Anne Roxanne Barcelo (born January 20, 1985), also known as Roxee B, is a Filipino-American actress, model and singer. In 2006, she became one of the 14 housemates of

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's '' Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition''. Before entering the Big Brother House, she was a finalist of

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's ''Hollywood Dream''. She is best known for playing Natalie Alcantara in ''

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''. Roxanne played the role of young Alba, an antagonist and guest character of ''

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''.

Personal life

Born in

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, she spent her childhood in the United States. She was only eight years old when she joined and won "Best of the Best", a singing contest in the United States. Her broadcasting talent was again put to the test when she became a member of

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Kids. Already a professional child model, she did TV commercials for the

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's 150th anniversary,

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, GAP and

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. She graduated from the School of the Holy Spirit in

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and from

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, also in Quezon City. In 2020, she married a non-showbiz personality in a private ceremony. She has one son.

Acting and singing career

Upon arriving in the

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when she was 13, she joined as a contestant in GMA's Metropop Search. By 1999, Roxie became a mainstay in the GMA's then top-rated youth-oriented show, ''

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'' She also appeared in the television drama series ''

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'' and '' Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga''., was a regular host of ''

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'' and guest-starred in several GMA shows. Her song "Kung Alam Mo Lang" (If You Only Knew), the Tagalog version of "Because I'm A Girl" () by the South Korean female pop trio band

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topped the Philippine music charts. She also released a self-titled album, ''Roxie'' in 2004. In late 2003, she was asked along with

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to take part in "Biyahe Tayo" (a song meant to promote Philippine tourism) but she declined.

Other ventures

Roxee starred in a contemporary full-length film, ''Mudraks'', which was screened for competition in 2006's Cinemalaya Film Festival. She played the daughter of the lead actress,

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. The movie is about a

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who never talk to each other.

Present career

In 2008, she returned to

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, her home channel, whose rival station is

, to do a kiddy program as one of the main hosts; she was referred to as Ate Anne in the show called '' Batang Bibbo!''. But in early 2009 she was cast to the most awaited fantasy series starring

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in ''

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''. After ''Darna'', she appeared on '' First Time'', together with

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and

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who were also a former ABS-CBN talents. In 2010, Roxee returned to hosting a children's show via ''

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'' on GMA with original host Tonypet Gaba, replacing the former hosts. She joined

Alodia Gosiengfiao Alodía Almira Gosiengfiao Quimbo (née Gosiengfiao; born March 9, 1988) is a Filipino cosplayer, model, TV presenter, singer, vlogger, actress and co-founder of Tier One Entertainment. She is also known as ''Senpai Alodia of the Philippines' ...

for the July 2013 edition of ''

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''. In 2014, she appeared again for Online Babe for FHM (now as FHM #NewCrush and Idols) for June 2014 as well as in the December 2014 issue of FHM. In 2016, she transferred to Talent5 to appear in ''

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''. In 2017, she returned to ABS-CBN, to play an antagonist role in ''

''. In 2018, she played a young Alba in ''

''.

Filmography

Television

Film

Discography

Album

* ''Roxie'' – 2004 (under Universal Records) * ''"WOW"'' ft.

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– 2014 * ''"Morena" '' – 2014 (under Viva Records Corporation)

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barcelo, Roxanne 1985 births Living people American actresses of Filipino descent 21st-century Filipino actresses American emigrants to the Philippines Filipino child actresses Filipino female models Filipino film actresses Filipino television actresses Actresses from Quezon City GMA Network (company) people Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition contestants ABS-CBN people Star Magic personalities Viva Artists Agency Actresses from Fairfax, Virginia