Kathryn Bernardo

Kathryn Chandria Manuel Bernardo is one of the newest Fipina actress popularly known as Kathryn Bernardo. She was born on 26 March 1996 in Cabanatuan City, Philippines. Kathryn is a Filipina actress of ABS-CBN Channel 2. She is best known for her role as Mara in the primetime Filipino drama, Mara Clara. Bernardo is currently a contract artist of Star Magic and ABS-CBN and most recently starred as Ana Bartolome in the 2011 drama film, Way Back Home. She also played the main protagonist Mikay in the primetime series Princess and I.

Kathryn Bernardo began acting in 2003, appearing as the young Cielo in It Might Be You. She went on to play different roles in other ABS-CBN shows like Krystala and Vietnam Rose before landing a permanent spot in the hit kiddie show, Goin' Bulilit. Kathryn Bernardo's film career started in 2004 with the movie Gagamboy. However, it was only in 2011 where she, together with her Mara Clara co-star Julia Montes, was launched as lead role in the movie Way Back Home. The film opened at first place with an estimated P18 million within its first week surpassing other foreign films shown the same week in Philippine cinemas, like The Smurfs and Conan the Barbarian according to Box Office Mojo. In that same year, Bernardo joined Regal Film's Metro Manila Film Festival entry, Shake, Rattle & Roll 13.

From being known as a young dramatic actress, Bernardo tried the horror genre by taking one of the lead roles in the third story, Parola. Her performance received positive reviews. In a review for ClickTheCity.com, Philbert Dy calls Kathryn Bernardo's performance as "fantastic". He said in his review, "A fantastic performance from Kathryn Bernardo ties it all together. It might just be one of the best things that has ever come out of Shake Rattle and Roll." She will soon star with Vice Ganda together with her love team partner, Daniel Padilla in the upcoming 2012 MMFF entry, Sisteraka.