Kathryn Bernardo

Kathryn Chandria Manuel Bernardo (born March 26, 1996) is a Filipino actress. Known for her work in mainstream productions, she has starred in three of the highest-grossing Filipino films of all time; The Hows of Us (2018), Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019), and Hello, Love, Again (2024). Her accolades include a Seoul International Drama Award, an Asian World Film Festival Award, two FAMAS Awards, and 14 Box Office Entertainment Awards.

Born in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Bernardo began her career as a child actress in the 2000s and rose to prominence for her role as one of the title characters in Mara Clara (2010). She gained wider audience for her portrayal of a lost princess in the romantic drama Princess and I (2012), the first of several collaborations with actor Daniel Padilla. Later that year, she played a young embalmer in the supernatural horror Pagpag: Siyam na Buhay, earning a nomination for the Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Bernardo achieved further commercial success through a series of romantic films, including The Hows of Us (2018), for which she won the Star Award for Movie Actress of the Year.

For her portrayal of a struggling domestic worker in the romantic drama Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019), she received nominations for the Luna Award and Gawad Urian for Best Actress. She later explored roles in other genres, starring opposite Dolly de Leon in the black comedy A Very Good Girl (2023), which earned her the FAMAS Award for Best Actress. Forbes Asia named her one of the most influential people in Asia-Pacific.