Ciara Anna Gamboa Sotto-Oconer (born July 2, 1980 in
Makati City,
Philippines) is a
Filipina actress and
singer.
Personal life
She is the youngest daughter of actress
Helen Gamboa and actor and
senator Tito Sotto. She is first cousins with
Sharon Cuneta (their mothers are sisters) and first niece with
KC Concepcion. She is also cousins with Danica and
Oyo Boy Sotto. She is three-eighths
Cebuano and one-eighth
Chinese (her father's side), and one-fourth
Kapampangan, one-eighth
Spanish, and one-eighth
American (her mother's side).
At age 6, Sotto made her first appearance on
Eat Bulaga! and at age 17 became one of the show's regular hosts from 2005 to 2007. Before she became a regular host at
Eat Bulaga, she was a member of former teen-oriented drama
T.G.I.S., produced by
Viva Television and
GMA Network. During her teenage years, Sotto together with cousin Danica Sotto and Jocas de Leon, had a regular Saturday production number in
Eat Bulaga!. They were dubbed as the "Ang TVJ (Tito, Vic and Joey) Kids." During her stint in
Eat Bulaga!, she was paired with co-host
Paolo Ballesteros and were together dubbed "CiaPao."
On 2008, Sotto launched her album entitled
If You Love Me. She said that she was involved in different aspects of the album's production. The...
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