Sunday, July 17, 2011

TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITIES with FILIPINO descent

1. 1. Hailee Steinfeld
She is an American actress with a Filipino descent on the maternal side. She began acting at the age of 8 in several short films. She also has several appearances in commercials and in TV guest-starring roles. Her rose to fame was when she portrayed Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit and had been nominated for an Academy award for Best Supporting Actress and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Currently she has been cast as Juliet Capulet in an upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

2. 2. Vanessa Hudgens
She is a singer and actress with a Filipino blood on the maternal side. She starred as Gabriella in the hit Disney Channel TV movie High School Musical.

3. 3. Bruno Mars
Peter Gene Hernandez better known as Bruno Mars is a singer-songwriter and record producer with a Filipino blood in the maternal side.

4. 4. Apl.D.Ap
Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. a.k.a Apl.D.Ap is a Filipino American Rapper and record producer. He is one of the members of Black Eyed Peas. In 2003 he explains his life and brought his Filipino culture through his song called "The Apl Song" in the Black Eyed Peas Album “Elephunk”.

5. 5. Enrique Iglesias
He is a Spanish pop music singer-songwriter. His mother is Filipina while his father is Spanish.

6. 6. Charice Pempengco
She is a Filipina singer and actress who rose to popularity through YouTube. Her first international album Charice in 2010 entered the Billboard 200 at number-eight, thus making her the first Asian singer in history to land in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart. She currently joined the cast of the TV hit series GLEE as Sunshine Corazon, a Filipino exchange student.

7. 7. Lea Salonga
She is a Filipina singer and actress. She made her way international when she was selected to play Kim in the musical Miss Saigon in 1989. She also provided the singing voice of Jasmine in Aladdin (1992), and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004).

8. 8. Anna Maria Perez De Tagle
She is an American actress and singer. She has a Filipino descent on the maternal side.

9. 9. Jasmine Villegas
She is an american teen R&B, pop and soul singer. She has a Filipino and Mexican descent. In September 2010 she joined the second leg of Justin Bieber's My World Tour as an opening act. She’s also Bieber's love interest in Baby music video.

10. 10. Jasmine Trias
She is an American singer-entertainer. She was a third place finalist of American Idol Season 3. Her parents are both Filipino immigrants to the state of Hawaii.

10 comments:

  1. love the fifth..soooooo much O_O! nice post!
    sooooooooooooo damn sexy ^_^

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  2. Bruno Mars has Filipino blood? That's news to me.

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  3. hi,,, nice to be here, have good day,

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  4. wooww.. very pretty and handsome... good..

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  5. Nice info, very uptodate for me. Thanks for shared.
    Btw. I already follow #38; please follow me too, Guys..thanks

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  6. Wishing them the best of luck...thank you for sharing. I like Leah Salonga.

    Marms

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  7. Proud to be Pinoy! left you a kiss, girl and i'm following you now, hope you do the same, thanks!

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  8. Half Filipinos are so talented and so nice! And they are proud of being Hapa! Lets please make our country better! Go Philippines!

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