Marian Rivera

Si Marian Rivera-Dantes (ipinanganak bilang Marián Gracia Rivera noong Agosto 12, 1984 sa Madrid, Espanya) ay isang Pilipinang modelo at aktres, na nakilala sa pagganap niya sa mga seryeng pantelebisyon na Marimar, Dyesebel, Darna, at Amaya. Bilang isang mang-aawit, inilabas ni Rivera ang kanyang dalawang studio album: ang platinum hits na Marian Rivera Dance Hits at Retro Crazy. Gumanap din siya sa ilang mga pelikulang pumalo sa takilya gaya ng: My Bestfriend's Girlfriend, Tarot, You to Me Are Everything, at Panday 2. Samantalang ng taong 2014 naman nang ipamalas ni Marian ang kanyang taal na talento sa pagsayaw sa pamamagitan ng Marian , isang dance program tuwing Sabado.
Noong 2009, naabot ni Rivera ang ika-5 puwesto sa "2009 Top Celebrity Endorsers" ng Manila Standard, ika-3 puwesto sa "Top 10 Most In-demand Celebrity Endorsers in 2010 at napasama din sa Top 20 Endorsers ng 2011. Samantala, hinirang naman siyang Sexiest Woman ng FHM noong 2008, at muling naging Sexiest Woman ng FHM nang magkasunod na taon mula 2010 hanggang 2014.[1]
2013 naman nang umalagwa ang kanyang career na umabot pa sa karatig bansa at ang kanyang kauna-unahang International Nomination mula sa prestihiyosong Asian TV Awards para sa pagganap niya sa matagumpay na teleseryeng Temptation of Wife.
Dahil sa malaking naiambag niya sa Industriya at maging sa home network, si Marian ay binansagan ng GMA bilang kanilang Primetime Queen.
Ipinanganak si Rivera sa Madrid, Espanya. Ang kanyang mga magulang ay sina Fransisco Javier Gracia Alonso, isang Kastila, at Amalia Rivera, isang Pilipina mula sa Kabite. Matapos maghiwalay ang kanyang mga magulang—dalawang taon pagkatapos siyang isilang, iniuwi siya ng kanyang ina sa Pilipinas kung saan siya lumaki. Subalit, ang kanyang ina ay kailangang umalis upang ipagpatuloy ang paghahanapbuhay sa ibang bansa—naiwan si Marian sa kanyang lolang si Francisca Rivera sa bayan ng Bacoor, Cavite. Nag-aral ng Elementarya at Sekondarya si Rivera sa Saint Francis of Assisi College System. Samantalang tinapos naman niya ang kolehiyo sa De La Salle University Dasmariñas sa ilalim ng programang Batsilyer sa Sining sa Sikolohiya.
Nagsimula siya bilang isang Model sa mga patalastas (commercial). Pagkatapos niyang pumirma sa TAPE Inc., nagsimula na siyang umarte at nakasama siya sa tatlong palabas tuwing hapon sa GMA Network: Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako, Agawin Mo Man Ang Lahat, at Pinakamamahal, kung saan nakatambal niya si Oyo Boy Sotto, anak nina Dina Bonnevie at Vic Sotto. Ang pinakamalaking ginampanan niya ay nang mapunta sa kanya ang MariMar, ang remake na ginampanan noon ni Thalía. Ang GMA Network Executives ay tinawag siyang Then Next Big Star (Ang Susunod na Malaking Bituin).
Awards and Recognitions of Marian Rivera
2007 38th Box-Office Entertainment Awards - Phenomenal TV Star Winner for MariMar 2007 38th Box-Office Entertainment Awards - Most Promising Female Star Winner for MariMar 2007 38th Box-Office Entertainment Awards - Face of the Night 2007 4th USTv Students' Choice Awards - Most Popular Actress in a Drama/Miniseries Winner for MariMar 2008 1st Annual Filipino-American Visionary Awards - 2007 Favorite Television Actress 2008 4th USTV Students' Choice Awards - Most Popular Actress in a Drama/Miniseries 2008 38th Box-Office Entertainment Awards- Most Promising Female Star 2008 38th Box-Office Entertainment Awards - Phenomenal TV Star 2008 1st Supreme to the Extreme Awards - Best in Chemistry Award w/ Dingdong Dantes 2008 FAMAS- German Moreno Young Achievement Award 2008 38th Box-Office Entertainment Awards - Face of the Night 2008 USTv Awards - Students’ Choice of Most Popular Actress in a Drama/Miniseries Winner 2008 Guillermo Memorial Scholarship Award - Phenomenal Loveteam (w/Dingdong Dantes) 2009 57th FAMAS Awards - German Moreno Young Achievement Award Winner for Desperadas 2 200 40th Box-Office Entertainment Awards - Valentine Box-Office Queen -My Best Friend Girlfriend 2009 New Generations Philippines - Cartoon Network's Kids Survey Favorite Actress 2010 Box-Office Entertainment Awards - Love Team of the Year — Dingdong Dantes/Marian Rivera (Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc) 2011 K-zone Awards Philippines - Favorite TV Actress Winner (Amaya) 2012 Northwest Samar State University Annual Awards -Best Actress (Amaya) 2013 Northwest State Samar University Awards - Best Actress in a Primetime Teleserye (Amaya) 2013 Gintong Palad Public Service Award 2013 27th PMPC Star Awards for TV - Best Drama Actress (Temptation of Wife) 2014 Today TV Awards Vietnam - Best Foreign Artist of the Year 2014 Today TV Awards Vietnam - Face of the Year 2014 5th Northwest Samar State University Students’ Choice Award - Best Actress (Temptation of Wife) 2014 1st PEP List Awards - Female TV Star of the year 2014 Cosmopolitan - Favorite Cosmo Girl
Other Top Recognitions
2003 Manila Standard Today - Crush ng Bayan 2006 MOD Magazine - MOD Glam Girl 2007 Starmometer's Hottest Beauty for 2007 - Rank 1 2007 Starmometer's Hottest Beauty for September-October - Rank 1 2008 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World - Rank 1 - Philippine's Finest 2008 Candy Magazine - Candy Rap Awards - Best Local Female Star 2008 Meg Teen Choice Awards - Favorite Female Celebrity 2008 GMA Female Newsmaker of the year 2008 Yes Mag. Reader's Choice Awards - Cover of the Year 2008 Yes Mag. Reader's Choice Awards - Most Popular Loveteam (Dingdong-Marian) 2009 StyleBible - Best Bondage Dress 2009 QTV Ang Pinaka - Sexy in Bikini - Rank 1 2009 1st SOP Kapuso Tag Awards - Kapuso Female Fan-Fave Winner 2009 1st SOP Kapuso Tag Awards - Most Romantic Kapuso Smooch with (Dingdong Dantes) Winner for Dyesebel 2009 1st SOP Kapuso Tag Awards - Kapuso Most Wanted 2009 YES Magazine 100 Most Beautiful Stars - Ranked 1 2009 StyleBible - The Fairest of them All 2009 StyleBible - Bare-Faced Beauty 2009 StyleBible - Red-Hot Style Star 2010 PinoyTop10’s Sexiest Female Celebrity for 2009 2010 PinoyTop10’s Hottest Love Team for 2009 - Dingdong Dantes & Marian Rivera 2010 Stylebible Reader's Choice - Preview Cover: Best of 2009 2010 Stylebible Reader's Choice - Celeb Look We Love: Best of 2009 2010 Mandaluyong City's Top 10 Taxpayer (Individual Category) for 2009 2011 TV5's Juicy - Juiciest Female Celebrity Award 2013 PEPsters Choice Awards - Female News Maker of the Year Winner (2nd Quarter) 2013 Viki blog: 1 of the 4 Crossover Asian Stars Who Have Gone Global 2013 The Ranking Poll Awards - Best Philippine Actress Winner 2013 Yahoo! OMG Awards - Celebrity of the Year 2013 ENPRESS Golden Screen Awards for Film and Television - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series (Amaya) 2014 Yahoo! OMG Awards (Special Awards) - Media Magnet of the Year 2014 Style Bible Best of 2013 - Best Celebrity of the Year 2014 PEP List Awards - News Maker of the Year (with Dingdong Dantes)
Other Recognitions
2006 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World - Rank 38 2007 FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World - Rank 24 2007 Google's Most Searched Local Female Actresses - Rank 3 2008 YES! Magazine 100 Most Beautiful Stars - included 2008 Maxim Hot 100 Rank 2 2008 Uno Real Hottest Rank 6 2008 Seventeen Magazine Naked Beauty - included 2008 Yahoo Top Searches of 2008 - included 2008 Google Fastest Rising Celebrity Searches-Rank 10 2008 Yes Mag. Reader's Choice Awards - Young Female Superstar(2nd) 2008 Walk of Fame- included 2009 Yes Magazine Most Powerful in Showbiz - Rank 5 2009 FHM 100 sexiest - Rank 2 2009 Yahoo! Philippines Top 6 Most Searched Celebrity of 2009 2010 FHM's 100 sexiest women - Rank 3 2011 FHM's 100 sexiest women - Rank 2 2011 Pinaka-Palaban Women in Pinoy Showbiz - Rank 5 2011 Pinaka-Hot Buff Babe - Rank 4 2011 Yes Mag 100 Most Beautiful A-Lister 2011 US Girls' One of 2011 Face of The Year 2011 Yes Mag Top 20 Celebrity Endorsers- Rank 6 2012 TRU Favorite Celebrities Survey - Rank 3 2012 Inside Showbiz Sexiest Women - Rank 3 2012 Top Tenz 10 International Beauties - Rank 9 2013 2nd Kakulay Best Interactive Actress Award - Included - Rank #9 2014 LGBT Community - Honorary Beki 2014 Best Actress of the Philippines by The Top Tens 2014 FHM Best Photos of 2013 - Rank #1
Nominations
2009 6th Golden Screen Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role—Musical/Comedy Nominee- My Bestfriend's Girlfriend 2010 36th Metro Manila Film Festival— MMFF Best Actress Nominee- Super Inday & The Golden Bibe 2011 8th Golden Screen TV Awards(ENPRESS, Inc.) - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series Nominee - Amaya 2011 Yahoo! OMG Awards - Hottest Actress Nominee 2012 Yahoo! OMG Awards - Celebrity of the Year Nominee 2012 Yahoo! OMG Awards - Actress of the Year Nominee 2012 FAMAS Award - Best Actress (Ang Panday 2) 2013 Best of 2013 PExers Choice Awards - Pinoy Love Team of the Year with Dingdong Dantes 2013 Best of 2013 PExers Choice Awards - Pinoy Female Celebrity of the Year 2013 Asian TV Awards - Best Drama Actress (Temptation of Wife) 2013 Yahoo! OMG Awards - Actress of the Year 2013 Yahoo! OMG Awards - Loveteam of the year with Dingdong Dantes 2014 Yahoo! OMG Awards - Celebrity of the Year 2014 Yahoo! OMG Awards - Actress of the Year 2014 FAMAS Awards - Best Actress (Kung Fu Divas) 2014 Kzone Awards - Favorite Television Actress
Album
2008 Marian Rivera Dance Hits - Gold Record Award 2008 Marian Rivera Dance Hits - Platinum Award 2008 Marian Rivera Dance Hits - ASAP Platinum Record Award 2008 Marian Rivera Dance Hits - Double Platinum Record Award 2009 Marian Rivera Retro Crazy - Gold Record Award 2009 Marian Rivera Retro Crazy - ASAP 24K Gold Award 2009 Marian Rivera Sabay Sabay Tayo - Gold Record Award