Kris Aquino

Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino (born February 14, 1971 in Quezon City) is a prominent television and movie personality in the Philippines. She is the fifth and youngest child of Corazon Aquino, former President of the Philippines and Benigno Aquino, Jr., a popular opposition senator during the Marcos regime. She is the youngest of five siblings: Maria Elena "Ballsy", Aurora Corazon "Pinky", Benigno "Noynoy" the III, who is currently Tarlac representative and Victoria Eliza "Viel". She and her only brother, Noynoy, are the only ones left unmarried among them. In recent years, Aquino has been labeled "The Philippines' Queen of Talk," due to her success in hosting talk shows. She was also crowned as the 2004 Box Office Queen for her hit movies such as Feng Shui and So... Happy Together.

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February 14 - 1971 - Quezon City - Philippines - Corazon Aquino - President of the Philippines - Benigno Aquino, Jr. - Marcos - Talk show - Feng Shui - So... Happy Together

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Aquino spent most of her elementary school days in the United States because the Aquino family was in exile. After returning to the Philippines in 1979, Aquino started out as a precocious presence in rallies against the Marcos government.

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Elementary school - United States - 1979

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After the 1986 expulsion of President Ferdinand Marcos, the teenaged Kris stepped into the limelight, starting with guest spots on television dramas and comedies, as well as talk shows. Finally, she made her film debut with actor Rene Requiestas in the comedy Pido Dida.

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1986 - Ferdinand Marcos - Rene Requiestas - Pido Dida

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Aquino afterwards had a commercially steady, though critically panned career and managed to score an acting nomination for The Fatima Buen Story. She also starred in a film based on a true-life murder, The Vizconde Massacre. Its financial success and successive crime films of the same vein in which she starred in gained her the nickname "Massacre Queen" by newspaper critics.

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The Fatima Buen Story - The Vizconde Massacre

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Kris graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature.

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Ateneo de Manila University - 1992

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It was not until 1994, that she did a film (Nandito Ako) with action star Philip Salvador that started one of Kris' very controversial love affairs. Aquino became pregnant and had a child, Joshua, who is autistic.

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Nandito Ako - Philip Salvador - Autistic

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With her movie career slowing, Aquino shifted her sights on a television career as a talk show host launched through The Kris Aquino Show produced by VIVA on Channel 4. But it was in GMA Network showbiz oriented talk show Startalk where she co-hosted with Boy Abunda and Lolit Solis that her hosting capabilities were noticed. Media conglomerate and GMA Network's rival ABS-CBN noticed her undeniable hosting wit, offered her a contract and launched Today with Kris Aquino, one of the most successful talk shows of the 1990s. As of 2004, she also hosts Morning Girls and The Buzz with Mr. Boy Abunda and Ms. Cristy Fermin for the same network, as well as Pilipinas, Game KNB?, a game show similar in format to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. She had been also controversial for wearing plunging dresses which noted her as a fashion-talk show queen.

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The Kris Aquino Show - GMA Network - Startalk - Boy Abunda - Lolit Solis - ABS-CBN - Today with Kris Aquino - Morning Girls - The Buzz - Pilipinas, Game KNB? - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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Aquino is also known for her troublesome relationships. Over the past decade, she has been linked to two married men. Her latest relationship became a cause célèbre in 2003 after it ended in gunplay and Aquino accused her lover, former Parañaque mayor and actor Joey Marquez, on live television, of giving her venereal disease. At present, Kris is linked having a relationship with the local PBA player, her fiancé, James Yap. They are to be married next year.

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2003 - Parañaque - Joey Marquez - Venereal disease

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