Karylle

Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari-Yuzon (born March 22, 1981), commonly known by her stage name Karylle, is a Filipino singer, actress, TV host, dancer, writer, and blogger.

Biography
Karylle was born on March 22, 1981 in Manila to Zsa Zsa Padilla, a singer-actress and Dr. Modesto Tatlonghari, a dentist. She has two other siblings from her mother's relationship to actor and comedian Rodolfo Vera Quizon; a younger half-sister, Zia Quizon and an adopted half-sister Nicole Quizon.


She completed her elementary and secondary education, notably in O.B. Montessori Center - Greenhills during grade school (where she was class valedictorian) and Poveda, where she finished high school with a Service Medal for extra-curricular and volunteer works, before embarking on a showbiz career. She began taking formal ballet lessons at the age of three and continued until she was fifteen.


While she was preparing for her debut album, Karylle had started rehearsals for her first stage musical Little Mermaid where she played Princess Sapphire and started taking B.S. Management major in Communications Technology Management at the Ateneo de Manila University, where she made the Dean’s list. Karylle is also an entrepreneur; part owner of the family KTV and resto-bar Centerstage and the Mey Lin Restaurant in Tomas Morato and Makati City.




Music
Karylle entered the music scene with her first album Time to Shine from Universal Records with the dance single "Can't Live Without You" and bagging awards from different award giving bodies.
Her second album, You Make Me Sing showcased her songwriting skill which was released on 2005 entitled You Make Me Sing. She wrote the songs “Coz, I Love You” and “Hiling”.

Also included in the album is the theme song, "Mahiwagang Puso", for her hit fantaserye Encantadia, in which she starred as Sang'gre Alena.
Three years later, she released her third album Time for Letting Go under a new recording company Polyeast Records. With this album, Karylle's gifts as a distinctive powerhouse vocalist is showcased in the single, "I'll Never get Over You Getting Over Me". It is a collection of songs that give the definition of moving on and at the same time divides grief in five different stages. The album also features duet with her mom Zsa Zsa Padilla -- "I Live for Your Love" and three of Karylle’s original compositions, “Minamahal Kita”, "Hulog ng Langit” and the soulful piano-driven “Wala Na Bang Lahat”.

Her 4th album 'Roadtrip' was released in 2011, in which she ventured out of her comfort zone and produced the album by herself.



Furthermore, she wrote eleven tracks which “narrates her personal journey”. She had worked on this album for the past four years and according to one of her interviews this album represents who she is- the artist, singer, songwriter.
Aside from her albums she also did the theme songs for the movies that she starred in. Karylle together with Jerome John Hughes did, "Pagbigyan ang Puso", for Mano Po 3 and a cover of "Sana'y Maghintay ang Walang Hanggan" for the movie Moments of Love.
Her latest album Karylle was launched in 2013.




Acting career

 

Film

Karylle's first appearance on a movie was for a cameo role in Imus Productions' Metro Manila Filmfest entry in 2002 Ang Agimat as Maria Makiling. She also did three movies under Regal Entertainment. Mano Po 2: My Home and Mano Po 3: My Love where she played a Chinese. Her Mano Po films gave her a chance to work with the biggest and best actors in show business. Bahay ni Lola 2, a horror film, was her first lead role in a movie. Karylle scored another significant career feat in GMA films' box office hit Moments of Love, which was also a finalist in the New York Film Festival. She also did indie films such as Ligaw Liham and Litsonero. In the filmfest movie, “Dalaw,” Karylle turns in a reputable performance in which she had to submit to a rigid audition to get the role.

 

Television

2001- 2004: Debut as TV actress

 

After releasing her first album, she became a host and performer in GMA-7's now defunct SOP. She ventured into TV acting and soon starred in television series. Karylle's first acting stint was in GMA 7's primetime television drama Twin Hearts as Iris. Her character would appear only for a week but then the production asked her to come back on the show to play another character Jade who looks exactly like Iris due to the chemistry that they have seen between Dingdong Dantes and Karylle. It was followed by Love to Love Season 4 where she played the role of an Ilonga from Guimaras thus requiring her to speak with an Ilongo accent earning her a best actress nomination from Enpress.

2005-2007: Encantadia

Her big break in her acting career came when she did the role of Sang'gre Alena, the keeper of the water gem in the hit fantasy series Encantadia. Due to its success it was followed by a second season which was entitled Etheria and the last season Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas.

2008-2009: Change of Network

 

She was one of the hosts, with Raymond Gutierrez and Rhian Ramos, of Pinoy Idol'. But during the last quarter of 2008, she made the big changes regarding her career. She changed her management from Genesis to STAGES, her recording company from Universal Records to Polyeast EMI, from her home grown station, GMA to its rival station ABS-CBN and it came as a surprise to everyone when she became an endorser for Bench Body, with her billboards seen all over the metro for the ad "Single is Sexy!" indicating that she is also changing her image. Controversies that had spark over her break-up with former co-star and boyfriend Dingdong Dantes are speculated to what had driven her to make the move. Her last stint in GMA is her appearance in the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar de la Hoya boxing match in Las Vegas, Nevada, singing the Philippine national anthem, held last December 6, 2008. After the event, she signed a contract with ABS-CBN and official became a Kapamilya, with ASAP '08 giving her a grand welcome on December 14, 2008. After joining the ABS-CBN family her star shone even brighter. In Tim Yap's column in The Philippine Star she was included in one of the 29 people to watch out for in 2009. She eventually guested in the Season 2 of top rating show Betty La Fea as Olivia. ABS-CBN has given her a show Nasaan ka Maruja? After her successful stint in the Saturday series, Karylle took on a challenging role as Denise Alferos in the 2010 International Emmy nominee for Telenovela category, Dahil May Isang Ikaw.

 

2010-present: International Breakthrough & Its Showtime

After being busy in the concert scene for a while, she returned on the small screen as she was introduced as the new character in the daily afternoon drama Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal?. After months of absence in the local scene due to her international Asian TV series The Kitchen Musical which was aired in 19 territories via AXN. Her role as Maddie in the series, earned her a nomination for Best Actress for in the 52nd Monte Carlo TV Festival. The singer-actress is back. Karylle continues to host Showtime but due to her schedule she just appears semi regularly on ASAP. She also said that there are offers for her to do local TV series but due to her schedule she decided to turn down the roles. As for her international career she landed another role in the Singaporean action-drama series "Point of Entry". In 2013, she landed on the role Cinderella in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella alongside with Christian Bautista as Prince Christopher. Cinderella premiered last October 2013 and will end on December 2013.