In 2017, Awra Briguela was declared champion in the first season of the Filipino version of Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids.
13 Facts About Awra Briguela
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Awra Briguela became known to her parents for impersonating actresses like Sarah Geronimo and Sarah Lahbati.
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Awra Briguela was discovered by actor Coco Martin, who saw her potential in the primetime television series FPJ's Ang Probinsyano, a remake of the 1997 film of the same title and name.
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Awra Briguela gained widespread for her role as "MakMak" and the series was produced by Dreamscape Entertainment Television, who created many successful pictures such as Doble Kara, Ina, Kapatid, Anak, and Till I Met You.
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Awra Briguela starred in the series opposite Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Maja Salvador, Bela Padilla, Albert Martinez, Arjo Atayde, Eddie Garcia, Agot Isidro, Jaime Fabregas, and Simon "Onyok" Pineda, who played the role of Onyok.
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Awra Briguela won a 3rd Aral Parangal Awards for Best Child Performer, which she won twice, for the primetime series.
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Awra Briguela's life was featured in an episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya, playing as herself alongside Aleck Bovick and Janus del Prado who played her mother and father respectively.
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Awra Briguela made her feature film debut in the Super Parental Guardians where she portrayed the role of Megan Gaspar alongside fellow Ang Probinsyano actors Coco Martin, Onyok Pineda and Vice Ganda.
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Awra Briguela later participated as a contestant in Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids.
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Awra Briguela is fond of impersonating Filipina actresses like Sarah Geronimo, Sarah Lahbati, and her idol Maja Salvador, who was one of her co-casts in FPJ's Ang Probinsyano.
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Awra Briguela popularized her screen name "Awra" upon achieving mainstream recognition as an actor and comedian.
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Awra Briguela financially supported her father Oneal Brian's five-year graduate education after having completed college in 2019.
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On June 29,2023, Awra Briguela was arrested for inflicting physical injury following an altercation at a bar in The Bolthole Bar, Poblacion, Makati.