Thea Tolentino

Beauty and talent actress and model Thea was born and raised in Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines. She graduated from the Trinity University of Asia, where she took up Business Administration major in Public Administration. Thea Loise Señerez Tolentino is a Filipino actress known for her role as Ashley Mercado Alcantara in the GMA Network television drama The Half Sisters (2014) alongside Barbie Forteza. She started her career as one of the winners of the second season of Protégé (2011), a talent-search reality show created by GMA Network. Since then, she became a contract artist of GMA and began appearing on various dramas such as Anna Karenina (2013), Pyra: Ang babaeng apoy (2013) or Kambal sirena (2014). She also gained public attention for playing the villain sorcerers in Haplos (2017), which is her most villainous role up to date. She portrayed an evil mother in Madrasta (2019). Tolentino also played in the movie This Time I'll Be Sweeter (2017) where she again coincided with Barbie Forteza. One of her roles was a transgender antagonist named Venus Hermosa, who was played by Jason Abalos during his role as Nathan Bravante/Catriona in the afternoon series Asawa ko, karibal ko (2018). She has also appeared in numerous GMA television anthologies such as Dear Uge (2016) or Magpakailanman (2012), among others, due to her impressive versatility in portraying various roles and characters.