Belle Mariano

• Belinda Angelito "Belle" Mariano[2] (born June 10, 2002) is a Filipino actress, singer, and model.
She began appearing on television at the age of nine playing supporting roles and starring in the
comedy-themed show Goin' Bulilit. She starred in the film Four Sisters Before the Wedding and
the television series He's Into Her.

• Early life and education

• Belinda Angelito Mariano was born on June 10, 2002 to Michael and Katrina Mariano. She
studied elementary at St. Paul College, Pasig and finished her high school at Divine Angels
Montessori of Cainta, Inc.

• Career

• 2012–2018: career beginnings, Lorenzo's Time, and Goin' Bulilit

• Mariano was first seen in television as a commercial model starting at the age of nine. She then
made her début as an actress when she appeared in Lorenzo's Time in 2012, a television series
starring Zaijian Jaranilla.[4][5][6] After that, she began appearing on various TV programs such
as Maalaala Mo Kaya in an episode entitled Kabibe (2012), and Princess and I (2012) where she
played the role of Young Bianca Maghirang played by Bianca Casado. She was also a cast
member in the youth-oriented show Goin' Bulilit.

• In 2013, she appeared in Juan dela Cruz, Muling Buksan Ang Puso, and Maria Mercedes. In all of
these series, Mariano played younger versions of all of the main characters. Mariano then
starred in the television series FPJ's Ang Probinsyano from 2015 to 2016, portraying the role
of Rachel Tuazon, the sister of Arjo Atayde's character.

• In 2015, she graduated in Goin Bulilit alongside fellow Bulilits Carl and Miguel.

• In 2017, Mariano reunited with her Lorenzo's Time co-star Zaijian Jaranilla and paired up
together for a Maalaala Mo Kaya episode, Cellphone.[9] In the same year, she also appeared in
the films Can't Help Falling In Love starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla as Bernardo's
sister Grace Dela Cuesta, and Love You To The Stars and Back starring Julia Barretto and Joshua
Garcia as Ronnabel.

• In 2018, she made appearances in the television series Bagani (which stars Liza
Soberano and Enrique Gil) as the young Gloria (Dimples Romana) as well as a cameo appearance
in Playhouse starring Zanjoe Marudo and Angelica Panganiban.

• 2019–2020: Star Magic Circle, Four Sisters Before The Wedding, and "DonBelle" partnership

• In 2019, she was part of the year's batch of artists launched in the Star Magic Circle together
with Kyle Echarri, Melizza Jimenez, Sophie Reyes, Jeremiah Lisbo, Gillian Vicencio, Arielle Roces,
Arabella del Rosario, Anthony Jennings, JC Alcantara, Glen Vargas, Kendru Garcia, Eisel Serrano,
RA Lewis, Javi Benitez, and Aiyana Waggoner. In the same year, she appeared in the Bugoy
Cariño-starrer film Danztep by Errol Ropero and in the hit series Kadenang Ginto as Catherine V.
Herrera, the daughter of Leon, Richard Yap’s character in the series, as well as the Maalaala Mo
Kaya episode Pregnancy Test. She also joined the Asia's songbird Regine Velasquez-Alcasid in
the film Yours Truly, Shirley under Cinema One.

• In November the same year, it was announced that Mariano will be teaming up with Donny
Pangilinan for He's Into Her, an iWantTFC original series directed by Chad Vidanes that is based
on the 2013 Wattpad novel of the same name by Maxine Lat a.k.a. Maxinejiji.

• In 2020, she was among the first batch of artists from Star Magic to be handled by ABS-CBN
Film's new talent management arm, Rise Artists Studio.

• She had a cameo appearance in the film James and Pat and Dave (sequel to Vince and Kath and
James) starring Ronnie Alonte, Loisa Andalio, and Donny Pangilinan. She played the role Trish,
 hinting the future romance with Dave, Pangilinan's character in the film and previewing her love
team partnership with him as DonBelle.[14] For their project He's Into Her, the production was
postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ABS-CBN shutdown and the denial of franchise
renewal.

• In the same year, Mariano landed the role of the iconic Gabbie Salazar (previously played
by Shaina Magdayao) and starred the prequel of the 2013 hit Four Sisters and a Wedding, 2020
film Four Sisters Before the Wedding. She was joined by actresses Alexa Ilacad, Charlie Dizon,
and Gillian Vicencio as the newest Salazar sisters. The film became the No.1 top trending film as
it arrived on Netflix Philippines and No.3 on Netflix Canada and UAE.

• 2021–present: He's Into Her, Daylight, and future projects

• In 2021, the long-awaited series He's Into Her had its record-breaking launch as it crashed the
streaming platform iWant TFC upon its release due to the surge of the number of viewers who
wanted to watch the premiere episode.[16][17] The series was marked a huge success as it
continuously trended all-throughout its run,[18] and also helped the iWantTFC app to top all free
entertainment apps in the country. It was also the number one most watched series on the
streaming platform.

• Following the series' success, the cast headlined a special online concert, He's Into Her: The
Benison Ball for the fans to enjoy through the streaming platform KTX.ph. VIP tickets for the
show became sold out after only three days since release. [20] At the end of show, it was
announced that a second season of the show will take place.[21] Shortly after the successful
concert, ABS-CBN Entertainment also unveiled He's Into Her: The Journey, a documentary about
the making of the series. It showed the production of the show from the conceptualization,
auditions, and the lock-in tapings. With the series' production passing to two years, the
documentary also showed the hardship of the entire team and how they managed to push
through the show even during a global pandemic and after the ABS-CBN shutdown.

• In the same year, Mariano also made her mark in the music scene. She released her debut
song Kung Ako Nalang for the special compilation album, Kumu Summer Album under Believe
Music (on behalf of Nickl Entertainment). Shortly after, she released her debut
single Sigurado under Star Music which was also included in the sound track of her series He's
Into Her. As of May 2022, the single already garnered over 16M streams on Spotify and 7.5M
views on YouTube.

• Following the successful He's Into Her, the DonBelle love team landed their first ever lead movie
under Star Cinema, romantic-comedy film Love Is Color Blind. The casts include their He's Into
Her co-star Jeremiah Lisbo, as well as singer-actress Angelina Cruz, and TikTok contributor Esnyr
Ranollo. It premiered through the streaming platform KTX.ph and Smart's GigaPlay app.[25]
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Shortly after coming to Netflix, the film ranked atop the streaming service's trending lists in
the Philippines.

• She also released her debut album Daylight under Star Music as well as music video for lead
single, Tanging Dahilan. She also released a visualizer video for For Your Eyes Only, music video
for Rise and performance video for Nights of December. Her track For Your Eyes Only also
became the OST for her movie Love Is Color Blind, marking her second song to be featured as a
soundtrack.