Manilyn Reynes
| Manilyn Reynes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Manilyn Reynes April 27, 1972 Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines |
| Other names | Star Of The New Decade, Elsa Manaloto |
| Years active | 1982-present |
| Spouse(s) | Aljon Jimenez |
Manilyn Reynes Jimenez (born April 27, 1972 in Cebu, Philippines) is an award-winning Filipina actress, singer, TV Host, teen idol, commercial model and dubbed as Star Of The New Decade of Philippine showbiz industry.
Reynes is also considered a Philippine pop culture icon from the '80s and also reaching her peak in the music world as an O.P.M Icon with many jukebox artists and female divas in the '90s in her status her songs have been also covered by many Filipino artists including fellow Cebuana-Visayan native and fan herself Sheryn Regis who revived the song "Sayang Na Sayang" in 2008 to pay homage to her fellow Visayan and was part of her final album as Regis took hiatus from the entertainment industry.
Manilyn Reynes started as a child actress in 1982. She first appeared in the movie To Mama with Love. A year after, she won her first best child actress award for the movie Minsan May Isang Ina where she portrayed the role of a child with epilepsy. As a child actress, she did movies with big stars like Nora Aunor, Dolphy, and Maricel Soriano. She was also gifted with a golden voice, which served as her passport to fame. She was first contracted with Ivory Records where she had two albums: Apple Thoughts and Manilyn.. Christmas.
In 1986, she became one of the pioneers of That's Entertainment (A musical youth oriented show hosted by German Moreno). Together with Kristina Paner and Sheryl Cruz, they were introduced as the new Regal Babies and were baptized as "The Triplets". The trio guested together in different shows and appeared in movies like Batang Quiapo, I Have Three Hands, Mga Kuwento Ni Lola Basyang, and When I Fall In Love.
During her teenage years, she was first paired up with Janno Gibbs who became her boyfriend in real life. She was also linked to singer-actors Keempee De Leon, Billy Joe Crawford and Ogie Alcasid but she ended up with her co-That's Entertainment actor Aljon Jimenez.
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