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Nationality
  
Filipino-Australian

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Janette McBride

Years active
  
1996–2007

Occupation
  
Actress


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Full Name
  
Janette Heather McBride

Born
  
6 November 1983 (age 40) (
1983-11-06
)
Queensland, Australia

Awards
  
Young Critics Circle Award for Best Performance by Male or Female, Adult or Child, Individual or Ensemble in Leading or Supporting Role

Similar People
  
Mo Twister, Shaina Magdayao, Dina Bonnevie, Gloria Romero, John Prats

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Janette Heather McBride, also known as Janet McBride (born 6 November 1983 in Queensland, Australia), is a former Filipino-Australian actress and television host.

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Early life

Born in Queensland, Australia, Janette Heather McBride is the daughter of Leslie and Fe McBride. Her parents were penpals, her mother is from Borongan, Samar and her dad is from Queensland, Australia, and is of Scottish-Irish descent. She has one younger brother and four half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage.

Career

McBride was part of ABS-CBN's Star Circle Batch 8 and appeared in Richard Loves Lucy, Kaybol: Ang Bagong TV and ASAP.

Her pivotal role in Philippine cinema emerged in 2000 with her casting in Laurice Guillen's critically lauded and award-winning film "Tanging Yaman." This role garnered her the New Movie Actress of the Year award at the PMPC Star Awards in 2001. In the same year, she featured in "Star Drama Theater Presents: Rave" alongside Marvin Agustin, with whom she had previously collaborated in "Tanging Yaman."

McBride was one the hosts of ABS-CBN's Talk TV, which replaced Today with Kris Aquino in 2001.

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In 2006, McBride returned to the Philippines and appeared in Makita Ka Lang Muli.

Personal life

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McBride was previously in an 8-year on and off relationship with Mo Twister. McBride's then blossoming entertainment career was cut short when the couple moved to the United States in the early 2000s; where McBride work odd jobs—as a call center agent, a photographer, and in customer care.

In September 2013, McBride married Bens Omaga, whom she met in a church retreat in 2011.

McBride is close friends with her Talk TV co-hosts Julius Babao, Christine Bersola-Babao and Ryan Agoncillo. Babao was a wedding sponsor in McBride's wedding while McBride was part of the wedding entourage of the Babaos' wedding in 2003.

McBride is a member of the Victory Christian Fellowship.

Filmography

Actress
2006
Makita ka lang muli (TV Series)
2002
Burles King: Daw o... as
Nancy
2001
Taxi ni Pilo
2000
A Change of Heart as
Madeleine (as Janette McBride)
1997
Oka Tokat (TV Series) as
Andrea 'Andie' Santiago
Self
2001
Talk TV (TV Series) as
Self (2001)

References

Janette McBride Wikipedia