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Kris Bernal Biography, Family, Relationship, Career And Net Worth.

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Updated on January 08, 2026

Kris Bernal Biography

Kris Bernal is a Filipina actress. She is known, first as the winner in the fourth season of the reality-based talent search StarStruck of GMA Network, and secondly, for her dual role as the evil Rosette and the tragic Nimfa in Impostora.

Kris Bernal Age | Kris Bernal Birthday

Bernal was born on May 17, 1989. She is 29 years old as of 2018.

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Kris Bernal (born Kristine Ann Tan Bernal) was born in Quezon City, to Edgardo Bernal, an ethnic Tagalog and his Chinese wife, Analyn Tan. Her siblings are Kathleen Ann and Katherine Ann (twin sisters) and a younger brother named Miguel.

Kris Bernal Education

As a child, she studied in Diliman Preparatory School and Holy Family School for both her primary and secondary education. She then went to the Trinity University of Asia, where she took up nursing.

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Speaking of her love life, Bernal has been involved in different relationships, all of which were what is defined as on and off relationships. In 2006 she had encounters with Martin Escudero (28-year-old Filipino Actor). Their relationship only lasted the same year and then broke up. She then in 2009 dated Aljur Abrenica, a 28-year-old Filipino Actor). Their relationship only lasted for one year, and in 2010, Bernal once again gets her second breakup. Following the next year, October 2011, Jay Perillo comes in, dates her but the duo for a 3rd time, in December the same year, breaks up. Now, should we say that Bernal had good fortunes with actors? In 2013 she dated another Filipino actor Carl Guevara, who pushed their relationship to 2014 but then broke up.

Currently, Kris Bernal experiences a different taste from the actors. She dates Perry Choi, a South Korean Chef. The two have been together since 2017 and no signs have shown to call for a break up like the others in the past.

Kris Bernal Little Nanay

Little Nanay is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. The film was under the directorship of Ricky Davao, featuring starring like Kris Bernal and Chlaui Malayao. The film premiered on November 16, 2015, on the network’s Telebabad line up replacing My Faithful Husband on Beautiful Strangers’ timeslot and worldwide on GMA Pinoy TV.

Remember Marimar? Well, Little Nanay moved to Marimar’s timeslot, right after it ended. The series concluded on March 23, 2016, with a total of 93 episodes and was replaced by Poor Señorita in its timeslot. It served as Aunor’s first drama series in GMA Network as a series regular.

Check out Little Nanay online on YouTube.

Kris Bernal Career

Bernal joined Starstruck in 2006 and won because of the final Love Team with marketplace Escudero. Bernal became part of different GMA Network shows including Boys Next Door, Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan, and Dyesebel. Although she started in showbiz with Escudero as her partner, Bernal garnered more attention when she was paired with present love team partner Aljur Abrenica. Bernal and Abrenica asterisked in their initial afternoon series trigonometric function Novela: Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? in 2009 and a primetime drama series All My Life within the same year.

Bernal has additionally appeared within the motion picture Mag-ingat Ka SA… Kulam with Judy Ann Santos and Dennis Trillo. In 2010, Bernal appeared in The Last Prince as one of the main characters along with co-stars Aljur Abrenica and Bianca King, Kris played Lara Fernandez, a hapless poor provincial girl enslaved by her cruel aunt and cousin, she is Almiro’s true love and Bambi’s older sister, she was also the rival of the very bad and vicious fairy Diwani Bawana (played by Bianca King). Lara’s life became miserable because of Diwani and Mayang’s cruelties.

After she played Lara, Bernal was cast as the leading lady of a Philippine television drama, Koreana where she played Jennifer “Jenny”,  a very sensible and cheerful young woman. Aware of her Korean heritage, she acquaints herself with all things Korean, particularly their cuisine. And whereas within the interior of fulfilling her dream of changing into a cook, she unexpectedly finishes up in a very Korean eating place, unguarded that the place she works for is actually owned by Chang Hee Jung (played by Eddie Garcia) but she becomes opposed by Violeta Jung/Violeta Salcedo (played by Eula Valdez) and Ivy Jung.

She got a main role in the year 2011 on Machete along with Aljur Abrenica, Bela Padilla and Ryza Cenon. Bernal played the role of Jessa Ledesma/Jessa Romero, also a simple lady and Machete’s (played by Aljur Abrenica) shut friend World Health Organization contains a hidden unreciprocated love for him. Like Bela Padilla’s character Aginaya/Rosella, Jessa is also opposed by the cunning and selfish Marla Lucero/Fake Aginaya/New Bugana (all played by Ryza Cenon) who will make a scheme to make both Aginaya and Jessa’s suffer and died. Right after Machete, Kris played a lead role in Time of My Life with Mark Herras, Rocco Nacino, and LJ Reyes who played the mean character Zaira Marquez in that series.

Kris depicted Shane / Lizette in this series, a beautiful girl who has ambitions to fulfill her dream of becoming a real dancer. In the method, she uncovers things of the past as she explores the field of dancing. Helping Shane succeed her dreams ar 2 knights in shining armor: Jason (played by Rocco Nacino), her childhood friend; and Patrick (played by Mark Herras), Jason’s friend and founder of the Motion Masters dance group. With different friends, they compete against The Elite Crew led by Zaira (played by LJ Reyes) who is the protégé and stepdaughter of the famous dancing queen, Lisa.

Because of the competition between Shane and Zaira, a former rivalry resurfaces between Lisa (played by Jean Garcia) and Martha, Shane’s mother. Martha (played by Cherie Gil) has long been angry and bitter as a result of her dance partner and young man, Fred, broke up with her to be with Lisa. Soon, the couple had a daughter named Lisette. Unable to just accept defeat, Martha schemed to dance with Fred again and set fire to the house where Lisa and Lisette were.

However, Lisa followed Fred and, thus, only the child was believed to have perished in the fire. This incident caused Fred and Lisa to half ways; Fred worked abroad whereas Lisa went back to her family and married Gregory, the daddy of Zaira. On the opposite hand, Martha paid for her crime but kept with her in jail a secret about Fred and Lisa’s child. Lisette didn’t very die within the hearth however was saved by Martha’s friend, Carlotta. She was raised as Shane and grew up with a natural talent and interest in dancing. She played a special role in Amaya as Adult Alunsina, the youngest among the alabays of the puod. She is the first to know about Amaya’s secret. During the execution of Dian Lamitan, Alunsina tries to kill her however Dian Lamitan takes her as a surety, till she is saved by Amaya.

In 2012, she played a lead role in Hiram na Puso as Lira Banaag, a sweet and cheerful girl. A loving and obedient daughter of Zeny and Leo and Vanessa/Kara twin sister. Lira is raised amorously and care by her mother, Zeny. Her fervent dream is to relinquish her mother a snug life, that is why she strives hard to finish her studies. Unfortunately, she suffers from a terrible heart condition and must undergo a heart transplant, an operation that will change, not only her old damage heart but her whole life and the lives of the people around her, as well.
At the tip Lira dies from a success & run accident.

She was also opposed by Vanessa (played by Bela Padilla), a manipulative, ruthless and bitter woman who hates Lira as well. The same year, Bernal played Andrea “Andy” Gomez in Coffee Prince along with her love team Aljur Abrenica. Bernal played the lead role of the tomboyish girl who eventually falls in love with his boss, Arthur, who’s unaware that she is actually a girl.

In 2013, she competes for another leading role in Prinsesa metric weight unit Buhay blow, where she played Princess “Cess” Inocencio-Grande / Elizabeth Salazar a heroine who saved many people but become opposed by Kate Napoleon (played by LJ Reyes). After that, she played Andrea “Andeng” Dizon again as the main character of Hiram na Alaala. She competes the lead role of Tinay in very little Nanay World Health Organization has associate degree intellectual incapacity (ID).

In 2015 to 2016, she competes for numerous roles in Karelasyon, pricey Uge and Tadhana.

Kris Bernal Filmography | Kris Bernal Movie List

Movies

Year

Title

Role

2012Guni-GuniShirley
2011Ang Panday 2Alira Naswen
2009Nandito Ako… Nagmamahal sa ‘YoStephanie Luzano
2008Mag-ingat Ka Sa… KulamMaggie
Loving YouTonee Tienza

Television

Year

Title

Role

2006/2007

StarStruck: The Next Level

Herself

2007/2010

SOP Rules

2007

Boys Next Door

Coffee

2007/2008

Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan

Amy Maltayra

2008

Dyesebel

Sheila Mae Legaspi-Montemayor

2008/2009

Luna Mystika

Malou

2009

Sine Novela: Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?

Myrna Ramos-Sanchez

All My Life

Romina Estrella

2010

The Last Prince

Reyna Lara Fernandez

2010/2013

Party Pilipinas

Herself

2010/2011

Koreana

Jennifer “Jenny / Jenna” Bartolome-Jung

2011

Machete

Jessa Ledesma-Romero

Time of My Life

Lisette / Shane

2012

Amaya

Adult Alunsina

Hiram na Puso

Lira Banaag

Coffee Prince

Andrea “Andy” Gomez

2013/2015

Sunday All Stars

Herself

2013/2014

Prinsesa ng Buhay Ko

Princess “Cess” Inocencio-Grande / Elizabeth Salazar

2014/2015

Hiram na Alaala

Andrea “Andeng” Dizon

2015

Maynila: Christmas In My Heart

Milda

Maynila: Dead na Dead Sayo

Sam

Maynila: Copy Cat Love

Helena

Karelasyon: Instant Baby

Lily

Karelasyon: Karma

Monique / Anna

StarStruck VI

Herself

Wagas: Kulam at Pag-ibig

Jonalyn

Little Nanay

Celestina “Tinay” Vallejo Batongbuhay-San Pedro

2016

Karelasyon: Yaya

Sara

Dear Uge: ‘Till Death Do Us Apart

Cynthia

2017

Tadhana

Elvira “Elvie”

Impostora

Nimfa del Prado-Saavedra / Rosette Cuevas

2018

The Cure

Myra

Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko

Rachel Santiago

2019

Lahat Ay Lena

Lena Rivera

Kris Bernal Discography

Released

Title

Album

With

Label

Theme From

2015

Kasama Kita

N/A

Chlaui Malayao

GMA Records

Little Nanay

2019

Ako’y Mahalin

David Remo

Sarcastic Prices

Kris Bernal Awards

Information about her awards and nominations will be updated soon

Kris Bernal Net Worth

Bernal already made her name in the field of films. She earns an estimated net worth of 4.7 Milion.

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Kris Bernal Height In Feet | Kris Bernal Measurements

Height5 ft 2 in / 156 cm
Weight104 lb / 47 kg

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WATCH: Kris Bernal gets emotional at the launch of her makeup line SHE Cosmetics. | via @jannieannb

— GMA News (@gmanews) February 7, 2019