Gretchen Barretto
- Name: Gretchen Barretto
- Native name: Gretchen Barretto
- Nationality: Filipino
- Gender: Female
- Born: March 6, 1968
- Age: 57
Despite being launched as a singer-actress, Barretto never got the chance to record a studio album due to the annual movies lined up for her. She soon dropped out of high school to fully concentrate on her acting career.
In 1988, Barretto was signed by Robbie Tan to become a contract star of Seiko Films. In 1989, Barretto's image was revamped from being a teenybopper actress to a full-fledged sex siren. Due to the string of successful softcore films she starred in, Barretto, along with actresses Rita Avila, Cristina Gonzales and Rina Reyes, were tagged as the "ST Queens" (which stands for "sex trip") since they were among the most popular softcore actresses in Philippine cinema at that time.
In 1992, while shooting the movie Ako Ang Katarungan, Barretto was involved in a highly controversial relationship with married actor Bong Revilla, with whom she had an affair for four months. Barretto moved back to her home studio, Regal Films, in that same year.
In 1994, Barretto embarked on a hosting career. She joined Boy Abunda in the late-night talk show "Show & Tell". It was in that same year that she ended her contract with Seiko Films in an attempt to make her image more wholesome and commercial to the public. Barretto left "Show & Tell" after she became pregnant with Tonyboy Cojuangco's love child.
Throughout the late nineties, Barretto co-hosted the variety show "ASAP" in ABS-CBN, but her serious comeback to acting began in the drama "Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan". Barretto revealed that it was her sister Claudine who convinced her to return to acting after a long break from being away from the spotlight.
In 2001, Barretto appeared with sisters Marjorie and Claudine in "Private Conversations with Boy Abunda", which became her first public interview together with her siblings.
In 2008, Barretto released her debut album, "Unexpected", to signal the launch of her music career. She released the single "Please Don't Ask Me" in support of the album. She finally won her first acting award, PMPC Star Awards for TV's Best Single Performance by an Actress in "Maalaala Mo Kaya".
In 2010, Bench launched Barretto's first perfume line called Greta. Barretto won the award for Best Drama Actress in the PMPC Star Awards for Television for "Magkaribal" a year later.
In 2013, Barretto debuted in her first Cinemalaya movie entry entitled "The Diplomat Hotel". Edit Biography
Drama
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Nathaniel
Filipino Drama, 2015, 115 eps
Amy Russo
(Guest Role)
|
7.2
|
Against All Odds
Filipino Drama, 2013, 50 eps
Eva Custodio [Attorney]
(Guest Role)
|
7.8
|
Princess and I
Filipino Drama, 2012, 210 eps
Ashi Behati Rinpoche
(Main Role)
|
7.5
|
Magkaribal
Filipino Drama, 2010, 94 eps
Victoria Valera / Anna Abella
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
The Trial
Filipino Movie, 2014,
Amanda Bien
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
The Diplomat Hotel
Filipino Movie, 2013,
Victoria
(Main Role)
|
6.1
|
Ako ang Katarungan: Lt. Napoleon M. Guevarra
Filipino Movie, 1993,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Bakit Ako Mahihiya
Filipino Movie, 1992,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
---|---|
ASAP
Filipino TV Show, 1995, 1335 eps
(1996–2002)
(Regular Member)
|
8.5
|
Eat Bulaga!
Filipino TV Show, 1979, 11830 eps
(1993)
(Guest)
|
8.2
|
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