María Carmina Muñiz Villarroel-Legaspi (; ; born August 17, 1975) is a Filipino actress, television presenter, and product endorser. She is best known for portraying the role of Lyneth Santos in the medical drama, ''
Abot-Kamay na Pangarap
( / international title: ''Hands on the Dream'') is a Philippine television medical drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by L.A. Madridejos, it stars Carmina Villarroel and Jillian Ward. It premiered on September 5, 2022 on the ne ...
'', as well as portraying Cynthia in ''
Esperanza'', Lucille in ''
Doble Kara
''Doble Kara'' () is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Emmanuel Q. Palo, Jon S. Villarin, Erick C. Salud, Trina N. Dayrit and Jojo A. Saguin, it stars Julia Montes, Carmina Villarroel, Mylene Dizon, Ariel ...
'', George in ''
Oki Doki Doc
''Oki Doki Doc'' (also known as ''Oki Doki Dok'') was a Philippine sitcom was broadcast by ABS-CBN. It aired on the network's Saturday afternoon line up from October 23, 1993 to December 2, 2000, replacing Mana-Mana and was replaced by '' Arriba ...
'', Elizabeth in ''
Abangan Ang Susunod Na Kabanata'', Barbara in ''
Widows' Web'' and as one of the hosts of ''
SiS
Sis or SIS may refer to:
People
*Michael Sis (born 1960), American Catholic bishop
Places
* Sis (ancient city), historical town in modern-day Turkey, served as the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
* Kozan, Adana, the current name ...
'' and ''
Sarap, 'Di Ba?''.
Personal life
Villarroel was previously married to
Rustom Padilla in 1994; the two had no children, and Villarroel filed for
annulment
Annulment is a legal procedure within secular and religious legal systems for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning alm ...
several years after, which was granted in 2002.
Villarroel married her partner
Zoren Legaspi
Zoren Lim Legaspi (; born January 30, 1972) is a Filipino actor and television director. He is best known for appearing in several television shows such as '' Ika-6 na Utos'', '' Mulawin'', '' Now and Forever: Ganti'', '' Majika'', ''Enchanted ...
on November 15, 2012; the couple had twins on January 6, 2001, in the United States. Legaspi planned a surprise
proposal and
civil wedding with the help of their families and the network.
The ceremony was later aired the following Saturday as the television special ''Zoren-Carmina: Always Forever, A Wedding Like No Other''. The idea of a surprise proposal followed by a
flashmob-style instant wedding was inspired by a remarkably similar episode of the
U.S. television programme ''
Mobbed'', hosted by
Howie Mandel
Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel is known for voicing Gizmo in the 1984 film ''Gremlins'' and the 1990 sequel ''Gremlins 2: The New Batch'', playing rowd ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Legaspi family
1975 births
Living people
ABS-CBN people
Actresses from Laguna (province)
Filipino child actresses
Filipino film actresses
Filipino people of Spanish descent
Filipino television actresses
GMA Network (company) people
Radio Philippines Network personalities
Tagalog actresses