Actress Arci Muñoz has been in showbiz for the past 11 years.
Starting out as a finalist of GMA-7's reality-based artista search StarStruck, the 28-year-old celebrity made her way from playing kontrabida roles to playing lead roles in teleseryes.
She is one of the lucky talents able to experience working with the three giant networks: GMA-7, TV5, and currently, ABS-CBN.
PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) presents the characters that Arci has portrayed in over a decade.
Get your pens and papers ready and guess the titles of her TV shows from GMA-7, TV5 and ABS-CBN!
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1. This GMA-7 reality talent show jumpstarted Arci's showbiz career.
During her stint in the competition, the then 16-year-old hopeful was embroiled in a controversy when she and the other finalists were accused of opening a confidential file detailing the future challenges of the show.
Arci was eventually eliminated from the show because of the alleged cheating.
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2. In this 2008 adaptation of a successful 1987 movie, Arci played the role of Olive, a supporting kontrabida in the series.
There was one scene in the show Arci had to strip off her bath robe in front of Carlo Aquino's character. This was the first time that she showed skin by baring her back.
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3. Arci was cast as a major kontrabida in this 2009 TV adaptation of a 1992 hit movie. This time, she played Donna Benitez, a character originally portrayed by Cherie Gil.
For this series, she did an intimate scene with co-star JC De Vera inside a horse barn.
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4. This TV show was Arci's last regular teleserye with GMA-7, wherein she played a flight stewardess who makes life difficult for Heart Evangelista's character.
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5. This light drama series was the first project of Arci in TV5. It was also the Kapatid network's first venture into doing teleseryes, which they called a "Kiligserye."
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6. This TV show launched Arci as a leading lady. She portrayed Dahlia Flores, a barrio lass who dreams of going to Manila to pursue a career as a dancer.
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7. In this TV show, Arci played a half-human, half-feline who was cursed by her own father and was maltreated by everyone around her because of her strange look and cat-like features.
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8. Arci was paired with Derek Ramsay in this action-themed show that lasted nine weeks on the air.
In the series, she played Julia, the fiancee of Derek's character. She was devastated when her boyfriend was abducted on the day of their wedding.
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9. Arci's first ABS-CBN project was a local adaptation of a popular Latinovela aired in the Philippines in 2005. She was tapped to play Norma, the eldest among the Elizondo sisters.
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10. In this project, Arci played a stripper-turned-lawyer who shot steamy love scenes with Jericho Rosales and John Estrada.
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11. For Arci's latest TV project, she joined the daytime series featuring Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson.
Arci is cast as Alex, a young lady who is attracted to Gerald's character. This project marks the first time that she worked with Gerald in a teleserye. They previously worked with each other in blockbuster movie projects.Her first appearance in the show became a trending topic on social media, mainly because viewers were surprised to see huge changes in Arci's face.
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Here are the answers:
1. Starstruck Season 3
2. Sine Novela: Maging Akin Ka Lamang
3. Sine Novela: Ngayon at Kailanman
4. Langit Sa Piling Mo
5. My Driver Sweet Lover
6. Mga Nagbabagang Bulaklak
7. Felina: Prinsesa ng mga Pusa
8. Undercover
9. Pasion de Amor
10. Magpahanggang Wakas
12. Ikaw Lang Ang IibiginDid you get all the answers right?
