Mara Lopez
| Mara Lopez | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mara Isabella Yokohama May 20, 1991 San Pablo, California, U.S. |
| Occupation |
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| Years active | 1998-present |
| Agent |
Star Magic (1998–2011; 2014-present) GMA Artist Center (2011–2014) |
Mara Isabella Yokohama (born May 20, 1991), known as simply Mara Lopez, is a Filipino actress and surfer. She is a member of Star Magic Batch 13.
Mara Lopez was born on May 20, 1991, the daughter of beauty queen, Bb. Pilipinas Universe 1982 and actress Maria Isabel Lopez with Japanese ex-husband Hiroshi Yokohama. She is the older of two siblings. Her younger brother is five years younger.
Lopez made her acting debut in 2003, playing a younger version of her real-life mother Maria Isabel Lopez, in an episode in GMA's Magpakailanman.
In 1998 she was launched, along with 23 other aspiring actors and actresses, as a member of Star Magic Batch 13. She then starred in ABS-CBN's Sineserye Presents: Natutulog Ba Ang Dios?, a role which got the attention of the audience, critics and her co-stars alike.
In 2002, she played the lead role in the indie film Following Rosa, a Sundance Film Festival entry.
Yokohama was one of the castaways of Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown in November 2011.
Her father Hiroshi Yokohama was the one who taught Mara how to surf. She learned how to surf at age 6 in the coastal barangay of Urbiztondo in La Union. In 2002 she won the Surfing Championship-Ladies Division at 11 and became the youngest Filipina surfing champion.
Aside from surfing, she also practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She first introduced the sport under the guidance of actor Sid Lucero. Lopez is also set to compete in the 2016 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships to be held in San Diego, California on June 2016.
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