Mara Isabella Yokohama (born May 20, 1991), known professionally as Mara Lopez, is a Filipino actress. She is a member of Star Magic Batch 13.
Early life
Lopez was born on 20 May 1991 in
San Pablo, California
San Pablo (Spanish language, Spanish for "Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul") is an enclave city in Contra Costa County, California, Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 32,127 at the 2020 census. The current mayor is P ...
, United States. She is the daughter of beauty queen and actress
Maria Isabel Lopez
Maria Isabel Pagunsan Lopez-Melrod (born 14 September 1958) is a Filipino actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Lopez won the Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1982 and represented the Philippines in the 31st Miss Universe Pageant in Lima, Peru. ...
and former Japanese spouse, Hiroshi Yokohama. She is the elder of two siblings to a younger brother five years younger.
Career
Acting
Lopez made her acting debut in 2003, playing a younger version of her real-life mother Maria Isabel Lopez, in an episode in GMA's ''Magpakailanman''.
In 2006 she was launched, along with 23 other aspiring actors and actresses, as a member of Star Magic Batch 13. She then starred in ABS-CBN's ''
Sineserye Presents: Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos?''.
In 2002, she played the lead role in the indie film ''Following Rosa'', a
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023.
The festival has acted ...
entry.
Yokohama was one of the castaways of ''
Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown'' in November 2011.
In 2015, she was now a freelancer.
Sports
Her father Hiroshi Yokohama was the one who taught Mara how to surf. She learned how to surf at age 6 in the coastal barangay of Urbiztondo in
La Union
La Union (), officially the Province of La Union (; ; ; ; ; ), is a coastal province in the Philippines situated in the Ilocos Region on the island of Luzon. The province's capital, the San Fernando, La Union, City of San Fernando, is the most ...
.
In 2002 she won the Surfing Championship-Ladies Division at 11 and became the youngest Filipina surfing champion.
Aside from surfing, she also practices
Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She was first introduced to the by actor
Sid Lucero
Timothy Mark Pimentel Eigenmann (; born March 12, 1983), known professionally as Sid Lucero (), is a Filipino actor and model. He won the 31st Gawad Urian Best Actor award for his role in ''Selda''.
Career
Tim's stage name, Sid Lucero, is ta ...
. She also competed in the 2016 World Championship in jiu-jitsu.
Filmography
Film
Television
Notes
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
ABS-CBN people
Actresses from California
Actresses from Quezon City
Actresses of Japanese descent
Female surfers
Filipina gravure idols
Filipino martial artists
Filipino people of Japanese descent
Filipino practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Filipino surfers
GMA Network (company) people
People from San Pablo, California
Star Magic
Survivor Philippines contestants