''Lady Dada'' is a
Philippine television
Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN), making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even ...
sitcom series broadcast by
TV5. Directed by
Joyce Bernal
Joyce E. Bernal (born May 6, 1968) is a Filipina film and television director. Her entry to the film industry began when she became a film editing apprentice under Ike Jarlego Jr. for Viva Films in 1989, the year she worked on Eddie Garcia's fil ...
, it stars
Ryan Agoncillo
Kristoffer Lou "Ryan" Gonzales Agoncillo (; born April 10, 1979) is a Filipino actor, model, host, musician, and photographer.
Career Modelling and hosting
Agoncillo started as a model at the age of 15, beginning as one of the early Penshoppe's ...
,
Mylene Dizon
Mylene Lilibeth Inocencio Dizon (; born September 6, 1976) is a Filipino actress. Known for her versatile work in independent film features and mainstream productions, she has received various accolades, including a Gawad Urian Award, two Lu ...
and
Keempee de Leon
Joseph Joachim Tugas de Leon (born January 8, 1973), better known as Keempee de Leon, is a Filipino actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and TV host. He is the son of Joey de Leon and Daria Ramirez.
Career
He started his career in the entertai ...
. It aired from September 8 to October 6, 2010, and was replaced by ''The Broken Hearts Club''.
Plot
“Lady Dada” tells the story of hard luck Dindo (
Ryan Agoncillo
Kristoffer Lou "Ryan" Gonzales Agoncillo (; born April 10, 1979) is a Filipino actor, model, host, musician, and photographer.
Career Modelling and hosting
Agoncillo started as a model at the age of 15, beginning as one of the early Penshoppe's ...
) who barely succeeds in every business and job he gets into. His star-crossed ventures eventually ruined his marriage with Rina (
Mylene Dizon
Mylene Lilibeth Inocencio Dizon (; born September 6, 1976) is a Filipino actress. Known for her versatile work in independent film features and mainstream productions, she has received various accolades, including a Gawad Urian Award, two Lu ...
). After series of unfortunate events, he proves to be a bad luck magnet as he was restrained to get near his son Miko (Nathaniel Britt); this after he became violent in a bar owned by his wife and her ex-suitor Brian (
Ryan Eigenmann
Ryan Richard Alatiit Eigenmann (; born July 22, 1978) is a Filipino actor.
Early life
Ryan Richard Alatiit-Eigenmann is one of the third generation of the Mesa-Gil clan of actors. His grandparents are musician Eddie Mesa and actress Rosem ...
).
Macario, his closeted high school best friend, enters the picture in literally gay fashion as Kylie (
Keempee de Leon
Joseph Joachim Tugas de Leon (born January 8, 1973), better known as Keempee de Leon, is a Filipino actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and TV host. He is the son of Joey de Leon and Daria Ramirez.
Career
He started his career in the entertai ...
) on the rescue. He convinced Dindo to mask his identity as a pretty woman and audition to be the next drag queen in Rina's bar. In order to get closer to his wife and son, Dindo is left without a choice but to turn from a man to a woman to a drag queen! His woman pretense gets even awkward as she, err, he gets courted by Rina's widower brother Henry (
Roderick Paulate
Roderick Mendenilla Paulate (, born April 4, 1960) is a Filipino actor, TV host, comedian and former politician. Paulate had previously hosted TV shows like ''Vilma On 7'', ''Tonight With Dick & Carmi'', ''Magandang Tanghali Bayan'', and ''The ...
).
Cast
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Ryan Agoncillo
Kristoffer Lou "Ryan" Gonzales Agoncillo (; born April 10, 1979) is a Filipino actor, model, host, musician, and photographer.
Career Modelling and hosting
Agoncillo started as a model at the age of 15, beginning as one of the early Penshoppe's ...
as Dindo/Dada/Lady Dada
*
Roderick Paulate
Roderick Mendenilla Paulate (, born April 4, 1960) is a Filipino actor, TV host, comedian and former politician. Paulate had previously hosted TV shows like ''Vilma On 7'', ''Tonight With Dick & Carmi'', ''Magandang Tanghali Bayan'', and ''The ...
as Henry
*
Keempee de Leon
Joseph Joachim Tugas de Leon (born January 8, 1973), better known as Keempee de Leon, is a Filipino actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and TV host. He is the son of Joey de Leon and Daria Ramirez.
Career
He started his career in the entertai ...
as Macario/Kylie
*
Mylene Dizon
Mylene Lilibeth Inocencio Dizon (; born September 6, 1976) is a Filipino actress. Known for her versatile work in independent film features and mainstream productions, she has received various accolades, including a Gawad Urian Award, two Lu ...
as Rina
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Ryan Eigenmann
Ryan Richard Alatiit Eigenmann (; born July 22, 1978) is a Filipino actor.
Early life
Ryan Richard Alatiit-Eigenmann is one of the third generation of the Mesa-Gil clan of actors. His grandparents are musician Eddie Mesa and actress Rosem ...
as Brian
*
Edgar Allan Guzman
Edgar Allan Guzman (born November 20, 1989), also known by his nickname and screen name EA Guzman, is a Filipino actor, singer, host and model.
He gained popularity after winning the Mr. Pogi 2006 competition on ''Eat Bulaga!'', aired on GMA Ne ...
as Junior
*Nathaniel Britt as Miko
See also
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List of TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming
TV5 (also known as 5 and formerly known as ABC) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network owned by MediaQuest Holdings, a multimedia arm of Philippine-based telecommunications company PLDT. It is the flagship property of TV ...
References
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TV5 (Philippine TV network) drama series
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2010 Philippine television series endings
2010s Philippine television series
Filipino-language television shows