FHM Philippines magazine twice. FHM Philippines film
critics placed her in highly three times on their list, and in 2006 she topped
it.Since Halili’s star-studded StarStruck debut, she has appeared in a
dramatic mini series, television dramas, teen romantic comedies, action and
fantasy series, family television, a game show, reality TV, and several films
of various genres. This busy actress performed in three movies and several television
shows in 2006 alone, and her schedule for interviews and photo shoots were hectic
as well. As if all that wasn’t enough work, Hallili has put together a
collection of music videos on video entitled “Fantasies” with the
starlet clad only in bikinis.
However, stardom doesn’t seem to have gone to Katrina Halili’s head—one
of her goals in life is to have a happy family.
