Princess Punzalan
| Princess Punzalan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Bernadette Vela Punzalan November 20, 1968 Laoang, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Occupation | Actress / Nurse |
| Years active | 1984-present |
| Known for |
Mula Sa Puso The Story of Us |
| Spouse(s) |
Willie Revillame (m. 1992-1997, annulled) James Field (m. 2005-present) |
| Parent(s) |
Orly Punzalan† (father; deceased) Helen Vela† (mother; deceased) |
| Relatives | Paolo Punzalan (brother) Meg Punzalan (sister) Reuben Punzalan (brother) Karen Punzalan (niece) |
Bernadette Vela Punzalan (born November 20, 1968) known as Princess Punzalan, is a Filipina actress in movies and television shows in the Philippines. She won the PMPC Star Awards for TV's Best Drama Actress in 1998 for her role as Selina Perreira-Matias in Mula sa Puso.
Princess Punzalan started out her career as one of the regular co-host in now defunct GMA 7 Sunday noontime musical variety show 'GMA Supershow'. Soon after she was launched in her own afternoon TV drama anthology entitled "Princess" in 1987 which was produced by her mom Helen Vela's production outfit Hyper Vision. To avoid a possible collision with RPN-9's "Coney Reyes on Camera" (headline by her mom's best friend Coney), her drama anthology was aired at a later timeslot.
While her TV career started to blossom, she also branched out into making movies. She made her mark in the movie "Kung Tapos na Ang Kailanman" (shown in 1990) which gave her a FAMAS nomination for Best Actress.
In 1989, her drama series was cancelled to make way for "Family 3+1", a sitcom which she headlined with her mother Helen Vela and also starred Ronaldo Valdez & Caridad Sanchez. The show made waves and even received 2 awards for Best Comedy Show at Star Awards. But with the untimely death of its main star Helen Vela caused the show to gradually decline until it was cancelled. Soon after, Princess filled in the void left by her mother (as producer-host/actress) in the drama anthology "Lovingly Yours, Helen" which was renamed "Lovingly Yours". The reformatted drama anthology survived for 4 more years until it was ended by the GMA management in 1996.
She became popular for her role as antagonist Selina Pereira-Matias in the 1997 hit TV series Mula Sa Puso starring Claudine Barretto, aired in ABS-CBN. Her convincing villain turn prompted the public to take a second look at her but along with it came violent reactions also. Long before social media came, she had received numerous threats after an episode she did her evil laugh scene by bombing Barretto's character from a bus terminal.
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