Kristina Paner is a Filipina

Philippines

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 actress and singer. She is also an adoptive sister of Danita Paner

Danita Paner

Danita Paner is a Filipino pop-rock singer and actress. She is the daughter of former basketball player Manny Paner and actress Daisy Romualdez, and sister of Kristina Paner...

, who is also a singer. At a very young age, her parents noticed her interest in music

Music

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. Her adoptive parents were prominent celebrities as well. Her father Manny Paner

Manny Paner

Manuel Paner , better known as Manny Paner, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Paner was born in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. He played for San Miguel in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and also in the Philippine Basketball Association for Royal/San...

 was a well known basketball player while her mother Daisy Romualdez

Daisy Romualdez

Daisy Romualdez is Filipino actress. She is sister of Blanca Gomez and are both of Spanish blood. She is married to well known former basketball player Manny Paner. She has two adopted daughters, Danita Paner, now a rock diva, and Kristina Paner.- Movies :*Shake Rattle & Roll 2 Dra...

 was an actress way back in the 1960s. It was her parents who convinced her to try singing at the age of 9 and the song "Sana" was popularized by her. She tried acting too at age of 10 when she starred in the movie "Sinasamba Kita" as the young Lorna Tolentino

Lorna Tolentino

Victoria Lorna Aluquin-Fernandez, better known as Lorna Tolentino , is a Filipina actress, host, executive producer and widow of actor Rudy Fernandez. Together, they bore two sons named Ralph and Renz.She was born on December 23, 1961 in Concepcion, Tarlac and later moved to Manila...

 whom she played the character role of Nora.

By that time her mother, having seen her acting potential, presented Kristina, then only 12, to Regal Films owner and producer Mother Lily. She was soon offered a contract. She became a regular in television shows like "Musmos Pa Si Boss", "Ora Engkantada", and "Wanbol High". She also became a cast of the very popular youth-oriented variety show That's Entertainment.

In 2003, she transferred residence to Spain

Spain

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 where she had a daughter with a Filipino Spaniard.

Films

• "Barcelona" (2006)
• "Crazy For You" (2005)
• "Sana Maulit Muli" (1995) .... Daisy
• "I Have 3 Eggs" (1990)
• "Lessons In Love" (1990)
• "Papa's Girl" (1990)
• "Huwag Kang Hahalik Sa Diablo (1989) .... Diane
• "Tamis Ng Unang Halik" (1989) (as pepay/jocelyn)
• "May Pulis... May Pulis... Sa Ilalim Ng Tulay" (1989)

... aka May Pulis May Pulis Sa Ilalim Ng Tulay (Philippines: Tagalog title)

• "Starzan: Shouting Star Of The Jungle" (1989)
• "Petrang Kabayo at ang Pilyang Kuting" (1988)
• "When I Fall in Love" (1986)
• "Payaso" (1986)

... aka The Clown (literal English title)

• "Mga Kwento Ni Lola Basyang" (1985)
• "Batang Quiapo" (1983)
• "I Have Three Hands" (1982)
• "Sinasamba Kita" 1982

Trivia

• Tina's biological mother is Daisy's younger sister, making Tina of Spanish blood and Daisy her aunt.

External links

• Kristina Paner's myspace fan page