Alessandra De Rossi

Career

In 2017, De Rossi co-starred in the romantic comedy film Kita Kita, starring alongside comedian Empoy Marquez. The film eventually became the highest-grossing Filipino independent film of all time, earning ₱300 million (approximately US$5.88 million) within three weeks of its release. Due to the movie's popularity, Philippine entertainment media sources dubbed their pairing as "AlEmpoy".

After her successful portrayal in Kita Kita, De Rossi pledged not to accept antagonist roles anymore in either television and feature films. De Rossi returned to Viva when she signed exclusive contract with Viva Artists Agency and made her film production business co-ventured by Viva Films named AWOO, acronym of "A World of Our Own"; her first movie Magic Kingdom was produced & released by Viva Films in 1997.

She and Marquez returned as a love team in the 2023 film, Walang KaParis, produced by Viva Films.

Other ventures

Director

De Rossi directed co-produced and starred her first movie, My Amanda, a romantic drama movie starring Piolo Pascual which was released in 2021. The movie was released in Netflix.

She directed her second film, Everyone knows, Every Juan, a family movie which was released in October 2025.

Business

De Rossi founded her own company known as, *A World of Our Own (AWOO Production) * where she serves as a CEO of her own company in 2021 AWOO company has a film outfit production and a music record label known as AWOO Music Records . The AWOO Music Records is a sublabel of Lilly Star Records. Artists Hya and Singer Alfa are the first two artists to join *AWOO Records * in 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television/digital series

Discography

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Alessandra de Rossi

References

References

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21. "Ogie Alcasid gets recording equipment as birthday gift from girlfriend Regine Velasquez".
22. [https://www.pep.ph/news/29750/alessandra-de-rossi-returns-to-kapuso-network-willing-to-work-even-with-former-enemy-rhian-ramos Alessandra de Rossi returns to Kapuso network; willing to work even with former "enemy" Rhian Ramos]
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