Kylie Padilla

Kylie Nicole Sicangco Padilla-Abrenica (born 25 January 1993) is a Filipino-Australian actress, model, and recording artist. She is the daughter of actor Robin Padilla.

Padilla was born on Calatagan, Batangas, to Filipino actors Robin Padilla and Liezl Sicangco. She studied in Queensland, Australia during her elementary years. She is a Muay Thai practitioner. Although raised in the Jehovah's Witnesses faith, she has been practicing Islam since April 1998, almost a decade before joining showbiz, when in fact, she is not a devout Muslim.

Padilla became engaged to actor Aljur Abrenica by late January 2017, with whom she has a child born on 4 August 2017, a boy. The two had started dating in 2011 until they broke up in 2014. They dated again in September 2016. They got married on 11 December 2018.

Acting career

Padilla is a GMA Network contract star, her TV series for GMA include Joaquin Bordado, The Good Daughter and Adarna. She was awarded as the Best New Female Personality (tied with Patricia Gayod) in the 22nd PMPC Star Awards for Television last 2008 for her acting performance in Joaquin Bordado.

She rose to fame and gained popularity and praises after Encantadia (2016) where she portrayed the eponymous, controversial, and most-coveted role up-to-date, Sang’gre Amihan.