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Winnie Cordero
Filipino actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rowena "Winnie" Cordero-Erquieza (Tagalog pronunciation: [kɔɾˈdɛɾɔ ɛɾkiˈɛsa]; born November 1, 1966) is a Filipino comedian, actress and TV host.
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Education
Cordero is a Communication Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas.[2] While there, she auditioned for the Artistang Artlets (AA), UST's local theater organization, and eventually became a member of its dance group in her freshman year. Even though the dance group disbanded a year later, she continued to be active in AA, eventually becoming its secretary in her sophomore year and its artistic director in her third year.[3]
Career
Cordero started her comedy career as a cast member in the live-action children's edutainment program Batibot when she was in her 3rd year of college.[4] After graduation, she took various jobs such as becoming a receptionist and as a telemarketer. She got back into comedy when in 1992, she was endorsed by fellow Thomasian Cocoy Jimenez, director of Batibot, to be part of the revival of the gag show, Executive Champoy, on ABS-CBN. This led to more acting roles in different tv shows.[3]
Cordero then started her radio career at DZMM from 1996 to 1997 when she talked with then DZMM anchor Joey Galvez who mentioned that DZMM needed a new voice to join him in his new showbiz program Showbiz Today.[3]
Cordero was a host of Philippine morning television shows Alas Singko Y Medya, Magandang Umaga Bayan (later Magandang Umaga Pilipinas), and Umagang Kay Ganda,[5] co-anchor of DZMM's Todo-Todo Walang Preno with Ariel Ureta,[3] and a former anchor of TeleRadyo's HaPinay, Winner sa Life, and Lingkod Kapamilya.
Currently, she is a segment anchor of TV Patrol segment, Winning Moment, and an anchor for the public service program Aksyon Ngayon and talk show Win Today on DZMM TeleRadyo and DZMM Radyo Patrol 630.
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