Pauleen Luna

Career

Luna began her show business career when she joined *Eat Bulaga!'''s *Little Miss Philippines'' talent contest in 1995 where she first met her future husband, Vic Sotto. She began acting at 13 years of age when she became a member of ABS-CBN Corporation's Star Magic Batch 11 in 2002, before transferring to GMA Network.

She played the role of Odessa in Etheria, the second installment of the Encantadia trilogy, and appeared in the second Koreanovela adaptation of GMA Network's Ako si Kim Samsoon. Following this, she appeared in Luna Mystika, starring Heart Evangelista. In 2009 she starred with Dennis Trillo and Jennica Garcia in the romantic-comedy Adik Sa'Yo, and was later cast as the primary antagonist, Sofia Montemayor, in Ikaw Sana.

Luna plays Honey Toledo-Ferrer in the afternoon Philippine soap opera Trudis Liit.

In 2006, Luna was ranked number 9 in the FHM-Philippines list of sexiest women and was featured on the cover of the December 2006 issue of UNO magazine.

In 2020, she joined TV5 Network and formerly hosted Chika, Besh! with Kapamilya actresses Pokwang and Ria Atayde, until it was ended in 2021.

Personal life

Luna is a niece of actors Rowell Santiago, Randy Santiago and Raymart Santiago. But she chose to have her own identity in the industry, opting not to use her connection to them.

By December 2011, Luna had begun dating her Eat Bulaga! co-host Vic Sotto after co-starring in Enteng ng Ina Mo, which he only confirmed in 2013. In September 2015, Sotto confirmed his engagement to Luna. The couple married on January 30, 2016, at Saint James the Great Parish Church, in Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa. On May 6, 2017, Sotto announced on Eat Bulaga! that he and Luna were expecting their first child together. On November 6, Vic Sotto announced on Eat Bulaga! that Pauleen had given birth to a girl, Talitha “Tali” Maria Luna. On January 23, 2024, Thia " Mochi" Marceline was born.

Filmography

Film

Television

Concert

Awards and recognitions

Magazine appearances

References

;Footnotes

References

1. (January 8, 2014). "Pauleen Luna in full bloom". [[GMA Network Inc.]].
2. (December 21, 2015}}{{dead link). "Pauleen Luna's touching message to her best friend Pia Wurtzbach". [[ABS-CBN Corporation]].
3. (April 21, 2008). "Other cast members of "Kim Sam Soon" revealed". [[GMA Network Inc.]].
4. (July 22, 2010). "Pauleen Luna talks about Trudis Liit star Jillian Ward". [[GMA Network Inc.]].
5. "'Chika, Besh!': Pokwang, Pauleen, Ria share why you should watch new TV5 show".
6. "Chika, BESH! 'di na nag-renew, Ria balik-Kapamilya".
7. "Archived copy".
8. (January 7, 2016). "A look back at the Vic Sotto-Pauleen Luna love story". [[GMA Network Inc.]].
9. (September 2, 2015). "Vic Sotto and Pauleen Luna engaged: A look back at their "roller-coaster" love story". [[GMA Network Inc.]].
10. (January 31, 2016). "Vic Sotto weds Pauleen Luna: A promise of forever". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
11. (May 6, 2017). "Vic Sotto's big news: wife Pauleen Luna pregnant". ABS-CBN News.
12. (November 6, 2017). "Pauleen Luna gives birth to a baby girl".
13. (January 26, 2024). "The growing family of Pauleen Luna and Vic Sotto". [[GMA Integrated News]].
14. [http://www.fhm.com.ph/fhm-babes/100sexiest2007_05 Pauleen Luna, ranked number 13 on FHM Philippines] {{webarchive. link. (April 30, 2008 . Fhm.com.ph. Retrieved on April 15, 2012.)
15. [http://www.pep.ph/news/15502/FIRST-READ-ON-PEP:-ABS-CBN-named-Best-TV-Station-at-21st-Star-Awards-for-TV FIRST READ ON PEP: ABS-CBN named Best TV Station at PMPC Star Awards for TV] {{Webarchive. link. (December 13, 2007 . Pep.ph. Retrieved on April 15, 2012.)