1. Dina Bonnevie is recognized as the industry's "Drama Queen" of her generation.
15 Facts About Dina Bonnevie
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Dina Bonnevie has won 2 FAMAS Awards, 2 Luna Awards and multiple 'Best Actress' wins and nominations across all leading award-giving bodies in the country.
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Geraldyn Schaer Dina Bonnevie was born on January 27,1962, to Swiss mother Jeannette Schaer and French-Italian-Filipino father Honesto Dina Bonnevie.
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Dina Bonnevie's grandmother was pre-World War II actress Rosita Rivera, from Bicol.
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Dina Bonnevie has two children from her previous marriage with comedian Vic Sotto, Oyo Boy Sotto and Danica, both of whom are now in the entertainment industry as well.
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Dina Bonnevie was married to Ricardo Penson from 1996 until her annulment in 1999.
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Dina Bonnevie was educated at St Theresa's College, Manila and finished her elementary and secondary education at St Agnes' Academy in Legazpi City, where she was very active in drama guilds.
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Dina Bonnevie then appeared in a longer slew of teenage love or growing-pains dramas.
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Dina Bonnevie appeared in the miniseries A Dangerous Life, with American actor Gary Busey; and in the films Orapronobis, Pangarap na Ginto, Huwag mong Salingin ang Sugat ko and Akin ang Pangarap Mo.
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In Babaeng Nawawala sa Sarili, Dina Bonnevie played a possessed woman.
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Dina Bonnevie topbilled Tatarin, based on the short story Summer Solstice by Nick Joaquin; critics nearly panned the movie but appreciated Dina Bonnevie's nuanced characterization of Lupe Moreta.
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Dina Bonnevie staged her GMA-7 comeback as the main antagonist of the drama series starring Heart Evangelista and Lovi Poe, Beautiful Strangers.
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Except for her stints on soap operas and for judging a recent TV talent contest, Dina Bonnevie disappeared from the limelight throughout 2005 and 2006; she temporarily moved to the United States for business purposes.
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Dina Bonnevie was a guest-judge in U Can Dance Version 2.
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From 2023 to 2024, Dina Bonnevie portrayed Giselle Marie Tanyag, the sister of RJ Tanyag on one of the top rating medical drama series, Abot-Kamay na Pangarap.