Coleen Garcia
{{short description|Filipino actress}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=February 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Philippine name|Ortega|Garcia|Crawford|ph=married}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Coleen Garcia
| image = Coleen Garcia (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Danielle Claudine Ortega Garcia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|9|24}}
| birth_place = Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|host|model|singer}}
| years_active = 2011–present
| agent = ABS-CBN
(2011–present)
Star Magic
(2011–2019)
Viva Artists Agency
(2019–present)
| height = 1.63m
| spouse = {{marriage|Billy Crawford|April 20, 2018}}
| partner = Enrique Gil
(2010–2011)
| children = 1
}}
Danielle Claudine "Coleen" Ortega Garcia-Crawford{{cite news|title=Coleen Garcia: Biography|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/coleen-garcia/bio/814959/|access-date=April 29, 2018|work=TV Guide}} (born September 24, 1992) is a Filipina actress. Garcia began her career as a child and teenager appearing in several commercials. She eventually signed by Star Magic, where she has starred in several television series and films produced by ABS-CBN. From 2012 to 2016, she co-hosted the channel's noontime variety show It's Showtime, which she had left to focus solely on her acting career. Garcia's lead roles include the films Ex with Benefits (2015), Love Me Tomorrow (2016), and Sin Island (2018), as well as the teleseryes Pasión de Amor (2015–2016) and Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin (2017–2018).
Early life
Garcia was born in Mandaluyong to a Spanish Filipino father, Jose Luis García, and Filipino mother, Maria Paz Ortega. Her paternal family is based in Barcelona.{{cite news|title=Coleen Garcia, Billy Crawford fly to Spain after engagement|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/23/16/coleen-garcia-billy-crawford-fly-to-spain-after-engagement|access-date=December 23, 2016|work=ABS-CBN News|date=December 24, 2016}} Garcia studied at the Southville International School and Colleges. She also took up college in Southville where she is taking up psychology through blended learning.{{cite news |title=Coleen Garcia returns to school to finish college |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/17/15/coleen-garcia-returns-school-finish-college |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=September 17, 2015}} Garcia is a third cousin of actor Arjo Atayde and actress Ria Atayde.{{cite news |last1=Guno |first1=Niña |title=How Ria Atayde knew Coleen Garcia and Billy Crawford were 'perfect for each other' |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/272853/how-ria-atayde-knew-coleen-garcia-and-billy-crawford-were-perfect-for-each-other-p2fb |access-date=December 19, 2020 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=May 3, 2018}}
Career
=Early beginnings=
Garcia began her career in the entertainment industry at an early age, making her debut as a commercial model at the age of 2 in a Johnson & Johnson advertisement alongside her mother. By the age of nine, she became an image model for Just G, the teens' line for Gingersnaps. During the period from 2009 to 2011, Garcia, as a teenager, featured in numerous commercial endorsements. Some notable advertisements from this period include Skin White with John Lloyd Cruz, Lewis & Pearl cologne with Enrique Gil,{{cite web |last1=de la Peña |first1=Ayessa |date=November 20, 2015 |title=6 Commercials Featuring Your Fave Celebs That You Might Have Forgotten Already |url=https://www.candymag.com/all-access/6-commercials-featuring-your-fave-celebs-that-you-might-have-forgotten-already |access-date=December 19, 2020 |website=Candy Magazine}} and Nestea alongside Neil Coleta as Matina.{{cite news |last1=Tatad |first1=Gabbie |date=September 11, 2015 |title=The rise of Coleen Garcia |work=The Philippine Star |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/supreme/2015/09/11/1498626/rise-coleen-garcia |access-date=December 19, 2020}}
=2011–present: Breakthrough=
Garcia has been under contract with ABS-CBN's Star Magic group of talents since 2011.{{cite web|title=COLEEN GARCIA Artist Profile|url=http://starmagic.abs-cbn.com/talents/profile/coleen--garcia.html|publisher=ABS-CBN|access-date=August 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001021948/http://starmagic.abs-cbn.com/talents/profile/coleen--garcia.html|archive-date=October 1, 2015|url-status=dead}} She first appeared in the episode "School I.D." of the anthology series Maalaala Mo Kaya, and was cast alongside ex-Lewis & Pearl partner Enrique Gil and former Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010 contestants James Reid, Devon Seron, Fretzie Bercede and Yen Santos in a teen-oriented show Good Vibes. She also made appearances in other ABS-CBN shows and teleseryes such as My Binondo Girl, Wansapanataym, Oka Tokat, Little Champ, among others. In 2012, Garcia became a co-host for the noontime variety show It's Showtime. In 2013, she starred in her first feature film, She's the One.{{cite news |title=Blurred lines for Dingdong, Bea in 'She's the One' trailer |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/18/13/blurred-lines-dingdong-bea-shes-one-trailer |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=September 18, 2013}}
In 2014, Garcia was cast in a supporting role in the Gino M. Santos-directed independent film #Y. She played an extroverted adolescent named Janna, for which being part of the cast garnered her a Best Cast Ensemble citation at the 10th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Watch Coleen Garcia, Kit Thompson play free-spirited teens in '#Y' trailer |url=https://starcinema.abs-cbn.com/2014/11/27/news/watch-coleen-garcia-kit-thompson-play-free-spirit-6629 |publisher=Star Cinema |access-date=December 19, 2020 |date=November 27, 2014}}
In June 2015, Garcia joined the main cast of the teleserye Pasión de Amor, an adaptation of the 2003 Colombian telenovela Pasión de Gavilanes, starring alongside Jake Cuenca, Arci Muñoz, Ejay Falcon, Ellen Adarna, and Joseph Marco. The series ran for almost nine months, ending in February 2016. In September, Garcia earned her first lead role in a feature film in the erotic film Ex with Benefits, reuniting with Santos and starring opposite Derek Ramsay. While it was a box office success, the film received criticism from the medical community for misrepresentation of the profession, where Garcia plays a medical representative. Garcia responded that her role was more focused on highlighting "her individual flaws" rather than being a generalization of the profession.{{cite news |title=Derek Ramsay, Coleen Garcia speak up on 'Ex With Benefits' med rep plot issue |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/derek-ramsay-coleen-garcia-ex-with-benefits-med-rep-issue |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=Rappler |date=August 18, 2015}}
In January 2016, she announced that she had departed It's Showtime to prioritize her acting career.{{cite news|title=Why is Coleen no longer on 'It's Showtime'|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/19/16/why-is-coleen-no-longer-on-its-showtime|access-date=January 19, 2016|work=ABS-CBN News|publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation|date=January 19, 2016}} Later that year, she starred in an episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya entitled "Kadena". Her role as a mentally ill teenager was praised by critics and audiences for her portrayal of the character's several mental illnesses as a result of alcoholism and drug abuse, including auditory hallucination, antisocial personality disorder, and epilepsy.{{cite news |title=Coleen gets praises for portrayal of mentally ill teen on 'MMK' |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/23/16/coleen-gets-praises-for-portrayal-of-mentally-ill-teen-on-mmk |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=July 24, 2016}} Garcia's performance in Maalaala Mo Kaya earned her the Best Actress award at the Hiyas ng Sining Awards organized by the Guild of Educators, Mentors, and Students. In 2017, Garcia starred in the action-comedy film Extra Service, alongside Jessy Mendiola and her Pasión de Amor co-star Arci Muñoz.{{cite news |last1=Vivar |first1=Vinia |title=Coleen, Jessy, at Arci, bistado na ang ginagawang Extra Service! |url=https://www.philstar.com/pang-masa/pang-movies/2016/12/27/1657093/coleen-jessy-arci-bistado-na-ang-ginagawang-extra-service |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=The Philippine Star |date=December 27, 2016 |language=fil}} From May 2017 to January 2018, she starred as Isabel Reyes in Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin, reuniting with Cuenca.{{cite web |last1=Plaza |first1=Gerry |title=Coleen Garcia takes impressive acting journey further in Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin |url=https://ent.abs-cbn.com/ikawlangangiibigin/articles-news/102042617-coleen-garcia-takes-impressive-acting-journey-further-in-ikaw-lang-ang-iibigin-10592 |publisher=ABS-CBN Entertainment |access-date=December 19, 2020 |date=April 26, 2017}}
Garcia collaborated with Santos for another erotic film, Sin Island, in 2018, with Xian Lim as her on-screen partner. In an interview, she revealed that she suffered a face injury during filming that was accidentally inflicted upon by her co-star Nathalie Hart.{{cite news |last1=Abanilla |first1=Clarizel |title=Nathalie Hart, Coleen Garcia reveal accidents experienced while filming 'Sin Island' |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/269027/nathalie-hart-coleen-garcia-reveal-accidents-experienced-filming-sin-island-sin-island-showbiz-entertainment-coleen-nathalie-ppv |access-date=December 19, 2020 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=April 7, 2018}}
She appeared in the 2020 romantic comedy film Mia, playing the titular lead role of a doctor who resorted to alcoholism after the death of her fiancé.{{cite news |title=Rom-com to generate buzz with 'National Mia Day' on January 13 |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/01/10/rom-com-to-generate-buzz-with-national-mia-day-on-january-13/ |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=Business Mirror |date=January 10, 2020}}
Garcia starred alongside Diego Loyzaga in the film Isang Gabi (2024). Ricky Lee and Mac Alejandre wrote and directed the film, respectively.{{cite news |last1= Cerezo|first1=Anna |title=Coleen-Diego film 'Isang Gabi' now showing|url= https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/5/15/coleen-diego-s-film-isang-gabi-to-screen-in-cinemas-beginning-may-15-1018|accessdate=May 16, 2024 |publisher= |date=May 15, 2024}}
Personal life
Garcia dated her Good Vibes co-star Enrique Gil from 2010 to 2011.{{cite news|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/01/15/watch-coleen-stressed-over-ex-enrique-gil|title=WATCH: Coleen 'stressed' over ex Enrique Gil |date=January 1, 2015 |work=ABS-CBN News|access-date=December 19, 2018}}
In 2014, Garcia began dating her It's Showtime co-host, Billy Crawford.{{cite news|title=Throwback: Was this the start of the Billy-Coleen romance?|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/22/16/throwback-was-this-the-start-of-the-billy-coleen-romance|access-date=December 23, 2016|work=ABS-CBN News|date=December 22, 2016}} The two became engaged on December 20, 2016,{{cite news|title=Coleen Garcia, Billy Crawford now engaged|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2016/12/21/1655567/coleen-garcia-billy-crawford-now-engaged|access-date=December 23, 2016|work=The Philippine Star|date=December 20, 2016}} and married on April 20, 2018.{{cite news|title=Coleen Garcia, Billy Crawford tie the knot in Balesin|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/familyandrelationships/650754/coleen-garcia-billy-crawford-tie-the-knot-in-balesin/story/|access-date=April 20, 2018|work=GMA News|date=April 20, 2018}} Her cousin Ria Atayde served as her maid of honor during the wedding.{{cite news |last1=Custodio |first1=Arlo |title=Billy Crawford, Coleen Garcia wed in scenic Balesin |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2018/04/22/lifestyle-entertainment/show-times/billy-crawford-coleen-garcia-wed-in-scenic-balesin/394252/ |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=The Manila Times |date=April 22, 2018}} On May 1, 2020, Garcia and Crawford announced on Instagram that they were expecting their first child.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-01|title=Coleen Garcia Crawford sur Instagram : It's been over 5 months now. And just like that, we're more than halfway through! 🤰🏻❤️ We found out earlier this year, but I've been…|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ogLTAnZim/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B_ogLTAnZim |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=registration|url-status=live|access-date=|website=Instagram|language=fr}}{{cbignore}} Their son, Amari, was born in September 2020 via water birth.{{cite news |last1=Hallare |first1=Katrina |title=Coleen Garcia, Billy Crawford welcome baby boy Amari |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/390198/coleen-garcia-billy-crawford-welcome-baby-amari |access-date=December 19, 2020 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=September 10, 2020}}
In October 2020, Garcia's half-sister through her father was born, nearly a month after the birth of her own son.{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Cara Emmeline |title=Coleen Garcia has a new baby sister! |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/news/70576/coleen-garcia-has-a-new-baby-sister/story |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=GMA Entertainment |date=October 30, 2020}}
On December 20, 2023, Garcia's step-aunt was fatally stabbed at her father's residence in Antipolo.{{cite news |last1=Cerezo |first1=Anna |title=Sister of Coleen Garcia-Crawford's stepmom stabbed to death |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/23/23/sister-of-coleen-garcia-crawfords-stepmom-stabbed-to-death |access-date=December 24, 2023 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=December 23, 2023}}
On April 13, 2025, Garcia and Crawford announced on Instagram that they were expecting their second child.{{cite news |last1=Cruz |first1=Hazel Jane |title=Coleen Garcia announces pregnancy |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/family/23516/coleen-garcia-announces-pregnancy/photo |access-date=April 13, 2025 |work=GMA Entertainment |date=April 13, 2025}}
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|2011 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Bobit's girlfriend | Episode: "School I.D." |
| Good Vibes | Monique Castillejo | ||
| 2011–2012 | My Binondo Girl | Marissa | |
| 2012–2016 | It's Showtime | Herself | Co-host |
| 2012 | Oka2Kat | Maria | |
| 2013–present | ASAP Natin 'To | Herself | Co-host / Performer |
| 2013 | Little Champ | Alice | |
| 2015–2016 | Pasión de Amor | Jimena "Jamie" Elizondo-Samonte† | |
| rowspan="2"|2016 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Pauleen | Episode: "Kadena" |
| Maalaala Mo Kaya | Rina | Episode: "Medical Result" | |
| 2017–2018 | Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin | Isabel Reyes-Villoria | |
| 2018 | Maalaala Mo Kaya | Remy | Episode: "Burger Stand" |
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| Oh! Pa Ra Sa Ta U Wa Yeah! | Matima | Short film |
| 2013
| Mandy | |
| 2014
| Janna | |
| 2015
| Arkisha Aragon | |
| 2016
| Janine Monteagudo | |
| 2017
| Emerald/Maldita | |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Kanika Santiago | |
| Exes Baggage
| Dwein | |
| 2020
| Mia | Mia Salazar | |
| rowspan="2"|2022
| Adarna Gang | Adriana | |
| Kaluskos{{cite web|title=Kaluskos {{!}} Cinemalaya |url=https://cinemalaya.org/kaluskos/|access-date=November 26, 2022}}
| | |
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| Playtime{{cite web|title=Playtime {{!}} Cinemalaya |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/films/articles/2024-05-09/413/gma-pictures-and-viva-films-unveil-new-movie-collab-playtime/|access-date=May 11, 2024}} | | |
| Friendly Fire
|Sonya | |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Year
! Body ! Award/recognition ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2012
| Best Female Newcomer | Good Vibes | {{nominated}} |
| rowspan="3"| 2015
| New Movie Actress of the Year | #Y | {{nominated}} |
| Candy Magazine
| The Winning Squad – July 2015 cover issue | {{n/a}} | {{won}} |
| FHM Philippines
| 100 Sexiest Women | {{n/a}} | {{won|Ranked 12}} |
| 2017
| Guild of Educators, Mentors and Students Awards | Best Actress | Maalaala Mo Kaya (episode: "Kadena")
| {{won}} |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=4341647|name=Coleen Garcia}}
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Category:Actors from Mandaluyong
Category:Actresses from Metro Manila
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