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GIVE ME FIVE featuring Karel Marquez

My Husband’s Lover, Karel Marquez has proven her abilities as an actress. Get to know more about this charming celebrity mom here on GIVE ME FIVE.


GIVE ME FIVE kikay tips.

Less is more. If you want to wear make-up, it’s best to just enhance your natural features and not look like a raccoon or ‘wag sobrahan sa contouring, baka maging pang The Conjuring! (laughs) Okay lang siguro ‘yung kung for high fashion. Always smile if you want to have a fresh aura. Wash your face regularly. That’s what I do all the time.

GIVE ME FIVE of your celebrity crushes.

Before kasi, since High School pa, I really had a big crush on Ryan Philippe, the one in Cruel Intentions. And then, I used to like Mark Wahlberg when he was still Marky Mark, ‘yung ganung hitsura. Dati pa ‘to ha, so these celebrity crushes are all throughout my lifetime. Of course, addict ako dati kay Aaron Carter. I had posters on my wall, and his brother Nick of Backstreet Boys na rin. ‘Yun, four lang!

GIVE ME FIVE of your role models.

In terms of class, beauty and fashion, it’s the classic Audrey Hepburn. When it comes to acting, I’d have to say Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. Because of her principles and the way she projects her aura, I look up to the late Princess Diana, and of course, former President Cory Aquino.

GIVE ME FIVE of your most memorable experiences in showbiz.

Well, of course there’s my first ever job aside from being a commercial model, which is being a VJ for a music channel. Aside from acting, ‘yung passion ko talaga is singing, so parang I love songs kaya bonus na rin for me to introduce music videos. I was lucky enough to have that job at age 16 for five years. The second is working with Nora Aunor. Actually, madami kasi eh. Minsan, I’m in awe when I work with superstars, tapos ‘yun pala, they’re so mabait. So number three is meeting legends like Susan Roces. Fourth, it’s a memorable experience everytime the cast and crew and staff, nagbobond kapag patapos na ‘yung show at may mga reunion at parties. Lastly, I think I’m getting lucky enough to get paid and at the same time get to do what I love to do.

Catch more of Karel Marquez in My Husband’s Lover, after Akin Pa Rin Ang Bukas on GMA Telebabad. For more updates about her and the show, visit the official website at www.gmanetwork.com/myhusbandslover. -Interview by Samantha Portillo, Photo by Bochic Estrada, GMANetwork.com