Izabella Krizia Dayot Marquez, more popularly known as Zia Marquez (born May 10, 1992), is a

Filipina Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other ...

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. She is currently a member of

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company unde ...

's elite circle of homegrown talents collectively known as

Star Magic ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., doing business as Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), is the talent agency owned by ABS-CBN Corporation based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines that was founded in 1992. ...

Biography

Background

Izabella Krizia Dayot Marquez is the second daughter of actor

Joey Marquez Joselito Perez Marquez (born Artemio Perez Marquez Jr.; October 7, 1957) better known as Joey Marquez, is a Filipino actor, comedian, politician and former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was born to ...

with former actress and producer Brenda del Rio. She is the sister of former child star Jowee Ann Marquez and half siblings are Jeremy Marquez and

Winwyn Marquez Teresita Ssen Lacsamana Marquez (born May 4, 1992), also known as Winwyn Marquez, is a Filipino actress, model, dancer and beauty queen who was crowned the first Reina Hispanoamericana Filipinas title in the Miss World Philippines 2017 pageant ...

. She is a niece of

Miss International Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest pageant i ...

Melanie Marquez.

Career

Zia had a taste of show business when she joined

Ang TV ''Ang TV'' ( en, The TV) was a youth-oriented comedy variety show in the Philippines. The show's format was inspired by its predecessor ''Kaluskos Musmos'', (a popular Philippine kiddie gag show in the 1970s) and its foreign counterpart ''The ...

2 with her sister, Jowee Ann, in 2000. As a child star she has appeared in

shows like Maalaala Mo Kaya and Pangako Sa Yo. In 2006, she was relaunched as a member of

Batch 13. Now at her teens, Zia is more zealous than ever to carve a name in Philippine Showbiz. Aside from being an actress she has also thought of following in her aunt, Melanie Marquez's footsteps as a model and beauty queen.

Filmography

References

External links

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Showbiz Blood in Star Magic Batch 13
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