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Jennylyn Mercado Is Truly The Ultimate Survivor
By Phoebe Dorothy Estelle
Many doors opened for Jennylyn Mercado when she won the grand prize of reality based talent search “Starstruck.” However, off cam, the sought-after young actress is a lady with strong advocacy versus child abuse.
It is an open book that the Super S of top rating fantasy series, “Super Twins” was once a battered child. The drama anthology program “Magpakailanman” featured a point in her life when her step dad used to lash her young body while her biological mother preferred the abuser than her. Lydia Mercado, her adopted mother is actually her auntie on her mother’s side.
The traumatizing memory seems not evident in Jen as she blooms into a successful teenager. She has numerous assignments left and right, she has also began acquiring properties, and maintains colorful love life. But despite a hectic schedule, Jen still finds time to pursue her fight against child abuse.
Jen is the official spokesperson of Bata Foundation, a Christian Mission Services. Her manager Ms. Becky Aguila shared that Jen has two foster kids in Cavite. Every year she selects orphans in which she gives financial support.
Her self-produced birthday concert at the Music Museum entitled “Music in Me” was an accomplishment for her. In the said concert she fulfilled her dream of having a major concert and to help a charity foundation through it.
“In show business, aside from the beauty, you must have talent. Everybody can act but not everybody can sing. Jennylyn is gifted with the golden voice,” Ms. Aguila notes for her talent.
The Manager-Producer divulged that most of the time people misinterpreted Jen as a snub and loner. She clarified that Jen is just a shy but definitely a pleasant gal.
“Mabait, magalang, masunurin at marunong tumanaw ng utang na loob,” said Jen and Angel Locsin’s handler.
The Young actress has poor health. She admitted before that she suffers from heart ailment that forbids her to get too tired and to feel extreme emotions such as anger and excitement. Notwithstanding her physical limitation, Jen proves that she’s brave and daring. She exemplified it when she guested in defunct reality program “Extra Challenge” and in her daredevil stunt in the movie “Supernoypi” in which she hanged 50 feet high through helicopter.
Her second album under GMA Records entitled “Letting Go” is also a manifestation of her moving, on not only from her past but also for being heartbroken. In the album, she showcased her singing style and songs that symbolizes her maturity.
After the successful tandem with her former reel and real partner Mark Herras, Jen attests that she doesn’t need a love team to survive in showbiz. She top billed a season of the defunct mini series “Now and Forever”, entitled “Dangal” and currently she’s the heroine in “Super Twins” together with her Starstruck batch mate Nadine Samonte.
Currently, she’s busy filming two movies. “Angels”, a trilogy movie produced by Angel Locsin and her manager Aguila, Jen is paired with her present boyfriend Patrick Garcia in the episode “Angel of Mine.” While in the remake of “Tiyanak,” Jen is reunited with Mark.
Other than showbiz, Jen is also an entrepreneur. She ownes a boutique in Star Mall, Mandaluyong that sells fashionable clothes for young women.
Her life may have been clouded by different struggles, but Jennylyn Mercado truly embodies her title, the Female ultimate survivor.
Jennylyn Mercado’s photos courtesy of GMA Records and GMA 7
Tags: Jennylyn Mercado, Philippine Celebrities, Philippine Entertainment News, Starstruck
About Phoebe Dorothy Estelle: Phoebe Dorothy Estelle believes in the power of dreaming and it's smarter to be lucky than lucky to be smart. She's boyish and jolly outside but feminine inside.Has faith to the Divine Providence and an ambivert gal who loves performing arts, anime, interesting stories or people, music,films and ice creams..
08 May 2007 Phoebe Dorothy Estelle
I noticed something. When I open the philippine tv, all I see are all these singers and actors singing, singing, and more singing. But when I see a tagalog movie, there is none! Isn’t it ironic? Whatever happened to the musical? There are no musicals in the Philippines anymore despite the fact that every actor/actress thinks they could sing (and do on TV). The last group who made musicals were guy and pip and vi and bot and ricky belmonte and rosemarie. Remember? Bollywood does it all the time, and so does Hollywood like Moulin Rouge and Chicago. Would it be a big flop in the Philippines?