Janette Heather McBride, known professionally as Janet McBride (born 6 November 1983 in Queensland, Australia), is an Australian former actress and television host.
Early life
Born in
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia, Janette Heather McBride is the daughter of Leslie and Fe McBride. Her parents were
penpals, her mother is from
Borongan
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,
Samar
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and her father is from Queensland, and is of Scottish-Irish descent. She has one younger brother and four half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage.
Career
McBride was part of
ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN is a leading Philippine media and content company. It serves as the flagship media brand of ABS-CBN Corporation, a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation. Once the country's largest free-to-air television network, ABS-CBN has since ...
's
Star Circle Batch 8
and appeared in ''
Richard Loves Lucy'', ''Kaybol: Ang Bagong TV'' and ''
ASAP''.
Her breakthrough performance in Philippine cinema came in 2000 when she was cast in
Laurice Guillen
Laurice Ilagan Guillen-Feleo (born January 31, 1947) is a Filipino actress, film and television director, and college professor.
Early life and acting career
Guillen studied at St. Theresa's College, Cebu City, earned an AB English degree be ...
's award-winning and critically acclaimed film ''
Tanging Yaman''
which won her a New Movie Actress of the Year award in the PMPC Star Awards in 2001.
The same year, she starred in ''
Star Drama Theater Presents: Rave''
with
Marvin Agustin,
with whom she previously worked in the film ''Tanging Yaman''.
McBride was one of the hosts of ABS-CBN's ''
Talk TV'', which replaced ''
Today with Kris Aquino'' in 2001.
In 2006, McBride returned to the Philippines and appeared in ''
Makita Ka Lang Muli''.
Personal life
McBride was in an eight-year on and off relationship with
Mo Twister.
McBride's then blossoming entertainment career was cut short when the couple moved to the
United States
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in the early 2000s, where McBride worked at odd jobs as a
call center
A call centre (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth spelling) or call center (American English, American spelling; American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, see spelling differences) is a managed capability th ...
agent, a
photographer
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Duties and types of photograp ...
and in
customer care
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.
In September 2013, McBride married Bens Omaga, who she met in a church retreat in 2011.
McBride is close friends with her ''
Talk TV'' co-hosts
Julius Babao,
Christine Bersola-Babao and
Ryan Agoncillo.
Babao was a
wedding sponsor at McBride's wedding
while McBride was part of the wedding entourage of the Babaos' wedding in 2003.
McBride is a member of the
Victory Christian Fellowship.
Filmography
Television
Film
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
External links
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1983 births
Australian television actresses
Australian child actresses
Australian people of Filipino descent
Australian people of Irish descent
Australian emigrants to the Philippines
Living people
People from Queensland
Star Magic
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