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Celebrity Life

IN PHOTOS: How 'Darna' actress Nanette Medved transforms into a real-life hero

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Nanette Medved

People remember Nanette Medved as the talented lady who played the role of Darna in the big screen in 1991. The movie was directed by the brilliant Joel Lamangan.

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Parents

Nanette's mother, Mei-Chi, is from Taiwan; while his father, Raymond, is from Russia.

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 Education

Did you know that Nanette graduated summa cum laude from Babson College with a degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship.

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Fernando Poe Jr.

Her last movie project was 'Ang Dalubhasa' in 2000 with the late action star Fernando Poe Jr.

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Wedding

Nanette tied the knot in 1999 with businessman Chris Po. Mr. Po is the president and CEO of Century Canning Corp.

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1999

They are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary this year.

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Mother

Nanette doesn't regret leaving showbiz to focus on her family and being a wonderful mother.

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 Social entrepreneur

In 2014, she founded Generation Hope, a social enterprise that donates its profits from selling Hope in a Bottle bottled water to build public schools all over the country. The former actress serves as its chairperson and president.

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Solenn Heussaff 

Generation Hope collaborated with Kapuso actress Solenn Heussaff in 2017 to design a limited edition shirt made from 100 percent recycled plastic bottles. The funds from this project was used to build more classroom.

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Family

A peek into her family life. Throwback photo from their vacation in Barcelona, Spain in 2018.

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Son

Nanette's cute son is teaching his lolo how to play Minecraft.

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 Sexy

Nanette is one sexy momma, too!

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