Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino, best known by her stage name Kris Aquino, was born on February 14, 1971, and is a Filipina television host, actress, producer, socialite, and businesswoman.
Aquino dubbed the ”Queen of All Media” in the Philippines, has hosted several talk programs and game shows, appeared in several films and television series and is currently making waves on social media. She was the youngest daughter of Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., who was slain, and late President Corazon Aquino, who served as the Philippines’ 11th President. Benigno S. Aquino III, her brother, was the Philippines’ 15th President from 2010 to 2016.
Her first film role was in Pido Dida: Sabay Tayo, and she went on to star in the horror films Feng Shui and Sukob, the highest-grossing Filipino film of 2006. She is also well-known as a philanthropist and celebrity product endorsement who promotes lupus awareness, children’s rights, LGBT rights, culture and art appreciation, freedom of expression, and democratic reforms.
Aquino was born in Quezon City, Philippines, to Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino and Benigno Aquino Jr., a member of the Ferdinand Marcos regime’s Senate at the time. Maria Elena “Ballsy” Aquino-Cruz, Aurora Corazon “Pinky” Aquino-Abellada, former Philippine President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, and Victoria Elisa “Viel” Aquino-Dee are her five siblings.
Aquino began her film career with Regal Films, one of the Philippines’ oldest film studios, in the film Pido Dida: Sabay Tayo. Her debut film appearance was in the Pido Dida series, in which she starred alongside comedian Rene Requests and won her first box office queen award. She went on to star in films like Vizconde Massacre, Myrna Diones Story, Elsa Castillo-Ang Katotohanan, and Humana Ka Mayor, all of which featured massacres.
