Nadine Samonte
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| Nadine Samonte | |
| Birth name | Nadine Burgos Eidloth |
| Born | March 2, 1988 (age 19) Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany |
| Notable roles | Young Minea in Etheria |
Nadine Samonte (born Nadine Burgos Eidloth on March 2, 1988 in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany) is a Filipina actress of German-Filipina descent. She is an avenger from the first season of StarStruck. She is lasted up to the Final 6 with Dion Ignacio, Yasmien Kurdi, Rainier Castillo, Mark Herras and Jennylyn Mercado. Nadine and Dion were the last contestants to be eliminated and the last avengers for the said season of Starstruck.
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[edit] Acting career/Personal life
Shortly after the Final Judgment wherein Jennylyn and Mark won, she and Dion were cast to the third season of Love to Love, a Sunday twin bill television program. She starred in the series Kissing Beauty with Angel Locsin, Dennis Trillo, Cogie Domingo, Karen delos Reyes and AJ Eigenmann. Mercado and Herras were also cast with the second half, Duets for Love, starring Jay-R and Toni Gonzaga. After the season ended, she was also casted as the lead star of the new afternoon daily soap Ikaw sa Puso Ko as Sophia, where she was paired with Oyo Boy Sotto and James Blanco.
Later, Nadine and Oyo became real life sweethearts. Their love team achieved high popularity that film production company made a movie for them entitled Forever my Love, a gothic romance-drama. Italic textAlso, their popularity urged TAPE inc, the producer of the soap, to produce another soap starring Nadine and Oyo which has a fantasy theme in it. It was entitled Leya: Ang Pinakamagandang Babae sa Ilalim ng Lupa (English language translation: "Leya: The Most Beautiful Woman Underground"), with Nadine playing the title role. The soap lasted for four months, after that Nadine took a short break.
She received the "Most Promising Actress" award from the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation along with Dennis Trillo who received the male counterpart of the award. After resting for sometime, she was considered to play Darna (Angel Locsin was favored by the management) and as Richard Gutierrez's love interest in Sugo (Isabel Oli was favored by the management). After a long break, she was included in the second installment of GMA's seasonal afternoon soap, Now and Forever with their plot entitled 'Ganti' (English language translation: "Revenge"). She was then dubbed as the afternoon soap opera princess. She proved her acting prowess in the said series. She had comebacking actress Sheryl Cruz as co-star for this hard drama.
Then, she made another film with Jennylyn Mercado and Mark Herras in the teen-romance flick, Say That You Love Me. She was also included in the comedy film, "Hari ng Sablay" with Bearwin Meily, Rica Peralejo and Jay-R. As Encantadia is about to end, she was offered to play Minea in the prequel/sequel Etheria playing the same role as Dawn Zulueta's character and the mother of the four Sang'gres. She ended the year, or rather started it, with the movie Isusumbong Kita sa Kuya Ko with action star Ronnie Ricketts, which was an official entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival.
[edit] Television shows
- Magic Kamison
- Super Twins
- Bakekang
- My Guardian Abby (can be seen on QTV)
- Etheria
- Darna
- Now and Forever: Ganti
- Leya
- Ikaw sa Puso Ko
- Love to Love (Season 3)
- SOP Gigsters
- Stage 1: LIVE!
- Stage 1: Starstruck Playhouse
- StarStruck
[edit] Filmography
- Pitong Dalagita (2006)
- Isusumbong Kita sa Kuya Ko (2006)
- Say That You Love Me (2005)
- Hari ng sablay (2005)
- Happily Ever After (2005)
- Enteng Kabisote: Okay ka fairy, the legend (2004)
- Forever My Love (2004)
- Kilig... Pintig... Yanig... (2004)
[edit] Awards
- Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Awardee (2004)-Most Promising Female Artist
[edit] Endorsements
- Gibi shoes
- Avon Products
- my ukayukay
- YSA Skin Care
